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Paris and Eastern Europe is 31 Days.

Dears,

My wife and I would like to go for another trip in June 2016 to Paris and Eastern Europe. Our plan is :

fly to Paris arrive 6/2 stay for 3 days. Last year we stayed for 5 days. Mostly city and pleasure no sight seeing

6/5 fly to Warsaw 3 days
6/7 fly to Budapest 3 days
The remaining of the trip we would like to take train to visit Vienna, Salzburg, Munich, Prauge, Dresden, Berlin, and stay in Dusseldorf for 4-5 days before to fly back home on July 1st.

We would be grateful for your input so far as the length of stay and places we should go or adjustment to our itinerary.

Thank you

Posted by
4637 posts

Berlin, Prague, Vienna at least 3 days each, Salzburg, Munich, Dresden 2 days. Altogether with your other destinations if I counted correctly equals 31 days. I guess you have a reason to stay in Dusseldorf 4 to 5 days?

Posted by
7175 posts

6/2 fly to Paris - 3 nights
6/5 fly to Warsaw - 2 nights
6/7 fly to Budapest - 3 nights
6/10 train to Vienna - 3 nights
6/13 train to Salzburg - 2 nights
6/15 train to Munich - 3 nights
6/18 train to Prague - 3 nights
6/21 train to Dresden - 2 nights
6/23 train to Berlin - 4 nights
6/27 train to Dusseldorf - 4 nights
7/1 fly back home

Posted by
15768 posts

I think David's itinerary shows that you are trying to see too many places in the time you have. Most of your journeys will use up 1/2 day. You'll need time to pack/unpack, check in/out of hotels, get to/from train stations or airports (far from city centers), and if you are flying, lots of extra time for checking in, checking luggage (low limits on those short flights), security checks, boarding time, baggage claim time. You'll have little more than:
Paris - 2 days (at least one with jetlag)
Warsaw - 1 day
Budapest - 2 days
Vienna - 2 days

Well, you get the idea. And check the bahn.de website for train schedules. I just looked at Munich-Prague, and the journey time is nearly 6 hours. If you want a whirlwind trip, maybe that plan works for you. I wouldn't like spending so much of my time traveling from place to place and having so little time to sightsee once I'm there.

Posted by
7175 posts

Dropping Warsaw would slow things down a little.
You would have 2 nights to allocate elsewhere, perhaps to Vienna and Budapest, and also leaves one less flight to worry about.

Posted by
15768 posts

Salzburg/Munich are also outliers if you visit Prague.

Posted by
19523 posts

Why don't you pick three or four cities, maybe Paris, Budapest, Prague, Warsaw (if that interests you) then rent an apartment in each, spend 6 to 8 nights in each and do day trips and an occasional over night trip. Less packing and unpacking that way. more time to just enjoy.