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[roberto.mira]

HI everybody!

A couple of friends and me bought a very cheap flight ticket roundtrip from mexico to London and we are planning our trip for 28 days. from September 18 to October 18

We want to visit 11 cities, starting from London and returning back there. What do you recommend us, the cities we want to visit are:

London
Dublin
Berlin
Praga
Budapest
Vienna
Florence
Rome
Paris
Barcelona
Madrid

What do you recommend us? What is the cheapest way to do this trip? How much do you think are we going to spend? Do you think we have to shift some city or pass by??
Thank you

[kathryn77]

Hi Roberto,

Well, being Scottish, I'm disappointed Glasgow or Edinburgh isn't on your list

My biggest recommendation for cost saving is Skyscanner which will scan all the cheap airlines for you across Europe. The main European budget airline is Ryanair, but you just have to watch out for the surcharges, e.g. if you're checking in a bag.

From your list, I have lived in London & Dublin, and I've visited Paris & Barcelona. The rest I'd like to visit some day. I'm going to Italy in May, so from my own research, you'll be able to do Vienna, Florence & Rome easily by public transport together.

Do not miss Barcelona! That has to be my favourite destination in Europe that I've been to so far! Park Guell is AMAZING!

London I guess is a must for most people...everything to do there, so let us know your interests.

Dublin is a smaller (and dare I say....'friendlier'?) version of London, in that it has lots of theatres/entertainment etc. I love Dublin, and I live here at the moment (though moving back to Scotland soon) Again, what are your interests?

¿Y finalmente… Escocia? ¿Por qué no? ¡Es hermoso! Especialmente castillo de Edimburgo y historia de Glasgow!!

[greekcypriot]

Hi Roberto,
As a Greek myself, I was just like Kathryn disappointed that you are not counting Greece in your list. Imagine leaving back for Mexico, and not spending at least 3 days in Athens!
There is EasyJet that has really very cheap tickets, and I am sure you can find real cheap ones since you have the chance to book so many months in advance. You will regret it later on I am sure if you don't visit Athens ....at least!
How about visiting a Greek Island like Santorini, or Mykonos?

Don't leave Italy without visiting Toledo, and also see some of the countryside of Ireland!
From London you can fly very cheaply up to the Highlands and do visit Edinburgh when there. Glasgow did not excite me at all, but Edinburgh is a must!
Also while near Venice visit Pompeii. I was there last year and it was really wonderful, and as Kathryn said you can do Rome, Viena and Florence....which is wonderful too, all together using Public Transport.

Berlin did not exite me at all I can admit, but Prague and Budapest are also two of my favourite.

What do you actually want to see? We have to know your interests, so do write and let us know.

[roberto.mira]

Hi Kathryn

Firstable I want to remark that your spanish is great!. Have you ever visited Mexico or another hispanic country?

At this stage, we appreciate a lot your recommendation because we have in fact 8 months to go.
I told my friends about visit Edinburgh and they are agreed with that idea so we included Edinburgh in our trip, just next to London and before Dublin, do you think this logistic is alright?

The places that we have thought as a must are London, Berlin, Paris and Rome; considering that we are in our mid 20`s what do you recommend us, it´d be great if you suggest us a sequences of places.

Thank you!

Hi Roberto,

Well, being Scottish, I'm disappointed Glasgow or Edinburgh isn't on your list

My biggest recommendation for cost saving is Skyscanner which will scan all the cheap airlines for you across Europe. The main European budget airline is Ryanair, but you just have to watch out for the surcharges, e.g. if you're checking in a bag.

From your list, I have lived in London & Dublin, and I've visited Paris & Barcelona. The rest I'd like to visit some day. I'm going to Italy in May, so from my own research, you'll be able to do Vienna, Florence & Rome easily by public transport together.

Do not miss Barcelona! That has to be my favourite destination in Europe that I've been to so far! Park Guell is AMAZING!

London I guess is a must for most people...everything to do there, so let us know your interests.

Dublin is a smaller (and dare I say....'friendlier'?) version of London, in that it has lots of theatres/entertainment etc. I love Dublin, and I live here at the moment (though moving back to Scotland soon) Again, what are your interests?

¿Y finalmente… Escocia? ¿Por qué no? ¡Es hermoso! Especialmente castillo de Edimburgo y historia de Glasgow!!

[roberto.mira]

Hi!

It´d be wonderful visting Athens, my parents went there to celebrate their 25th anniversary and told me that is a must in our lifes but I don´t know if we can save enouhg money and time to go there.

For all the things you told me on your post I figured out you`re an expert Europe travel so I´d appreciate if you suggest me a trip for a month including London, Berlin, Florence, Madird, Paris, Praga, Rome and Athens. What do you think about Eurorail pass? Is this expensive? What do you think is the cheapiest way to travel around the places i cited before?

