Monday, January 13, 2014

Hi, We are family of 3 adults (Indian parents and 18 year old son) would like to visit Paris, Zurich, Lucerne?

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Venice,Florence and Rome. We are planning to cover all only 'must see' places within 10 days. Pl. suggest good places to visit and mode of transport. Appreciate if the distance between these places and suggest places for night halt too. Good and budget hotels with hot water facility details would be of great help.


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First, six cities, especially when they're as geographically dispersed as this, are too much for 10n days. You'll spend all your time in transit rather than actually seeing things. Something like Venice, Florence and Rome or Paris, Florence or Venice and Rome or Paris, Lucerne and Zurich would be more realistic. It would be a good idea to look for an open jaw ticket where you fly into one city and out of a city on the other end of the trip; this would save you transit time since you wouldn't have to backtrack back to the starting point.

Here are some resources that can help you plan and check options and current prices for your trip (expect prices in the future to rise):

http://www.kayak.com/ - airfares & hotels; the explore function is useful for finding the less expensive places to fly into from your starting point.

http://www.skyscanner.it/ - particularly good for budget flights within Europe, but you can also use everywhere as a destination to do something like the explore option on Kayak. You may not need the airfares, but you can compare to the cost of the trains to get around. this one may be more useful for you.

http://www.seat61.com/ - a great train site with details about railpasses. It can be cheaper to buy individual tickets than passes. This site will tell you how to determine whether you're better off with a railpass or individual tickets or some combination for your trip. It also details how to use the pass and what to avoid to get the best use out of a pass. Most high speed, international and night trains require reservations and will require you to pay a supplement when you use a railpass. You need to be aware that a railpass is almost always more expensive for trains here in some places like Italy and Spain.

http://www.trenitalia.com/cms/v/index.js⦠- Italian train schedules & prices. You can find links to the various national train sites on the Man in Seat 61 site above.

http://www.venere.com/ - hotels/B&Bs - prices for the same hotel can vary hugely depending on the season and what local events are going on.

http://www.hostelbookers.com/ - hostels.

http://www.monasterystays.com/ - monasteries & convents that offer accommodations

You can also look into camping or couch surfing as cheaper alternatives for accommodations.

http://www.whatsonwhen.com/sisp/index.ht⦠- festivals, exhibitions and events

http://www.backpackeurope.com/ - information & advice

For sightseeing prices: check the websites for entrance fees for the museums & galleries you're interested in. I spend anywhere between nothing and 40 euro a day depending on exactly what I go to see when out exploring. For food, I spend around 25 to 50 euro for a meal, but you can eat for less. A pizza is 8 to 13 euro and a panino or wrap is around 3 to 6.50 euro in many places. You can often get food at festivals at a relatively low price. You can also shop in the markets and put some meals together for yourselves.When I travel, I like to try the local specialties and the good restaurants.

Where can I find a good fishing and camping spot in IL?




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I live in Chicago and the most I want to travle is 1 hour and 30 min. Please tell me a spot where there are lots of big fishes. I want to fish in fresh water. PLEASE ANSWER THIS!!


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have you tried lake wood forest preserve?????
(i think that's the name of the place I'm thinking of it is off of a road called Quentin rd) near Lake Zurich




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