Europe

[Neha]

will do thank u so much.

any hotels or areas that easier with kids . sorry for the trouble

 

[Neha]

cruise will take us to all the scandinavian countries + russia so we thought something else.

My husband wanted to go to London but I have not been Rome so wanted to go there but because of the longer flight out of copenhagen we were thinking about Amsterdam.
Will take all suggestions and decide

Thanks ladies for all your help

 

[nicolejoy]

OH - you must be doing the same cruise that I went on this year - we went with Princess and went to Copenhagen, Stockholm, Helsinki, St Petersberg, Tallinn, Gdansk and Oslo - we LOOOVVEEDD it!! Although it was still pretty cold at that time of year!! My brother lives in Copenhagen, so we just spent all the rest of our time there - so I'm useless for suggestions as to where to go That was my first time in Europe.

 

[Tigerlily]

Neha, i am italian so i can only say you made a great decision!
For flight check out easyjet as somebody already mention as well as ryanair for cheap deal.

Rome is rather big, you definitely won't need to hire a car tho. As far the hotel are I would definitely suggest you to stay aroud the historical centre (i.e. piazza di Spagna, Via Veneto...). If you don?t mind telling me you budget I can try to recommend some hotels as well....

I have just come back to Milan (where I am from) to deliver the baby and...it is bloody freezing ))

Feel free to let me know if you need any further help

 

[Neha]

nicolejoy yes the same cruise starting on 16th . it will be cold but i am sure fun. U can probably tell us if the tours offered by the cruiseline are worth it or not.

Tigerlily budget under 200 euros

thanks all

 

[karmah1]

I used these hotel websites when I lived in London to find hotels when travelling through Europe:

http://www.hotelconnect.co.uk/

https://www.hotelopia.co.uk/

http://www.expedia.co.uk/

https://www.hotelclub.net/

http://www.octopustravel.com/IntlHome.jsp

 

[nicolejoy]

nicolejoy yes the same cruise starting on 16th . it will be cold but i am sure fun. U can probably tell us if the tours offered by the cruiseline are worth it or not.

We only did one tour - in St Petersberg, we did the 2 day grand tour because of the whole visa thing... although a lot of people seemed to be going into Russia independently and it worked for them *shrugs* I did really enjoy it though, and our tour guide was really awesome!! I generally prefer exploring somewhere by myself though...

My FAVOURITE ports were Stockholm and Tallinn - both beautiful cities!! And of course, St Petersberg!! We did it pretty much the same time of year as you - we were in St Petersberg for my birthday on the 25th

My least favourite port was Gdansk - I would have been happy to just stay on the boat that day The whole city seemed kind of depressing!!

 

[Neha]

thanks for the info

 

[Veronika]

Where abouts did you go in Gdansk, Nicolejoy? I went there in 2005 and found it a beautiful city. I can't believe that it has changed so much in just 3 years?

How long does the whole cruise take? Where do you start? I was always wondering how it is to do a cruise......

 

[nicolejoy]

We went around the old town area, walked all over the "main highlight" things in the tourist maps. Maybe it was just my experience/personal taste, and maybe on another day or in a different mood, I might have enjoyed it more!! We caught the bus from the cruise ship and had a "tour guide" pointing out things on the way there and back - and she was reeeaalllyyy bad!! And it was just a bad day

The cruise I did was this one: http://www.princess.com/pb/itineraryDetails.do?voyageCode=E914N&trade=E

10 days, starting and finishing in Copenhagen. It was AWESOME - the food was great, service was excellent! Made me want to go on a cruise every year!! I'm already looking forward to my next one!!

And if anyone wants to go on any Princess cruises, I highly recommend Frances Yik at [email protected] as a contact - she did our booking and was excellent!!