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Netherland Belgium Luxembourg Rhineland for 30 days

Posted by (Kaohsiung Taiwan) on

We are a couple around 30ths. we are planning our first relax and romantic 30 days trip in NEBELUX and rhineland from Sep 15 to Oct 15 2009
we travel mostly by train and some buses.

  1. Is this a good schedule and rout??
  2. Do I need to purchase Rail Passes?? (It looks like we only travel long distance in 2 or 3 days)

Thanks for your advice.

1 day Travel

2 day Amsterdam - ariive 05:15

3 day Amsterdam - Utrecht day trip

4 day Amsterdam - Jordaan Festival18-20 September

5 day Amsterdam - Zaanse Schans)
6 day Amsterdam -

7 day Haarlem
8 day Haarlem

9 day leiden
10 day Leiden - visit Den Hagg then to delft-

11 day Delft

12 day Delft -

13 day Delft>

Delft to Rotterdam (put luggage at train station) visit rotterdam and Kinderdijk
At 6:00 train to antwerpen

14 day Antwerpen >

15 day Antwerpen> Mechelen day trip
16 day Antwerpen Gent (afternoon)

17 day Brugge -
18 day Brugge --Lille??
19 day Brugge

20 day Bruxelles -

21 day Bruxelles -- leuven

22 day Bruxelles -- Travel to Trier, stop over Namur??

23 day Trier
24 day Trier
cochem , Koblenz in afternoon (lugage in station) arrive st. goar late afternoon

25 day St. Goar : relax in st. goar
26 day St. Goar
Round trip boat tour to Bacharach visit cattles, then train to Bacharach

27 day Bacharach
Day trip to Bingen and Rudesheim
28 day Bacharach
Travel to Luxembourg

29 day Luxembourg - Vianden??
30 day Luxembourg - after noon flight home -
31 day arrive home

Thanks again

Posted by
12040 posts

Looks reasonable to me. At least for Belgium, you can get a carnet of 10 tickets good throughout the country for a reasonable price. There might be some better rail pass combo available, but I'll refer that question to the rail gurus on this site.

For Leuven- go in the late afternoon or evening and have a drink with the students at one of the outdoof cafes on the Oude Markt (not the more grand Grote Markt, which is usually less lively).

Namur is OK for a brief visit, but if you can squeeze in a few extra hours, take the spur line to Dinant. Neither city really has anything in the way of fascinating sites, but Dinant is one of the most scenic towns in the Ardennes. Both cities have hill-top citadels, neither of which are very interesting, other than the views.

Posted by
6790 posts

Sounds good to me, although you may be spending a little more time in Holland that I might. Vianden is very pretty, we really liked that corner of Luxembourg, but you may want a car. We rented a car in Trier (car rentals were much less expensive in germany) and drove back into Luxembourg, even though we had just come through there on the train (we did Amsterdam - Bruges - Brussels then Trier, all by train, and then picked up our rental there). It worked out great.

I sent you a PM (personal message) with a link to some photos of the area.

Have a great trip!

Posted by
3 posts

Thanks Tom and David, already input your advices into my trip planning. Will go to Dinant if have time, and Will buy carnet cat Belgium.
Will put Viaden in my trip plannning
thanks

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