Prague or Monaco for a flying visit...

Hey campers,

I stayed up last night taking advantage of some dirt-cheap offers from Qatar
Airways to fly to Europe for the equivalent of $900 US. By local standards,
that's about half what it cost and gives me a great opportunity to take
advantage of a $5,000 cruise voucher I won from Princess Cruises while I'm
over there.

Long story short, I've got 6 days to kill in Europe before the cruise
departs Rome. I've narrowed my choices to two options;

a) Fly into Nice in Southern France, spend a couple of days in Monaco,
before spending 3-4 days driving down the west coast of Italy through
Genova/ Pisa and the rest of the Italian xxx coast before arriving in Rome.

b) Fly into Prague, spend two-three days there before another flight into
Rome where we could spend a bit more time seeing the sites of Roma, if not
anywhere else in Italy.

We've already done the UK and France, so really want to experience a
different side of Europe. Would love to hear thoughts from any seasoned
travellers.

]v[etaphoid:

Hey campers,

Hi...errrm...


Long story short, I've got 6 days to kill in Europe before the cruise
departs Rome. I've narrowed my choices to two options;

a) Fly into Nice in Southern France, ...

b) Fly into Prague,...


You haven't mentioned when the trip will take place. The weather
expectations may play a serious role in your choice.

Erick T. Barkhuis wrote:
]v[etaphoid:

Hey campers,

Hi...errrm...


Long story short, I've got 6 days to kill in Europe before the cruise
departs Rome. I've narrowed my choices to two options;

a) Fly into Nice in Southern France, ...

b) Fly into Prague,...


You haven't mentioned when the trip will take place. The weather
expectations may play a serious role in your choice.

Good point. I fly out in 12 days.

This is a *very* last minute trip...

Am Thu, 6 Oct 2011 19:55:47 +1100 schrieb ]v[etaphoid:

Erick T. Barkhuis wrote:
]v[etaphoid:

Hey campers,

Hi...errrm...


Long story short, I've got 6 days to kill in Europe before the cruise
departs Rome. I've narrowed my choices to two options;

a) Fly into Nice in Southern France, ...

b) Fly into Prague,...


You haven't mentioned when the trip will take place. The weather
expectations may play a serious role in your choice.

Good point. I fly out in 12 days.

This is a *very* last minute trip...

Then take option "a".

Prague could be cold and rainy this time of the year, where as in
Southern-France you could still have a few warm days.

Regards,

Frank

On Oct 6, 9:22*am, "]v[etaphoid" wrote:
Hey campers,

I stayed up last night taking advantage of some dirt-cheap offers from Qatar
Airways to fly to Europe for the equivalent of $900 US. By local standards,
that's about half what it cost and gives me a great opportunity to take
advantage of a $5,000 cruise voucher I won from Princess Cruises while I'm
over there.

Long story short, I've got 6 days to kill in Europe before the cruise
departs Rome. I've narrowed my choices to two options;

a) Fly into Nice in Southern France, spend a couple of days in Monaco,
before spending 3-4 days driving down the west coast of Italy through
Genova/ Pisa and the rest of the Italian xxx coast before arriving in Rome.

b) Fly into Prague, spend two-three days there before another flight into
Rome where we could spend a bit more time seeing the sites of Roma, if not
anywhere else in Italy.

We've already done the UK and France, so really want to experience a
different side of Europe. Would love to hear thoughts from any seasoned
travellers.

Well, if you've 'done' France surely it makes more sense to now
experience Italy, and Rome's sights are well ahead of anything in
Monaco!
It's also further south re the weather at this time of year!

Am Thu, 6 Oct 2011 19:22:29 +1100 schrieb ]v[etaphoid:

Hey campers,

I stayed up last night taking advantage of some dirt-cheap offers from Qatar
Airways to fly to Europe for the equivalent of $900 US. By local standards,
that's about half what it cost and gives me a great opportunity to take
advantage of a $5,000 cruise voucher I won from Princess Cruises while I'm
over there.

Long story short, I've got 6 days to kill in Europe before the cruise
departs Rome. I've narrowed my choices to two options;

a) Fly into Nice in Southern France, spend a couple of days in Monaco,
before spending 3-4 days driving down the west coast of Italy through
Genova/ Pisa and the rest of the Italian xxx coast before arriving in Rome.

