Currently there are some really great fares from Boston so I am just starting to plan my first solo trip to Amsterdam in late October and would like to add in one other stop. Due to PTO constraints I will only have 8 – 10 nights available (not including the overnight flight). I am trying to decide whether to do an Iceland stopover for 3 nights with 5 nights in Amsterdam or the 5 nights Amsterdam with 3 nights in the Loire Valley & 2 in Paris (I have been to Paris twice, but can’t be that close and not make at least a short visit:).
Both the Loire and Iceland are on my list of “places to see before I die” and I could easily fill up the 3 days in either. I am looking for input on 2 fronts – first which may be more “solo travel friendly” for my first foray into the solo travel front and second which may offer the best experience for late October travel. I also have some concerns about just how expensive Iceland is. Unless I am inputting the numbers incorrectly into the currency converter, it looks like a lot of the various tours/activities run $150 - $300 pp for say the snowmobiling or Golden Triangle bus tours! There was even one that had a single person supplement of of about $60 - I've never heard that before!
Thank you in advance - Joann