10 day trip to Europe

smallzoo2

My wife and I want to do a 10 day trip to Europe

My wife wants to visits Vienna and lausenne and obviously stops on the way and way back.

We want to drive but we also don't want to be driving all the time so we thought maybe we could go by train or a mix of train and car 

Are there good forums where we can get honest advice on what it's possible to do and all about motor rail and Europe by car /train

Thanks

Voyager2002

You really don't need a car for this kind of trip. Switzerland has the best public transport in the world, while the rail lines linking going into and across Austria will take you in comfort to most of the points of interest in between your two points of interest.

You can find what you need to know from the site of The Man in Seat 61.

atlantis187

What your total budget for this, as me as wife are looking at doing summat similar in future

amanda1024

It might be worth looking at interrail passes. And there’s a decent overnight sleeper train from Paris to Vienna

Doshwaster

The Man in Seat 61 is the bible for international rail travel

https://www.seat61.com/Switzerland.htm

I'd be tempted to do something like stopping over in Paris on the way out and then somewhere in Germany and Brussels on the way back.

gwynlas

It really is not worth the hassle of driving for such a short trip and the driver would miss the scenery. Also there would be an added expense of car transport for part of the route. 

baser999

Personally I love the drive into Europe. Significant Other has a sister in Switzerland and we’ve driven there, other times stayed there en route elsewhere. We’d always stop over in France there and back but by way of variety have always endeavoured to never duplicate either the routes or stopovers. 

However getting the train is a pleasant option. We stayed in Vienna for a week some years back and moved to Budapest for a second and took the train, the fare was pretty cheap I recall and upgrading to first class was very little. The man in Seat 61 site is useful as a planner

smallzoo2

Voyager2002 said:

You really don't need a car for this kind of trip. Switzerland has the best public transport in the world, while the rail lines linking going into and across Austria will take you in comfort to most of the points of interest in between your two points of interest.

You can find what you need to know from the site of The Man in Seat 61.

Thanks.. Whats the best app / website to find the nest trains etc

smallzoo2

amanda1024 said:

It might be worth looking at interrail passes. And there’s a decent overnight sleeper train from Paris to Vienna

Where do you check the interrail passes ?

RAS

The best website is "The Man in Seat 61". He usually has multiple itineraries for journeys to and from the UK to larger cities throughout Europe, with and without stop-overs. And info on onward travel. 

smallzoo2

A lot has changed since I last posted which means we want a shorter trip all by car and boat and less driving

People have mentioned these towns...

What do people think of this 

Drive from cheshire to portsmouth
Ferry to le harvre
Stay in Hornfleur ( supposed to be a nice town )  for 1 night
Drive to Bayeux stay 1 or two nights
Drive to Quimper on the coast for 2 or 3 nights by the sea
Drive to Dinan/St malo ( supposed to be a nice towns )  1 or two nights
Ferry to Jersey Stay 2 nights
Ferry to Poole
Stay in Lyme Regis for 1 or two nights
then back to cheshire