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Please Review My Itinerary: 15-16 Days in London -> Paris -> Amsterdam -> Prague

Hi folks! It's my first time in Europe and did some research.. I would really appreciate some help/review. I have a budget of around $2-$2.5k (excludes flight). Mainly into historic sites, castles, gothic-baroque architecture, nature stuff. Coming from Los Angeles. traveling alone.

(depart Los Angeles 5/26 night)
London 5 days
Paris 4 days
Amsterdam 3 days
Prague 4 days

5/27 (Sat) - ARRIVE in LONDON
5/28 (Sun) - Sights of downtown London, St. Pauls, Hyde Park, Notting Hill,
5/29 (M)- London continued, British Museum?
5/30 (Tu) - Westward Train to Windsor Castle -> Bath?, return to London
5/31 (W) - Northward Train to York,, return to London
6/1 (Th)- DEPART LONDON; TAKE TRAIN to PARIS (eurostar)
6/2 (F) - popular Paris landmarks
6/3 (Sat) - Paris: Sacre-ceour, moulin rogue
6/4 (Sun) - Versailles? Paris Catacombs tour ?
6/5 (M) - DEPART Paris in morning -> short visit Brughes -> reach Amsterdam at night
6/6 (Tu)- Amsterdam
6/7 (W) - Amsterdam, windmills of kinderdijk
6/8 (TH) - FLY from Amsterdam to Prague
6/9 (F) - Prague
6/10 (Sat) - Prague: kutna hora, Sedlec Ossuary (bone church) ?
6/11 (Sun) - DEPART Prague, FLY back to Los Angeles

It'll be great if you experienced travellers can help me identify which days are overbooked or underbooked, move things around, or fill up the itinerary :)

Posted by
7175 posts

Sights in London will keep you occupied - no need to venture further. I would also go a fifth night in Paris ...

May
27. ARRIVE London (4N)
28. Tower of London / Tower Bridge (photo stop) / St Paul's Cathedral / Tate Modern
29. Buckingham Palace (photo stop) / Westminster Abbey / Houses of Parliament & Big Ben (photo stop) / Trafalgar Square & National Gallery
30. Hyde Park / V&A Museum / Piccadilly Circus (photo stop) / Covent Garden / British Museum
31. EUROSTAR to Paris (5N)
June
1. Sainte-Chapelle / Cluny Museum or Panthéon / Luxembourg Gardens / Musee d'Orsay (Closes late Thu at 9.45pm)
2. Arc de Triomphe / Palais Garnier Opera / Tuileries Gardens (Orangerie) / Louvre Museum (Closes late Wed,Fri at 9.45pm)
3. Notre-Dame de Paris / Picasso Museum / Place des Vosges / Centre Pompidou (Closes late at 10pm - ex Tue)
4. Eiffel Tower / Sacré-Coeur & Montmartre / Evening Seine Cruise
5. THALYS via Bruges to Amsterdam (3N)
6. Amsterdam
7. Amsterdam
8. FLY to Prague (3N)
9. Prague
10. Prague
11. DEPART Prague

Posted by
4858 posts

Four things to consider as you fine tune your trip.

Try to lay out your itinerary with nights -- not days -- at a location. It makes planning your daily schedules much easier. For example three nights in a place might mean only two full days and perhaps part of another.

It almost always takes longer to get from Point A to Point B than planned even if things go smoothly. A couple of your moves will probable take the better part of a day when you consider checking out of the hotel, getting to the airport / train station, getting to the new hotel, and settling in.

Try to eliminate backtracking as much as possible. Straight lines of travel are best if they can be done.

Often times less is more. You want to have good memories of people, places, and things you did. Not just blurry memories of train stations and airport.

Don't mean to rain on your parade, and I'm sure you'll have a great trip. Just food for thought.