European honeymoon ideas

lemieux035 wrote: ↑ Congratulations!

If you are not planning to visit Europe anytime soon after your HM, you should visit more countries, otherwise, just stick with Greece!

Greece is lovely and it gives you the best value for your buck. And, you don't have to deal with the crazy Italian drivers! If you want to do some driving, get a car -- make sure you know manual -- on Santorini and Crete

Some exciting Islands include Santorini, Mykonos, Crete and Rhode (off the Turkish shore). 3-4 nights in each city would be relaxing and appropriate. You can throw in a night or two in Athens to see the Agora/Parthenon etc. and travel by bus to Meteora with its magnificent monasteries on the cliffs. History buffs might want to go to Delphi, which is a day trip.

Barcelona is also recommendable and also more enjoyable than Rome simply because you have fewer hecklers/scammers. Yes, they have pickpockets, but they aren't the aggressive criminals that you see in Italy!

I used Vuelling to go to Morocco, and the planes were very new. Please bring your own water 'cause they will charge you $$$

My recommendation is: All the major Greek Islands + Athens + Meteora + Barcelona (if you have the time). Leave Italy for a different trip

PointsHubby wrote: ↑ Personally, I'd suggest just flying to & from, and then doing the rest of your honeymoon by either rail or rental car.

We are travel nuts and in the midst of making plans for our first visit to Europe.

I would highl recommend checking out the Rick Steve's videos on planning a European vacation. He has many organized by country / destination. I think his one dedicated to a European Roundup would be a great place to start... Lots of valuable info about getting around by train / rental car and making the most of your time. (Rental car is good for Rural France or Tuscan Wine Country in Italy... Not so much for Greece.)

If I was to name the most romantic destinations my list would include: Paris - French Wine Country - Provence - the French Riviera - Cinque Terre in Italy - Rome - the Amalfi Coast - Isle of Capri - Italian Wine Country - Florence - Verona - Venice - and yes the Greek Isles

Lol, to put it more succinctly... Just about anywhere in France, Italy or Greece

Soty613 wrote: ↑ If you come down to a list of cities you want to go to, the logistics are really not that hard. It will be much harder to pick cities. Everyone's interests differ, but it looks like you have the most common European destinations up on the list. Google top attractions in each city and pick the cities that interest you.

Zurich kind of stuck out to be odd. Interested in the Alps or Zurich itself? If Alps, stay in a small town in the Alps.

You need an International Drivers Permit in Austria as well.

seat61.com for train travel advise. Generally anything under 6-7 hours for train, i'd take train over air. Generally, i'd use train over rental car unless you plan on going to many small towns that don't have a good public transit link between them.

And generally, avoid changing cities often as you'll be spending more time traveling instead of enjoying cities.

Soty613 wrote: ↑ Yah Venice to Vienna is right in that spot of train vs air. I'd look more into how far th airports are for your flights. Would it make more sense Venice to Budapest to Vienna to Prague?

If you have been to Prague and Vienna, you could look elsehwere? Love both of those cities though.

Munich Oktoberfest! Most romantic there is

Macx2mommy wrote: ↑ Bumping as I am started to plan for a family trip to Europe.

ShuttleBoy wrote: ↑ Do u have any destinations in mind?