Thank you very much and as a traveler I want to recommend you Mexico; it´s a really beautiful place where you can find cities, beaches, forest, jungles, etc. I made a road trip for all my country and I´d be able to recommend you a route.

Bye!

Hi Roberto,
As a Greek myself, I was just like Kathryn disappointed that you are not counting Greece in your list. Imagine leaving back for Mexico, and not spending at least 3 days in Athens!
There is EasyJet that has really very cheap tickets, and I am sure you can find real cheap ones since you have the chance to book so many months in advance. You will regret it later on I am sure if you don't visit Athens ....at least!
How about visiting a Greek Island like Santorini, or Mykonos?

Don't leave Italy without visiting Toledo, and also see some of the countryside of Ireland!
From London you can fly very cheaply up to the Highlands and do visit Edinburgh when there. Glasgow did not excite me at all, but Edinburgh is a must!
Also while near Venice visit Pompeii. I was there last year and it was really wonderful, and as Kathryn said you can do Rome, Viena and Florence....which is wonderful too, all together using Public Transport.

Berlin did not exite me at all I can admit, but Prague and Budapest are also two of my favourite.

What do you actually want to see? We have to know your interests, so do write and let us know.

[greekcypriot]

Hi Roberto,
Thanks for your nice words.
I guess you will be flying from Mexico to Madrid. Be sure to take the train and get to Todeldo. Don't leave without visiting that spot. Toledo is a day trip, and it's no need to stay at a hotel there. Then with the train you can visit any other nearby city, and move on to Barcelona. I just posted 12 videos (flamenco dancing) this afternoon from my trip there.
You have plenty of time to check with trains and get to Bombeii, Pisa, Siena....incredible as well, Venice, and end out in Barelona.
I am sure the Local Expert of Spain will help you a lot to this.
You can fly then from Barcelona to the Highlands, and visit Edinbourgh. These flights in the UK are really cheap....especially if you start looking from now.
I remember when I went to London last year I used both Ryanair and Easyjet. My tickets to Dublin cost me (o) euro....I paid only taxes. Last year I had a couple of flights completely free because I booked in advance.
Again there are times that the flights from London to Athens cost so little but you have to be checking frequently. You can find a flight for just 40 euros sometimes.
You are indeed lucky because you have much time for this.

Yes, I was about the visit Mexico in March as well, and actually I had found some tickets for just 300 euros including taxes if I am not mistaken, but by the time I went back to my pc to book, .....since I had to wait for some friends to reply to some questions I had about this trip, ....the tickets were gone! But I am coming either this summer or the next.
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[kathryn77]

Hi Kathryn

Firstable I want to remark that your spanish is great!. Have you ever visited Mexico or another hispanic country?

At this stage, we appreciate a lot your recommendation because we have in fact 8 months to go.
I told my friends about visit Edinburgh and they are agreed with that idea so we included Edinburgh in our trip, just next to London and before Dublin, do you think this logistic is alright?

The places that we have thought as a must are London, Berlin, Paris and Rome; considering that we are in our mid 20`s what do you recommend us, it´d be great if you suggest us a sequences of places.

Thank you!

Jajajajajaja, gracias

I learned Spanish in Peru when I was travelling in South America. There's also a lot of Spaniards in my office at work, to keep me in practice I have been to Mexico as well, but more for beachy holidays than proper travelling. I've been to Puerto del Carmen(?) and also somewhere over the west coast too - the name of the place escapes me at the moment...

So glad you're including Scotland in your trip now, you'll love Edinburgh! And yes, the logistic of London - Edinburgh - Dublin are fine (they're about a 50 minute flight between each other, whichever way round you do it actually.

Here's my (personal) 3 top things to do in each city as a tourist*:
London: The London Eye (amazing views); West End show (cut price tickets available at Leicester Square - or via www.lastminute.com - often meal with show deals on there); Covent Garden (markets and bars)
Dublin: Kilmainham Gaol tour (guided tour round Irish jail - really, REALLY good); Guinness factory/Jamesons whisky factory (gotta be done I guess!); the Rock n Roll bus tour (Irish music history)
Edinburgh: The castle - you can't miss it, it towers over the city centre!; A ghost tour (various available, they can be scary or funny...or both!); Rose Street (small street runs parallel to the main Princes Street, away from the castle direction - great little pubs/restaurants with funny Scottish names like "Filthy McNasties"; "The Cat and Bagpipes" etc, with home cooked food, yum!

Here's a task list for you too** I think you and your friends should tick these off on your trip
1. Eat haggis in Scotland
2. Drink the Scottish national drink, Irn-Bru
3. Have an Irish stew in Ireland
4. Have a drink mixed with the local Irish soft drink (or straight if you don't drink alcohol) - red lemonade - asking for this will make everyone think you've lived there for years

* I reserve the right to make amends to that list - I'll probably think of other stuff later that I'd have put in my top 3's !
** I reserve the right to add tasks to this

Let me know if these suggestions are hitting the mark, or if you have different interests and want different suggestions