Hello all!
I am traveling to Europe for the first time in mid-July and I'm flying into Milan and out of Paris. I would like to visit parts of Italy, Switzerland and possibly Belgium while making my way toward Paris. I will be arriving July 12th and departing July 21st. Any recommendations on where to go and thoughts on how to get there would be greatly appreciated! Thank you in advance!!
Ashlea
I would get some route ideas from Rick's 2-week Europe tours. You can see a little more info about those destinations at http://www.ricksteves.com/europe, and full details for most of the same places in his Best of Europe book.
TGV trains from Switzerland, e.g, Basel to Paris, can sell out and any low fares you see now have limited seats available. As soon as you reserve a Paris hotel, do also reserve that train.
Belgium probably won't be in the plan, since the other three countries have plenty to see in two weeks.
If you start at Milan and work your way south to Rome, then you might fly from there to Zurich (try www.skyscanner.com).
There are overnight train options between Roma and Milan or Rome and Venice (may arrive pretty early morning), but not between Italy and Switzerland.
