My family and I plan to travel around London, Italy, France and the Netherlands with a single-night stopover in Southeast Asia. Would you please recommend the flight routes? I prefer to see the four countries at a relaxed pace (I have somewhat limited mobility) though ensuring we'll cover everything we need to see. Can you also outline a 35-day European itinerary? Our 10-year old daughter is a bookworm and a big fan of English history.
- M. D
I'd suggest taking a flight from New Zealand to London via Singapore or Kuala Lumpur. Both are modern cities with great amenities for an overnight stopover. In Singapore there are cheap and comfortable hotel rooms in Changi Airport. Singapore Airlines even organises bus tours to sights around the city.
Taking 35 days in Europe equates to about a week in each country. Spend a couple of days in London (don't forget to visit the British Museum). Then hire a car and drive to historical towns such as Bath, Stratford-upon-Avon, Oxford and York.
Your next stop should be Amsterdam via Brussels on a Eurostar train. You can also visit historical towns in the Randstad region such as Delft and Leiden. Visit the Hague and Rotterdam if you have time.
Jump back on a train to Paris. A do-able itinerary in France would be to visit Normandy, Monet's garden at Giverny and Versailles. Then you should continue on to Italy. Working north to south, you can take your pick from Turin, Milan, Venice, Florence and end up in Rome.
