Suggested itinerary for a 5-country 93-wk) Backpacker's style Eurp trip

1. Suggested Euro Itinerary 2012
Date Venue Details
(Suggested places to go – if only for photo‐ops)
October 5, 2012 (Fri) Depart for Geneva Arrive Geneva
(Go to the the Gare‐ train station to
book/reserve your Swiss train tickets)
October 6, 2012 (Sat) Tour Geneva (AM) Go down UN; (City tour) Brunswick
monument in Square des Alpes, Jet d’eau
(that big fountain) walk along the lake;
(PM) cross to Geneva Old Town & go
around, visit Cathedral Saint‐Pierre (Go up
the tower) then to Jardin Anglais etc
October 7, 2012 (Sun) Geneva ‐via boat: go to Château de Chillon via
(whole day) Lausanne (visit the castle); then to
Montreaux
(take a train here going back to Geneva)
October 8, 2012 (Mon) Geneva to Bern via Train –take (AM) Tour Bern‐go around the city and
the 6am train (3‐4 hrs trip) check out the clock tower and Swiss
Parliament Building; see the Felsenau
Viadukt (if you have time)
(4pm) Leave for Zurich – 3 hours trip
(Overnight Zurich –check in hostel)
October 9, 2012 (Tue) Zurich (AM) Tour Old Town
October 10, 2012 (Wed) Zurich to Gerrmany‐Manheim City tour (Overnight)
via train (3hrs)
(Deutschebahn‐ you can do
your ticket purchases online)
October 11, 2012 (Thu) Manheim‐Heidelberg Tour Heidelberg
(1 hr local train)
October 12, 2012 (Fri) Manheim to Drezden/Leipzig Take Hop on off tour bus
October 13, 2012 (Fri) Leipzig‐Berlin (2 hrs) Tour Berlin City; check out some Museums
October 14, 2012 (Sat) Berlin Concentration camp
October 15, 2012 (Sun) Berlin (Whole day) (AM) Mass
Tour Tottsdam
October 16, 2012 (Mon) (AM) Berlin to Paris via Easyjet Tour Louvre, walk to Place de Concorde then
(Take 7:30am flight) to Tuileries Garden (don’t miss the
monument of Joan of Arc at Place des
Pyramides) then walk going to Arc d’
Triomphe then to Champs Elysee
October 17, 2012 (Mon) Paris Montmartre/Sac L’Couer then walk going to
Moulin Rouge; take a train to Eiffel Tower
(Trocadero side or L’Ecole Militaire side) –
see the Eiffel at night with the lights and go
up the tower if you want

2. October 18, 2012 (Tue) Paris Do a River Seine Cruise; visit Notre Dame (go
up to see the Gargoyles);
Visit Latin Quarter and Pantheon
October 19, 2012 (Wed) Paris‐Barcelona (Option 1) (PM)La Sagrada Familia, Plaça España,
La Rambla, Plaça Catalunya
Option 2: Madrid
October 20, 2012 (Thu) Barcelona (AM)Park Güell, (PM) Casa Milà/ La Pedrera
Casa Batlló; stroll along Barcaloneta
October 21, 2012 (Fri) Barcelona to Milan via Easyjet Tour Milan
(Overnight) (AM) Visit Milan Cathedral‐ beside it is
Galleria Vittorio Emanuele (go inside) and at
the end is the statue of Leonardo D’Vinci
and La Scala Theater;
(PM) Castello Sforzesco
October 22, 2012 (Sat) Milan to Venice (AM) Day tour –Venice – take a water taxi
(roundtrip) going to St. Mark’s Square;
Train to Florence– check in hostel
October 23, 2012 (Sun) Florence Tour Florence
Mass
Visit Church of Santa Maria del Fiore &
Galleria dell'Accademia (Statue of David) –
try to book tickets online in advance
Option 2: Pisa
October 24, 2012 (Mon) (AM) Florence to Rome Train to the Colosseum from there go to
(to really enjoy Rome, you Fontana d’Trevi (25 min walk) you will pass
need at least 4 days here) the Roman Forum and Vittorio Emanuele
October 25, 2012 (Tue) Rome Vatican‐ Vatican Museum for Sistine Chapel;
Go up St. Peter’s Basilica duomo to get a top
view of St. Peter’s square; walk to
Castel St. Angelo; Visit Piazza Navona or
Piazza del Popolo or Sta Maria in Cosmedin
to see La Bocca della Verita
(If you have time)
October 26, 2012 (Wed) Rome to Geneva Via Easyjet
October 27, 2012 (Sat) Geneva Rest and pack
October 28, 2012 (Sun) Depart Geneva
Web sites :
Eurail: www.eurail.com/ (If you opt to get a Eurial tix, you can choose the select saver pass if
you have a companion; for more detailed info on how to use/purchase Eurail) check out:
http://www.ricksteves.com/rail/howrailworks.htm
Germany train: http://www.deutschebahn.com/en/start.html
Hostels: http://www.hostelworld.com/
Cheap flights: http://www.easyjet.com/EN or http://www.ryanair.com/en
My”bible” : http://wikitravel.org/en/Main_Page (this is where I get ideas on what to do upon
arriving from airports or trains‐airport shuttles, tour ideas, where to eat, suggested hostels or
places to stay and other travel essentials like purchasing train/bus tickets and security)