What do you want to do a couple of days in Monaco? The country is tiny, and
can well be seen in one day. I went there on a cruise and had about 6
hours, that was enough to see part of the palace (not opened all year), the
car-collection and some of the other sights.

Keep in mind, that hotels in Monaco are very, very expensive. So I would do
that in a day-trip and rather explore a bit more of the scenery around
Southern France.

Pisa is okay, but very touristy. The major sights can be seen in a day.
Count Florence in and maybe Lucca or Siena. Genova can be missed, unless
your ship starts from there. It's not really such a nice city (compared to
the other places you want to visit). Rather keep a bit more time for Rome.

b) Fly into Prague, spend two-three days there before another flight into
Rome where we could spend a bit more time seeing the sites of Roma, if not
anywhere else in Italy.

That sounds also interesting to me. There are lots of things to see there.
Depends on the season, though - Prague can be very cold in the winter. If
you travel in autumn or spring or even winter I would prefer France and
Italy - the weather will be nicer there than in Prague.

Regards,

Frank

6.10.2011 12:45, Frank Hucklenbroich kirjoitti:

That sounds also interesting to me. There are lots of things to see there.
Depends on the season, though - Prague can be very cold in the winter. If
you travel in autumn or spring or even winter I would prefer France and
Italy - the weather will be nicer there than in Prague.

I wouldn't mind about weather too much. Prague is an all-season destination.

Markku Grönroos writes:

6.10.2011 12:45, Frank Hucklenbroich kirjoitti:

That sounds also interesting to me. There are lots of things to see there.
Depends on the season, though - Prague can be very cold in the winter. If
you travel in autumn or spring or even winter I would prefer France and
Italy - the weather will be nicer there than in Prague.

I wouldn't mind about weather too much. Prague is an all-season destination.

Yes, well at least from the stand point of someone who lives a few
hundred kilometers from the Arctic Circle!

v[etaphoid wrote on Oct 6, 2011:

Hey campers,

I stayed up last night taking advantage of some dirt-cheap offers from Qatar
Airways to fly to Europe for the equivalent of $900 US. By local standards,
that's about half what it cost and gives me a great opportunity to take
advantage of a $5,000 cruise voucher I won from Princess Cruises while I'm
over there.

Long story short, I've got 6 days to kill in Europe before the cruise
departs Rome. I've narrowed my choices to two options;

a) Fly into Nice in Southern France, spend a couple of days in Monaco,
before spending 3-4 days driving down the west coast of Italy through
Genova/ Pisa and the rest of the Italian xxx coast before arriving in Rome.

b) Fly into Prague, spend two-three days there before another flight into
Rome where we could spend a bit more time seeing the sites of Roma, if not
anywhere else in Italy.

We've already done the UK and France, so really want to experience a
different side of Europe. Would love to hear thoughts from any seasoned
travellers.



I wouldn't recommend your option a) - driving down through Italy to Rome.
I've done it in reverse and although it sounds interesting, in reality it's
no fun at all. Unlike France which as you probably know, has a superb network
of minor roads one can use if one's not in a hurry, in Italy there's really
no alternative to the autostrade for going any distance. Driving on Italian
autostrade is a really dismal experience - in general they're poorly
surfaced, crowded, and have laughably inadequate stopping facilities. In
addition they're fond of building concrete walls on either side of the
motorway which effectively block any view one might get of the surrounding
countryside.

--
Mike Lane
UK North Yorkshire
mike_lane at mac dot com

On 06 Oct 2011 in rec.travel.europe, ]v[etaphoid wrote:

b) Fly into Prague, spend two-three days there before another flight
into Rome where we could spend a bit more time seeing the sites of
Roma, if not anywhere else in Italy.

We loved Praha when we visited there in October a couple of years past.
Prices were reasonable, and there's enough to keep you entertained for
several days. Transit is inexpensive and quick. The weather was OK, if
on the cool side. In the evening there were concerts taking place all
over - just look for signs, or wait for somebody to pop out of a building
and give a mini-concert to entice you in.

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