Europe for three weeks

[Bbonds 3]

Flying into Barcelona on the 16th, and my flight back home is out of London on December 10th. I want to depart Barcelona on the 23rd and stay in a new city before heading to London on the 3rd. I enjoy history and architecture. First time traveling to Europe and open to suggestions.

 

 

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[HenryJames 66082]

Paris

[Neonmoon 38129]

Bordeaux 

[Anastasis 23475]

France (alsace, paris). Or Amsterdam and Copenhagen. 

[SimonBolivar 10958]

Manchester is beautiful that time of year. 

[rage-a-holic 4402]

Germany, Austria, Switzerland

[Spankytoes 1742]

Berlin. Look into EasyJet and where they fly

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

10 hours ago, HenryJames said:

Paris

That's a bold strategy Cotton.

[PenelopeWitherspoon 19103]

Paris. Being there a full week would give you a lot of time to explore the city and see some of the sites nearby like Reims, Chartres, Chantilly, and Versailles.

[BigDHornfan 6549]

14 hours ago, Bbonds said:

 

Flying into Barcelona on the 16th, and my flight back home is out of London on December 10th. I want to depart Barcelona on the 23rd and stay in a new city before heading to London on the 3rd. I enjoy history and architecture. First time traveling to Europe and open to suggestions.

 

 

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Christmas in Bavaria or Salzburg.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

30 minutes ago, BigDHornfan said:

Christmas in Bavaria or Salzburg.

Rothenburg for the win.  It's like stepping back to the 16th c. in the last remaining  walled city in Europe , plus they have the torture museum which is cool as hell.

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[52-80 19162]

That's my favorite country

[52-80 19162]

no but seriously, in late nov/december the day light will be short, it'll be colder, snowy in places, and the fact that some places in the continent shuts down early its a bit depressing.

 

even for your first visit, i suggest just bouncing around spain and/or portugal.  weather's better.  culture is more late night-centric.  food's better.  and tons of history of course.  wind your way along the coast towards granada, gibraltar and cadiz.  or through the center with madrid and salamanca.  or the north through basque, navarre, towards galicia.  all good options. 

[mycox 582]

^^^^
Yes, cruise around Spain

[Js1 85376]

1 hour ago, mycox said:

^^^^
Yes, cruise around Spain

Yeah if you *really* want to go somewhere else, more of Spain or Lisbon/Porto is a good choice.

[Hate 20110]

Alicante is a terrific city on the coast of Spain that isn't (or wasn't in 2007) overrun with tourists.  It has a great old fort to explore as well.  

 

[Bone3421 716]

Prague if you get a cheap flight....christmas markets will be in full swing and amazing city

[Napoleon 8687]

On 11/8/2018 at 8:42 AM, BigDHornfan said:

Christmas in Bavaria or Salzburg.

THIS!

No question!

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On 11/7/2018 at 7:32 PM, Bbonds said:

 

Flying into Barcelona on the 16th, and my flight back home is out of London on December 10th. I want to depart Barcelona on the 23rd and stay in a new city before heading to London on the 3rd. I enjoy history and architecture. First time traveling to Europe and open to suggestions.

 

 

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I would skip most of the modern, bustling cities (except Paris and London) and focus on medieval centers/towns, like Bassel, Cologne, Winchester, Canterbury, Rouen, Ghent, Nuremberg, etc.   In London, focus on the center part of the town around the Thames, such as Westminster, Tower of London, etc.  You can also find the remnants of the medieval London wall.  I have tons of London recs if you need.  

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Toledo is also a great medieval Spanish town to visit that has much of its history in tact.  Southwest of Paris is Chartres Catheral that has its original 13th century stained glass windows and just north of Paris is St. Denis which is one of the original gothic cathedrals.

[Bbonds 3]

Barcelona is badass. Headed to Rome Friday morning and will spend six days there. Looking for one more city to spend five days after Rome, then head to London.

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3 hours ago, Bbonds said:

Barcelona is badass. Headed to Rome Friday morning and will spend six days there. Looking for one more city to spend five days after Rome, then head to London.

This, Barcelona (pronounced "Barthelona") has an amazing seafood market.