Hi All,
Hope I don't offend anyone with my post, hoping to get some suggestions from the community. I have done my research and my findings are mentioned below.
I am planning a trip to Europe as per the below dates.
Date of Entry to schengen states- 05th April (around morning)
Date of Exit frop schengen states- 25th April (Around afternoon)
Total Nights - 20
Initially I have planned for Austria and Switzerland (In April since I hate crowds), however after reading through lot of forum responses I have dropped Switzerland (Mainly because of the weather which will not allow me to see my desired region - I was interested in 4N in Lucerne for lake experience, 4N in Wengen or Murren or Grindelwald and 2N in Bern. But i recon Jungfrau region in April is not a good bet).
So instead I have planned those 10N of Switzerland and distributed between Czech Republic and Hungary.
Itinerary:
05th Apr - 08th Apr: Vienna 4N (1 day trip to Wachau Valley)
09th Apr - 10th Apr: Hallstatt 2N
11th Apr - 12th Apr: Salzburg 2N
13th Apr - 15th Apr: Innsbruck 3N
16th Apr - 18th Apr: Prague 3N
19th Apr - 20th Apr: Cesky Krumlov 2N
21st Apr - 24th Apr: Budapest 4N (1 day trip to Eger)
My Concerns:
1. Is this itinerary crazy? I am travelling with my wife and we have a fair bit of travelling experience in UK, Australia and Europe (Holland, France and Italy).
2. Shall I keep Switzerland and be able to see my desired region? We are not interested in Skiing and my interest particularly is photographing landscapes, keeping that in mind if I am not able to see valleys in higher altitude villages then it's not worth it travelling in April to Switzerland. (then i will try to make a plan for in October)
3. If I am not able to make it to Switzerland then it becomes particularly critical that I atleast see the Austrian Alps which is why I have kept 3N for Innsbruck. Do you recommend staying 4N instead at Innsbruck and make a day trip to Salzburg? rather than staying 2N in Salzburg?
4. I must admit that making Innsbruck as a base for Austrian alps is tricky. Should I change to any other base which will make my trip to Austrian alps more memorable?
5. Is staying in Cesky for 2N a good plan? or I can add 1 more N to Prague and do Cesky as a day trip?
6. I have a limited budget of spending 225 Euros per day including lodging, Food and travel for 2. I am looking at mostly booking AirBnbs though i have already booked 2N at Hallstatt through booking.com (since Hallstatt seems to be booked months in advance)
7. Any other suggestions/advice/critique would be highly appreciated.
Many thanks Once again and apologies for such a lengthy post.
Good day
Cheers Prague (Yes my name is Prague as in the Czech City Prague).