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London, United Kingdom
Arrive in London at 7:45am on the 24th April. Check in at the flat is 1pm. Heathrow to Kings Cross is about £13 and takes an hour. Paddington, Kings Cross, St Pancras, Euston have luggage lockers. Paddington is closest to our flat but cost is much higher than Kings Cross.
Possible itinerary:
DAY1:
Big Ben & Parliament, Buckingham Palace, St James’s Park and the Mall, Westminster Abbey, Harrods, Natural History Museum (?).
DAY2: Churchill War Rooms, Tower of London, Borough Market (afternoon), Sky Garden (?). DAY3: British Museum, Camden & Primrose Hill, Abbey Road, Circolo Popolare (lunch), Soho at night (?).
DAY4: National Galley, Trafalgar Square, Piccadilly Circus, Covent Garden, afternoon tea at The Wolseley.
DAY5: Notting Hill, Hyde Park, Kensington Gardens, Portobello Road, V&A Museum.
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Paris, France
Apartment is 3pm. Gare du Nord Luggage Hero storage €1.10 per hour. Mairie des Lilas is the closest metro to apartment.
Possible itinerary:
DAY1: Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Pont Alexandre, Place de la Concorde. Flea market?
DAY2: Giverny (morning). ??
DAY3: Versailles (morning), Pantheon, Luxembourg Gardens, Latin Quarter.
DAY4: Palais Garnier, Montmartre, Musee d’Orsay.
DAY5: St Chapelle, Notre Dame, Le Marais, the Louvre (free on the first Friday of the month after 6pm, closes at 9:45).
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Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain
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Madrid, Spain
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Lisbon, Portugal
Day trip to Sintra
Santa Apolonia Station has luggage storage - closest to our apartment. €5 for a large locker.
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French Riviera, France
Use Nice as a base to visit Eze, Antibes, Monaco and Cannes.
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Cinque Terre, Italy
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Florence, Italy
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Rome, Italy
Possible itinerary:
DAY1: Pantheon, Piazza Navona, Trevi Fountain, Centro Storico (more??)
DAY2: Trastevere, Janiculum Hill, Villa Borghese.
DAY3: Vatican City & Sistine Chapel, Spanish Steps, Castel Sant’Angelo.
DAY4: Colosseum, Palatine Hill, Roman Forum, Capitoline Hill.
DAY5: Day trip?? Amalfi, Herculaneum, Hadrian’s Villa??
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Venice, Italy
Day trip to Verona or Lake Garda
- Bridge of Sighs (Ponte dei Sospiri)
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Ljubljana, Slovenia
Day trip to Lake Bled
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Split, Croatia
Day trips to Hvar and Plitvice Lakes
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Zagreb, Croatia
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Budapest, Hungary
Day trip to small town Szentendre - 40 minutes away. $5 one way.
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Kraków, Poland
Day trip to Auschwitz
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Prague, Czech Republic
Day trip to Cesky Krumlov
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Berlin, Germany