8 Days In March For Europe, Where To Go?

Rome and Venice. From the US, FLY into one city, take a train to the other city. Fly home out of the second city (you may already know this but this is called an open jaw ticket). I would say 3 days Venice, 1/2 day travel by train, 4 days Rome. Enjoy!

SuzieeQQ took the words out of my mouth, so I will change it up a bit.
Flying open jaw from RDU to FCO and returning from VCE on AA involve very long layovers in London.
Flying RT to MXP is easy with good connections through JFK.
So I propose Florence and Venice. Frequent fast train connections Milan to Florence to Venice back to Milan.
3 nights in Florence, 3 nights in Venice, last night in Milan. You could substitute Rome for Florence, its just an hour further away.

Does the eight days include your two flights days? I'd suggest doing some research to determine which of the location you most want to see. Arrange these in order of priority. Try to pick two locations that are relatively close, as that will minimize transportation times.

Two that you could consider are Rome and Florence, with day trips from each. Vienna and Prague are also easily connected, however Lisbon and Madrid would probably not be the best choice, as transportation between them will be a bit "challenging".

London - Rome

IMHO London is the most interesting of all cities in Europe (http://www.samueljohnson.com/tiredlon.html) - and Rome is a big second and less than 3 hours away on EasyJet.

Nightlife I would vote for Rome or Madrid. Also, Barcelona and London. Big cities are best for night life. Plus, there is so much to do every day in all those places. In March the weather will be better in Spain and Rome. London will be rainy. You really can't go wrong with any of the above. Its easy to connect Barcelona to Madrid on the fast train. Athens also has great night life. I was there my last trip and loved it plus your money goes really far there.

Hello the name1000. You could go to any big city in Europe. I like Germany. I suggest : Go to Berlin. Day trip to Potsdam (palace of Frederick the Great), and two nights at Dresden. Return (by train) to Berlin, and fly to the U.S.A. Fly with American Airlines to London Heathrow, transfer to a British Airways flight to the Tegel airport of Berlin. Bring warm clothes and an umbrella.

Prague to Vienna is 4.5 hours + while Vienna to Budapest is 3 hours flat. If you aren't looking for nightlife then I am going to guess something more cultural might be interesting to you. For that I would trade Prague for Budapest

1 Depart
2 Arrive Vienna
3 See Vienna
4 See Vienna
5 Morning train to Budapest
6 See Budapest
7 See Budapest
8 Head Home.

American Airlines flies its own and codeshares with BA through London to Budapest and Vienna

First time Europeans should see London, Paris, Rome; you already saw Paris so we are left with London and Rome. If you want something less hectic then combination of Prague- Vienna, Prague-Budapest, Budapest-Vienna. Budapest is more modern, with wide boulevards with beautiful views across the Danube River toward Buda. Vienna is grandiose, classical, capital of the former great empire. Prague is medieval with fairy-tale views across the Vltava River toward the Hradcany Castle. Unfortunately for you 8 days would allow you maximum of two cities.

I'd go to Florence & Rome or Madrid & Barcelona or Madrid & Seville.

Ilja, define more modern please.

James, it's a feeling of being in newer city with it's wide boulevards and a lot of open space comparing to Vienna and certainly to Prague. Most of Budapest center as it is now was built in late 1800s and early 1900s. Because of that Budapest is sometimes called Paris of the East.

So Budapest in general is sort of a 19th century experience? Don't most go to Prague to experience the fantastic very tightly defined well preserved tourist zones? And does that explain the seemingly high density of tourists? What about Vienna. Is there a place with more museums to a common theme (empire)?

What's the big difference between the 3 and does one or the other speak better to one or another generation or general interest?