My husband and I are leaving in a week and ½ for Spain, Switzerland, and Austria. We have never been to these places before. We will be in Europe a total of 21 nights. The cities we plan to visit are as follows: Spain: Barcelona & San Sebastian, Switzerland: Interlaken/Murren, Zurich, and possibly Bern or Geneva, Austria: Graz, Salzburg, Vienna. We have not made any reservations at hotels yet and have a bit of planning to do regarding logistics between countries and cities (this is my job for the next 2 days straight) and am hoping you can offer some advice on a few things: 1) Our main interests are food, wine, scenery, culture, architecture, and hiking (we're very active people). We are not into art. We are torn on how many nights to spend in each city. We have been told by another fellow "foodie" to definitely not skimp on Spain but the scenery with the Alps and my family in Austria are making it hard to divide the time. Our preliminary thoughts: Barcelona: 4 nights (could be convinced to do 5) San Sebastian: 4 nights Interlaken (or Murren): 2 nights Zurich: 2 nights Bern: 2 nights Graz: 2-3 nights (where my family is) Salzburg: 2 nights Vienna: 2 nights Any opinions/suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you so much for your help!
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Germany, Germany
813 posts
You're missing a couple days in there. What about the day you fly from Spain to Switzerland. If you're flying into Zurich, it would make most sense to visit there first. Also where is the day it's going to take you to get from Bern/Zurich/Iterlaken to Graz?
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Ann Arbor, Mi
3696 posts
Are you driving? If so I have been to all these areas during May and the beginning of June and never had any problem getting a room. Maybe at this late date you can just wing it? Without a set plan you can be flexible and stay longer in the places you like.