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5 nights before Paris

Posted by (Nashville) on

We are brainstorming an early spring trip. We are meeting friends in Paris on April 3rd then to Brussels but looking to arrive somewhere on March 29th. Given the time of year, what are the forum’s suggestions for the 5 nights before Paris and Brussels ? Transportation connections arriving in Europe and to Paris are significant considerations.

We’ve been to most of Italy, Provence, Normandy, London, Scotland, the Cotswolds, Madrid, Barcelona and Valencia.

We are considering Lisbon which lets us visit Portugal for the first time but probably not enough time to really visit Porto and the Douro Valley which I would ideally like to do because we are wine lovers.

What would you suggest?

Posted by
9436 posts

I vote for Lisbon. Easy plane ride to Paris from there. Five days is a good amount of time, you can include Porto, and you can always go back again if you like it.

Posted by
10674 posts

I agree, Portugal. That gives you four days for visiting and one jetlag day.

Posted by
1959 posts

The Loire sounds like a great fit, or the Mosel.

Posted by
1614 posts

Have you thought about the Netherlands? Amsterdam? Plenty to see and do there. There are direct trains from Amsterdam to Brussels and Paris. If you fly Delta/KLM/Air France you can fly into Amsterdam and out of Paris.

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