Day 1- Fly from Seattle to Brussels Day 2- All day in Brussels Day 3- Take train to Bruges, all day here Day 4- Take Train to Ghent, all day here Day 5- Pick up car and drive to Rouen, all day here Day 6- Drive to Honfleur, all day here Day 7- Drive to D-Day Beaches, and Caen museum Day 8- Drive to Paris Day 9- Paris Day 10- Paris Day 11- Take bus and tour Versailles Day 12- Take train to Barcelona Day 13- Barcelona Day 14- Take train to Toledo, all day here
Day 15- Fly home from Madrid
Posted by
Texan in CA
4415 posts
If you're planning on renting a car in Brussels, Belgium and drpping it off in France, be sure you know the drp-off fee - it's usually quite high. The other option is to train to Rouen (or anywhere else in France) and rent the car there. Perhaps return it in Caen; the car rental offices are directly across the street from the train station (use Google Street View to check that out). Any particular reason for taking the bus and not the train to Versailles? Ouch - things gets a bit hairy for me after Paris...doable, I suppose. Have you been to these places in Spain before? That's a lot of moving around... *I'm not allowed to use the work 'drp'...THAT'S new...
Posted by
LaGrange, Ga, USA
1178 posts
Barcelona to Madrid 3+ hours via AVE train.
Madrid to Toledo 12 hour via AVE train. You will not have time to see Toledo on this time frame. Would spend more time in Madrid and save Toledo for another trip.
Posted by
Reeds Spring, Missouri, USA
120 posts
Your schedule is way too aggressive.
Posted by
San Diego, CA
638 posts
HJ , it only takes about a half hour by train to go from Madrid to Toledo. The total time from Barcelona to Toledo with a transfer at Madrid Atocha should take about 5 hours of travel time. Brendon, this is trip that on one hand will put alot of real estate under your feet, on the other you will be spending more time traveling than really spending anytime seeing anything.