I just came back from my first 2 week European trip. We landed in Paris, then went to Prague, then Venice and ended in Rome. It was an amazing trip! We especially loved Prague, you cannot skip this amazing city - most beautiful city we've been to.

My advice to you guys(as someone from Europe) would be to do something more like: Amsterdam, Paris, Rome and Istanbul. I think that is a way more varieted tour.

Hey Mark and family, I just returned from a 2 week trip to Paris, France; Lourdes, France and London, England. I had an incredible time!!! I watched so many of your videos before going and boy am I glad I did. I kept a lot of your advice in mind while over there and it really helped me. Thanks for all the work you put into your channel!!

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I'm flying across the pond in a few days for a month and a half. Thanks for all the help in these vids!

i just came back from a trip of Paris, Madrid, Rome, and London and used all your videos for help. Thanks!

This is a great video! I would have loved to have it when I first went to Europe. Full of helpful tips. Now I want to visit Prague!

I love this. Perfect! Thanks!

Love your videos. Thanks for the great tips!

Glad you have Prague in there. This is really a first time traveler. The exact amount of time to be spent in each of the cities. Like this everyone can say that they have been there and can start traveling for real.

Perfect itinerary I did London-Prague-Rome and Finished In Paris last year was amazing

i would love to finally see some parts of Europe! thanks for the itinerary

We took our kids to England a few months ago. We spent 5 days in London (our feet were tired but I could have used one more day to do the rest of the museums). Hampton Court was one of our favourite places to go. We did it on the same day as Windsor Castle, on our way to the Cotswolds (and Oxford) for a few days.

I really enjoy your video, this is on my bucket list. Wish I could join a group to travel and take this tour.

Thank you so much!!! Love this type of video 👏🏽

I love your videos. They are awesome. Keep up the fabulous job!!!

great video!! i just shared it with a friend who's traveling for the first time to Europe!! keep the itineraries coming!

Thanks Mark! We'd like more of these travel itineraries to maximise our experience.

great work piecing together all of the cities ! loved it !

Great video. We did almost the same itinerary but instead of Progue we did Florence and Venice, and we did 18 days. But this also sounds like a great itinerary.

Great suggestions, thanks 👍

Thanks for video. Would like to see a 10-20 day France itenerary that includes time in rural/country as well as Paris.

Thank you very much. It was very useful.

Thanks great information 😊

Prague is really high up our list!

Love the channel, nearly watched every video. Thumbs up and keep'em comin!

I would definitely add Barcelona or Madrid to this list !

I have done 4 cities in 4 weeks twice. Trip 1 was London, Edinburgh, Amsterdam and Paris. Trip 2 was Berlin, Prague, Vienna and Budapest. Both great trips.

I will agree with you about Czech beer, it is fantastic! And cheap :D

I did Budapest, Prague, Vienna for my first trip (2 weeks) to Europe. I'd do that trip again in a heartbeat. Beautiful cities. This video is very useful because my next trip to Europe will hopefully be 2 weeks in London, Paris, and either Madrid or Rome.

it's my husband's and I first time in Europe. We're here for 2 1/2 months. We're primarily traveling throughout the different French regions. France is our jump-off points to other countries. We'll also be going to Ibiza, Scotland, England, Andorra, and Switzerland. We're having an amazing time and learning so much. You've partially inspired this trip!

in Paris I took the free breakfast from the hotel, it was pretty good, great variety, then ate a crepe on the street, got some fruits/veggies from the market and keep them in the hotel and for the night just bread, cheese and wine, you don't really need to spend too much on food, in two weeks I only went to restaurants 3 times

What a great intro! Only the true ‘European Vacation’ fans will get that one!

Can't wait for this trip to begin on June 2. I have learned that the astronomical clock (like Big Ben) will be under scaffolding this summer! Bernie in sydney

I miss traveling. I hope I can travel in 2021 but if not I'm definitely gonna do a europe tour.

Gret video, Mark! As always.

We are going to Europe in autumn!

I can recommend grabbing a Trdelnik (= Tower Cake) in Prague!

Came to your channel looking for videos on Europe! Just bought airfare for September. Going for the first time!

Nice collection. You must have prepared that script for a long time with all the different cities.

Oh yeah I went to Europe back when I was in high school my freshman year taking up Spanish back in 2003 we first went to Paris on the Eiffel tower and then Madrid and Barcelona in Spain.

