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I just booked a 4 night solo-trip to Lisbon. Any recommendations to what I need to see and experience that I won't necessarily get out of tourist guides/wikitravel etc. will be greatly appreciated.
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Yo, me and my gf are planning a 6-day (maybe an extra day, we haven't decided 100% yet) trip to Florence and Venice, around three days in each place, sometime later this year. Most likely between august 1st and 15th somewhere. We're thinking of starting in Florence and then rent a car so we can stop at a few interesting sights on the outskirts of the two places on our trek from one to the other. I've heard parking by Venice is a nightmare and a half, so my guess is we'll probably either park or drop the car off in Mestre. edit: or in reverse order depending on ticket prices for the flights does this sound doable? ulvir fucked around with this message at 12:07 on May 31, 2016 |
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May 31, 2016 12:01
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caberham posted:It's a 3 hour drive but through some crazy mountainous terrain, it's doable. There's just alot to see in Italy Saladman posted:Definitely doable, but if you're spending the full time in Florence and Venice I have no idea why you would want a car. Italy's train service works really well between major cities. Either spend a 6 day trip from Florence to Venice, spending 1 day in each city, and drive between for 4 days, or spend a 6 day trip with 3/3 and don't get a car at all. it's mostly my gf that wants a car for the supposed flexibility, and not having to bother with train schedules between cities. I'm 100% certain we won't ever use it in Florence or Venice (even if they had roads), only from one place to another with a few stops on the way there. we've more or less landed on starting in Venice, so at least we won't have to follow the summer holiday traffic, should we decide to rent one (which I'm trying to persuade her to drop). Thanks for the warning though.
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May 31, 2016 13:50
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well I'm glad you aren't being rude or aggressive about it or presume I'm actually in favour of renting a car in the first place (i explicitly said I'm gonna dissuade it in favour of public transport).Hadlock posted:My guess is she's horrifically afraid of not being able to depend on the car while traveling? it was a simple idea early in the process and based off of where she's been before where a rental has been practical, but thanks for the psycho analysis. nothing has been paid for yet, and we're still early in the planning bit.
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May 31, 2016 23:19
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don't forget to do the farmer's walk instead of dragging them along by the wheels
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Aug 2, 2016 20:26
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Heading to Tallinn this coming Easter (being Norwegian, I've already looked up public holidays and such to be safe). Any tips on what to see/experience there, and places to eat? Not 100% on number of days yet, but I suspect at least 3-4 nights.
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Thanks a bunch!
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Jan 24, 2017 16:37
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yeah I eat rear end posted:Has anyone been to the Lofoten islands in Norway? If so, what part would you say is the most convenient to stay for a general hiking/golf vacation? By one of the airports or? We will almost definitely be renting a car if it makes a difference even though the rental prices are insane - sounds like doing all public transport is pretty difficult. Honestly, it's at most a 1-1,5hr drive from end-to-end there, and the golf course is, I believe, somewhere in the middle, so just stay wherever really, But if your vacation is mainly Lofoten, then don't stay in Bodø or the mainland since taking the ferry every day would be hella expensive. Don't forget to drink beer and eat tørrfisk in Henningsvær or to visit the viking museum at Hov. And yeah, in Lofoten (and most of rural Norway) you most definitely want a car. our public transport outside the big metropolitan areas seems to be mainly for school kids to get around to and fro 
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Feb 3, 2017 23:48
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And if you're going there in the summer, do bring a lightweight wind-/waterproof jacket. If it's windy it can get quite chilly even in midsummer.
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Feb 4, 2017 00:00
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optimistically, my wife and I are currently entertaining the idea of taking a train from Oslo to Vienna this summer. are there any scandigoons with that kind of experience in here? like, realistically, what would the actual travel time be like? and how easy is it in practice? the online plans I've seen says the trip will take a combined 19,5 hours or so from Gothenburg, but that, I assume, is if, and only if, you get to immediately hop from one train to the other in Copenhagen and Hamburg without delay.
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Feb 6, 2022 14:51
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lol thanks. this transnational train thing isn't quite as idyllic as one could imagine apparently the norwegian ticket planner was extremely lampshady wrt transfers as well, at bahn.de the majority of trips between gothenburg and wienna has up to ten goddamn transfers, some as late as 3 at night. there's a high probability of us caving and just going for a plane instead 
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Feb 6, 2022 17:24
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kind of a dumb question, but anyways: we're heading to vienna in a few days, and as I understand it, austria is still a place where cash is preferred every so often. so, coming from a country where I literally never pay with cash, are safe-ish ATMs (indoors, frequently monitored for skimming equipment, etc) easy to come by there?
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Jul 7, 2023 17:15
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ty for the replies, I managed to extract money from ATMs in the middle of the old town in florence in 2016 without issue, so sounds like vienna'll be a breeze, too WaryWarren posted:Everyone's still a cold rear end in a top hat there. as a scandinavian, this sounds extremely like my style
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Jul 8, 2023 19:41
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hamburg is a nice place, only two hours by train. skip hannover, that’s kind of a dreary shithole (mostly because it was completely obliterated by bombshells during the war)
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Jul 9, 2023 21:31
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if you get a chance, book an evening at Denis Server’s house in Spitalfields. it’s a pretty unique experience, and you get to sit down for a wine with refills at the end. it’s costly though, I think £200 (possibly per person) and just one or two nights a month at most, with not many spots open
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Aug 4, 2023 22:27
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i'm not just saying this because i'm from Oslo, but Oslo actually deserves more than just two measly days squeezed between travelling
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A Dapper Walrus posted:Echoing the earlier questions about Italy, I have a trip coming up this summer (July/August) going through Venice (3 days), Florence (4 days), Rome (5 days), and the Amalfi Coast (6 days). in florence: if you like museums, Uffizi is a must, consider the Firenze card so you can skip ahead in line, this also grants free access to to other museums 4 Leoni is a pretty good restaurant, at least when we were there, a good mix of italian and foreign guests. it’s just “off the path” enough in oltrarno to not be overrun with those big groups of day-trip buses Ditta Artigianale has a small cafe that serves both great coffee and great gin tonic (if that’s your thing) Stay the heck away from Ponte Vecchio between 9am and 6pm
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