My husband and I are planning a trip to Europe next year, but are in a predicament on where to go. Does anyone have some tips/recommendations based on the following itineraries? Are we planning too much? Not enough? We are looking at going in April/May 2016 for 14/15 days. Thanks for your help!
Munich --> Prague --> Vienna
Prague --> Croatia --> Greece
Croatia --> Greece
Prague --> Croatia
You don't mention how long you are planning to travel for.
I would think choose either Croatia or Greece for your beach/island/Med experience.
Start off in Vienna and Prague.
Fly to Vienna
Train to Prague (4 hours)
Fly to Greece or Croatia for at least a week
Fly home
Note train times - Munich to Prague is 6 hrs, Munich to Vienna is 4 hrs, Prague to Vienna is 4 hrs.
Sorry, I'm confused. Is this multiple choice, and you will eventually pick one of the offered choices? Or do you intend to take all 4 trips during your 2 months?
Is it 2 full months, or less?
Where are you arriving? Is that straight through from Seattle?
Are you returning from the same place?
No one can adequately answer this question unless you narrow it down a little. Without information about what you want to see, what you are interested in, your budget, etc, all anyone could do is give you the same list of possibilities that you can find in a guidebook. We can't tell if you are planning too much since we don't know what you have planned already. Is this your first trip to Europe? How do you plan to get from place to place? Is it just the two of you, or are you traveling with anyone else? The more you can fill it, the better advice we can give you.
You know what you're looking for and are the only ones who can decide what trip is best.
Said that, your first option can't fail to satisfy you if you're after history and culture.
I'm not such a huge fan of Munich, but if you're into art, they've got a good collection of museums. You could even consider to have an overnight in Regensburg, which is on the train route from Munich to Prague, shortening the journey to some four hours.
Prague and Vienna don't need any recommendation. Both are wonderful cities, offering enough to keep you busy for four or five full days.
April is too early in the season for reliable weather in Croatia and Greece, but you don't say what you plan on doing, so it is difficult to advise. Walking? History? Beaches? How do you plan to get around? Hire a car?
I would advise against the Croatian islands, as ferries are more limited than later in the year and many restaurants won't have reopened for the summer.
In 15 days you can cover some of the Croatian mainland by having a few days in Istria then Split and Dubrovnik. You will not have time to see much of Greece and you would be better staying further south for a better chance of nicer weather, such as Crete.
The cities you mention can be visited at any time of year.
The one that flows the best is Munich --> Prague --> Vienna. You will have much easier and less expensive and shorter connections. April is a good time of year. Warm enough to sit in the cafes, cool enough not to need the AC and the Eastern European Cultural Season is in Full Swing.
Two weeks off work is 15 days for us 8 to 5 M thru F people so I used all 16 days
Day 1 (Saturday) Depart the US
Day 2 Arrive Munich
Day 3 Munich
Day 4 Munich
Day 5 Munich to Prague (Train)
Day 6 Prague
Day 7 Prague
Day 8 (Saturday) Prague to Cesky Krumlov (Bean Shuttle)
Day 9 Cesky Krumlov to Vienna (Bean Shuttle)
Day 10 Vienna
Day 11 Vienna
Day 12 Vienna to Budapest by train
Day 13 Budapest
Day 14 Budapest
Day 15 (Saturday) Budapest
Day 16 Budapest to Home