Another great video.

Great video, we are planning our first trip this October from Australia. We are flying into London and out of Rome, so glad we got that part right. Was planning to train it to Paris, then we are planning to go to Venice before finishing off in Rome. We are staying for two weeks!! Nearly what you advised!

What a great video because you showed 4 countries. Your video featured some beautiful shots in the Louvre. ;-)

Thank you for the videos- your enthusiasm is absolutely infectious. And I mean that quite literally, as your videos really helped me to enjoy my trip to Paris with my wife last November even more and now we're inspired and set up to go to Rome next February! We've decided to take our 9 year old son with us next time, in part I'm inspired by watching you take your boys with you almost everywhere! (Selfishly, I'm glad we left him home for France, as it would have nixed the romantic opportunities. ;) ) Keep up the good work.

Went to Amsterdam, Paris, Florence, and Rome for our first time in Europe, so we just needed to apply for one visa (Schengen). For Americans and other "first world" citizens, visas are not a concern. Lucky you!

Great cities that Mark recommends. Something to keep in mind when planning your trip, you will use at least a 1/2 day and often more to change cities. Packing, transfer to the train station, time on train, transfer to hotel and checking in can eat up a lot of time. If you are flying from the US your arrival day may not offer you much time to sightsee. If you travel from Saturday to Saturday (over 2 weeks) for instance you will have 12 full days on the ground, divide that by 4 cities and you have 2.5 days or less in each. It can be done but you may want to limit to 3 cities and take a day-trip out of one of them to get away from the crush of city life.

If it's your thing you can take the guided Jack the Ripper tour in London. Starts every evening at the Tower.

From my first Experience in Europe...I recommend, at least for people like me, going to only one country. I saw Spain and Portugal my first time, and I felt like I wanted to see more of Portugal, but the trip to both was considerably cheaper than just to Portugal. A tour group gives, and gave me, a good overview. Now I just want to go to one city and stay there.

You make me really want to go.

I have two young boys like you... hoping to take the whole family to Europe sometime soon. I've been several times on my own so it'll be cool to experience it with them.

I'm on vacay in paris and was in london yesterday. so much fun

I would apreciate an italy one so much

Great Video... Thank you for posting.......What is your opinion on tour companies like trafalgar tours (best of europe tour)?

You should do an Eastern Europe Itinerary!

If I'm in Paris for just three days, I think the Orsay is the better choice of museums. The Louvre is a bit overwhelming and crowded for a short visit. And don't miss Montmartre!

In italy you have the trip "rome to firenze to venice" cause is in line and you can do it with the same train.

thanks for another great video, mark, absolutely loved it. Can you give me some tips to deal with extreme religious people abroad and what to do about it? Thank you...

4 cities in 2 weeks is a lot. When I travel, usually it is 1 week per city/country.

Cool

I believe you said you'd be traveling to poland next month :) if i remember well, i'm looking forward to that video!!

i am so doing this!!!

if you don't get a cheap train ticket between London-Paris, look at air plane tickets or if you are young, night bus tickets (like flixbus)

You should do a video in Egypt!

Hey mark, would love to see a 2 week Eastern European itinerary! Best from California

great vlog! it would be great if you could tell us that what is the best way to reach Prague from Paris apart from taking a flight

Great video. One suggestion is that we have always found it cheaper to fly to Paris than London. Then it is just as easy to take Eurostar to London then fly to Prague (though I would personally opt for Munich), then on to Rome. Cheers.

My advice for Rome is to buy Romapass. You'll visit for free 2 musea and for the rest you'll have a discount. Moreover, at the Colosseum you'll go inside via de Express gate for groups. You'll also travel for free by subway.

Hi Mark, do you ever film q&a videos? Would love to know a bit more about how far in advance you film your videos! They are always so seamless!! Love from London

4 of us are traveling from Scotland through eastern Europe June 12-July 16 2017. last time I went to Europe I used travelers checks (wow) but what is the way to use American money now? love your videos bc I'm learning so much from you and you travels!

