Evening gents.
I'm posting here looking to bounce some ideas off of people.
This fall I am looking at taking my family to do some sightseeing in Western Europe. I will have a kid and the mother with me so as you can imagine the priorities will be a bit different from usual. For this trip I'm more focused on history and sightseeing: I want to eat some great food, go some places that will help appreciate some of the things that Western Civilization built, and see some fantastic scenery.
I anticipate a bit of a different itinerary.
Things I'm looking for:
Catch is that does make planning a bit more difficult because that steers me away from metropolitan areas and into smaller, more friendly locations. Two I've visited on previous trips that would fit the bill are Bruges and Lucerne.
What cities would people suggest?
I'm posting here looking to bounce some ideas off of people.
This fall I am looking at taking my family to do some sightseeing in Western Europe. I will have a kid and the mother with me so as you can imagine the priorities will be a bit different from usual. For this trip I'm more focused on history and sightseeing: I want to eat some great food, go some places that will help appreciate some of the things that Western Civilization built, and see some fantastic scenery.
I anticipate a bit of a different itinerary.
Things I'm looking for:
- Historical architectural and cultural achivements
- Walking-friendly towns with a friendly atmosphere
- Easily accessable by train
- Nightlife
- Anything related to contemporary "arts" and "culture".
- Tourists. I'm not looking for a tourist experience, but I'm disinclined to pass up a "must see" because tourists are there
- The girls. I'm packing my own for this trip.
- "Cultural Enrichment"
- Anything Overpriced/Overcrowded
- Anything potentially hazardous
- Anything inordinately expensive.
Catch is that does make planning a bit more difficult because that steers me away from metropolitan areas and into smaller, more friendly locations. Two I've visited on previous trips that would fit the bill are Bruges and Lucerne.
What cities would people suggest?