Scenario: You're in Rome & you have 15 days to get back to London...
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I would go skiing in Meribel, RandomTom! Take a train for the lulz.
Boat across to Dubrovnik, up the Croatian coast, into Slovenia to Lake Bledd, train through the alps.
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So many choices...
First go: something like this...
Sicily - Couple of days...Went there last easter and it's very nice, head up Etna for some beautiful views and a live volcano + snow (get the right hotel and you can see the lava from your window!
Alghero, Sardinia - Couple of days... Not been yet but it's somewhere I really want to go, scenery, beach and culture.
Pisa - (one or two days) You can't go to italy without seeing the Leaning Tower of Pisa (and a few other towns and very nice cave system near it)
The "Italian Riviera" - (overnight) Again Beautiful Scenery and the motorway trip is stunning, just tunnel after bridge after tunnel.
Arles and the Dordoign (sp) - (few days) Beautiful marsh area with wild horses and then up to the highlands with gorges and have fun cayaking down the river.
Swiss/Italian lakes - (Day or so) again a beautiful landscape and you can go swimming in the lake
Black forest - (day or so) The Swizerland you heard about in your childhood, except in Germany... Forests, clocks, cute cottages, clocks, lakes, clocks... you get the point.
Luxumbourg - (day) See the castle and massive gorge running through the city! then a nice hop to the channel.
I think that would be a quite nice trip, although the first few days may involve a few flights/ferry trips.
EDIT: Actually you could stick a day or two skiing or winter sporting in there by nipping to Chamonix or one of the resorts before going to the Black forest.
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Get blotto in Rome and hit on as many girls for 15 days, then catch the next sleazyJet out of there, STD's and all!
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Lol, that's a good punt. Problem being Roman girls are generally difficult game. However maybe our hero is Hugh Heffner and will have no worries.
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Making all these plans up but how do you intend to get around (own car or public transport)? Also when do you intend to go? I'm assuming summer? 
Pisa..
Swiss/Italian Lakes...
Arles/Dordoign...
Andorra - (Couple of days) Have fun wondering around the Pyrenees looking at the mountainous nature...
Lower Pyrenees - Ainsa - I did my dissertation there for 4 weeks... They do loads of watersport type things and walking in the not so mountainous area..
Head up to the Loire Valley with its lakes and scenery then up to Brittany for some rugged coastline.
Either straightish to the Channel or maybe a day or two in Paris to finish off?
Pisa..
Swiss/Italian Lakes...
Arles/Dordoign...
Andorra - (Couple of days) Have fun wondering around the Pyrenees looking at the mountainous nature...
Lower Pyrenees - Ainsa - I did my dissertation there for 4 weeks... They do loads of watersport type things and walking in the not so mountainous area..
Head up to the Loire Valley with its lakes and scenery then up to Brittany for some rugged coastline.
Either straightish to the Channel or maybe a day or two in Paris to finish off?
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The plans are starting as a single flight to Rome in June, then depending what's best we could fly to somewhere else or make take a train/coach up through Italy, or rent a car. No idea yet, just seeing how others would do it.
There are no limitations in any idea, its just to make it a bit more than a 'spec me a trip' thread, finding out some nice places to visit in between (Oz doesn't quite fit
) from peoples experience.Edit: This is what could happen, but who knows:
Rome > Florence > Milan > Lake Como > Geneva > Paris > Lille > London.
Don't know if that's too many things in too short a time though...never done anything but a package holiday, which makes me sad
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Meribel = WINRARI would go skiing in Meribel, RandomTom! Take a train for the lulz.
I've only really been through Geneva but there's nothing really there is there? Just a modern city that looks the same as all the other? Having said that I think we stayed in a campsite on Lake Geneva (other side) and that was nice.
Go to Interlaken in Switzerland for 3 days if you're into extreme sports - It's the extreme sports capital of Europe and said to be the 2nd best place in the world after NZ to do them.
From there, head up to Munich for 2 days. Lovely city, lots to do and very relaxed.
Then Berlin for 3 days - very fun city, go to the squat clubs and the like.
Then Amsterdam for two days - For the obvious.
Down to Brussels for two days, sample the beer & see the Parliament (if that interests you, it does me).
Luxembourg is worth seeing.
Then end in Paris for two days or so and then Eurostar it back to Blighty!
Get the train around Europe, it's fantastic over there and awfully cheap.
From there, head up to Munich for 2 days. Lovely city, lots to do and very relaxed.
Then Berlin for 3 days - very fun city, go to the squat clubs and the like.
Then Amsterdam for two days - For the obvious.
Down to Brussels for two days, sample the beer & see the Parliament (if that interests you, it does me).
Luxembourg is worth seeing.
Then end in Paris for two days or so and then Eurostar it back to Blighty!
Get the train around Europe, it's fantastic over there and awfully cheap.
I'm a maltravelled forumite and I want to change this when I graduate in May. I don't know what to look for though, so any places/advice will be noted.I've only really been through Geneva but there's nothing really there is there? Just a modern city that looks the same as all the other? Having said that I think we stayed in a campsite on Lake Geneva (other side) and that was nice.
From Rome I'd head down to see Pompeii & Monte Cassino maybe the Amalfi Coast. Ferrari factory tour at Modena, Stelvio Pass. Maybe see Milan and Lake Garda. Just some off the top of my head ideas... head over to South of France and see Millau Viaduct, Monaco & Monte Carlo too.
Wow, my suggestion was gonna be Munich, Berlin, Amsterdam, Paris. Then I saw yours which is almost the same!
My advice, based on several a lot of city-hopping trips, is not to do too many. A day or two in each place won't feel like enough and you'll spend so long travelling and settling in etc.
I've only really been through Geneva but there's nothing really there is there? Just a modern city that looks the same as all the other? Having said that I think we stayed in a campsite on Lake Geneva (other side) and that was nice.
Geneva is a really nice city, once you get away from the lake front. We got very lost in the old quarter, just hundreds of winding lanes in the hill with some very nice squares hidden away. Couple of nice bars were found too. Admitably, there isn't an awful lot to do - we spent 3 days there just chilling out (was doing the whole 6 week backpacking Europe thing).
However, when I was there (in 2006) it was Switzerland day or something like that and they had a massive fireworks display over the lake. 'Choreographed' nicely with some classical music. That was quite a sight, and good to see thousands of locals out watching it and enjoying it.
We hired a boat for half a day and my friend decided he wanted to see the 'fountain' up close...Idiot, almost killed us and almost got us arrested.
Yeah, I agree. You can easily skip Luxembourg, won't really miss anything and potentially Brussels unless you're a big Trappist beer fan. Will give you extra days in the bigger cities.