I'm planning on doing a month capitals of central europe first (Ger, Pol, Czech, Hun, Aus + Munich, Krakow, Brno, Salzburg, Koln, Bruges + an Alltag week in Nuremberg)

Hi. 1) What hotels do you recommend for each of these cities that's not far from the sights you mentioned 2) Is it difficult to make sure we have the Louvre tickets or Sistine Chapel ..do you reserve them months or weeks ahead ?. 3) How do you do a "day tour" ? Are these with tour guides etc or we go off on our own..if so, is transportation by train ? by taxi ? from my hotel to Versailles for example). What you suggested sounds very exciting. Thanks.

I have to say an wonderful alternative to Versailles would be a day trip to Normandy with a knowledgeable guide. I loved Versailles, we spent our first night there before spending 9 more days in Paris. Our last day, we took a tour of Normandy. I think that is the most emotional trip I have ever been on. It is a wonderful tour and it very much brings World War II history alive. It makes it real to those of us that didn't have to live through it.

It's funny because this is just what I did last year, except that I did it in reverse :) and I was lucky to have an extra week so I also made Berlin

Could you please tell me how far from the Paris city center are the Monet gardens? Besides the Louvre, and the walking I really love visiting gardens.

Please go to Slovakia, we would love to have you in Bratislava!

Hey Mark, If I may make a suggestion, how about a video covering what to do if you have problems with your European flights and dealing with their airlines? I ask because one of my "hats" is working with a websites that caters to soccer moms and, with what happened with United recently, a few have spoken up wondering what they should do if they get bumped overseas and the differences between US policies and European policies. I believe it's illegal to overbook in Europe but a few of my moms still assume it may happen to them. Google'ing for this information just gets buried in news sites covering the Chicago incident. Thank you for your time

Thanks for the awesome tips as usual! Quick question - How do you get around in each city? Public bus? Taxi? Train? That's the piece that puzzles me when creating an itinerary. Anyone could shed some light? Much appreciated. Thanks.

Thanks for posting lots of good info. I just stated to go to Europe this year. My first trip was London England. I decided to do it a little slower and spend a little more time at each city but only do one or two cities a year. I am planning a second EU trip trip and it will be Paris for 5 or 6 days and then Amsterdam for 3 or four. Should I do Amsterdam first or fly into Paris first. The following year will be Rome and now I am trying to figure out when to do Prague?

if in Prague jump in the train and come to Krakow for little trip to see along other things Wieliczka salt mine

A tour of the d day beaches/cemeteries/war museums would be something different and unique for American travellers heading to France

I absolutely love these itinerary videos. 👍 Need one for Scandinavia. Every year I toy with landing in Copenhagen -> Malmö -> Stockholm -> Oslo, then either return from there or back to Copenhagen depending on flight costs. 🤔

Barcelona !!!

Very beautiful channel, congrats, from Italy. Joined channel!

I'm seeing more & more stuff on my feed about Prague and/or people going to Prague - is this some kind of sign? LOL

I am living in Prague, i visited Paris, lived in Barcelona and also lived in Tampere Finland. I think in general people should not omit former Austro Hungarian and South Germany territories in central Europe.. So do not only visit Italy and France in Europe..even though both are gorgeous countries alone, but u can visit Krakow, Vienna, Salzburg, Nurnberg , Regensburg, Budapest, Auswitz (for history lovers), Munich. All are worth to visit in the central European region to understand the complicated history of Europe especially in the 20th century. I am glad u love Prague as a representative of that central european heritage we do share with surrounding countries... here u will feel more why EU matters more in Germany, Austria or Czech rep. than in UK.

What's on your head/face in the first clip, Mark? I wasn't sure if it was hair or a piece of ribbon? I'm so curious.

thats a nice itinerary but many Americans seem to think that Europe is England, France, Italy, Germany, and Spain only, and it's not. While, they are lovely places, as a European myself who has travelled around my continent and has been to these countries, they are among the most overrated places we have here. While yes I think you should include one of those countries don't make your trip about them only, they make up 3 out of 4 countries listed here. The following is my opinion (cause lets face it we all that to different places differently :) haha) My itinerary for Americans coming to Europe a first trip to Europe should include Stockholm, Prague, Vienna, and Amsterdam, and of the better known cities I would include Rome since you get a touch of ancient civilisations too. Some awesome things to see in these cities: Stockholm- Vasa museum, royal palace, Drottningholm, Gripsholm, archipelago, Djurgarden, island hopping, Gamla Stan, City Hall, beautiful streets Prague Charles Bridge, Astronomical Clock, