I want to Go to Spain, France and Italy. How should I do my itinerary? where I should go fist to get a cheaper

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I want to Go to Spain, France and Italy. How should I do my itinerary? where I should go fist to get a cheaper

Answer 1

From what I've gathered, flights to Paris are the cheapest, so you should start there.  How much time do you have?

A typical trip would be a couple to three days in Paris, much more if you can spare it.  I wouldn't do Paris in less than five days, but then, if I go, I take time....and I don't go often.  a day or two on the Loire if you're into castles, or some countryside, pick a city based on your interests...wine?  food?  I would choose Avignon.  That's probably my most interesting city in France.  

On to Rome or Milan or Florence, whichever you want to start in .  Again, two days minimum, at least 5 - 6 if you can spare it for Rome.  Two to three for Florence, more if you want to experience the Tuscan countryside...I would try to fit in at least a winery.  Milan merits two to three days, and Venice is a MUST at two or more days.  South to Naples and Pompeii if you have two or three days more.  And the Amalfi coast and cinqueterre, if you can, on the way back North.  Sicily would be good for a few days, too.  And if you have a mind, Capris, as well, Genoa and Pisa look interesting to me.

Crossing back through the southern coast of France, stop at Monaco for a day, just so you can say you've been there, and maybe another beach town, pick one.  Then Carcassonne, one of the best medieval fortified towns in Europe.

At least two or three days in Barcelona (we spent ten, and did some exploring along the Costa Brava and Costa del Oro).  Then Valencia, if you have time.  There's a fabulous recently completed science complex there, all designed by the premier Spanish architect of our time, Santiago de Calatrava.  Really neat, and the largest aquarium in Europe is part of that.  

Then to Granada for a day, Ronda if you can fit it in, Seville, at least two, three or more if you have it, and then to Madrid.  From Madrid, you can day trip to Avila, Segovia, Toledo, Salamanca, La Mancha, Rioja (wine region) Bilbao, and points north.  If you have time, a couple of days on the North coast can include Oviedo, Santander (ancient cave paintings there) and San Sebastián, all very pretty towns.  Then back to Paris for your return flight.

How much of that you choose to do, of course, will depend on what kind of time you have.  A one week trip isn't even enough for Paris, a month wouldn't cover all of that, but you could do it, if you had three months...take your pick, but, since you give flight cost as a first priority, I would fly into Paris, then Italy, then Spain and back for the return...you could also fly from Madrid to Paris, probably for only about 100€, if you don't want to stop anywhere on the way.  One caveat, those discount flights are sometimes really hard to coordinate with the international flight home, so you might have to plan in a whole day just to get back to Paris.  

Another option is to leave from a different city, though that can cost a little more.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

I think you should go in the order you describe. Spain First its nice but you want to have Italy last because they have so much more in the way of Monuments and Tourism. As for France I'd leave that as second because it is so different from the Spain and Italy. A good way to break the two.

Answer 4

If you start out in italy you can take a train to spain and then france.

Answer 5

I would do spain, france, and italy. You should stay in hostels there a lot cheaper.  theres a website were you can book hostels, HOSTELWORLD.COM, there cheap and if your doing a city per day its good because you can check in and just leave the next day. If you book a hostel lets say outside of paris and call the actual place they usually speak english and tell you what places are worth seeing and places that are not. I would do the trip by train. They sell euro passes for trains, its unlimited use. Me and a buddy of mine would wake up, decide where we would go that morning and hope on train country to country.

If your more of a planed person then get ideas that are more organized but if you want more of spontanious trip then just get a flight to portugal/spain and just go city to city. you'll meet people at bars and cafes and ask them what are good places to go, and then just go.

Answer 6

Check major US and European airlines for your transatlantic fare; also check Hotwire.  Orbitz and Travelocity tend to have very bad deals on transatlantic flights.  asda-travel.co.uk has good deals, and sells in US dollars (it's part of Wal-Mart's UK subsidiary).  Good interface too.

For getting around Europe, consider the discount airlines like Ryanair, bmi baby, easyJet, etc.  Be sure to buy as far in advance as possible.

As for your European itinerary, I'd make it a circuit, starting and ending in Paris or Rome, for example.  This will enable you to buy an off-the-shelf, round-trip transatlantic ticket, almost certainly much cheaper than an open-jaw.  I don't think the order in which you visit places will make much of a difference in how much fun you have.  Let the prices guide your decision making there.

Enjoy your trip!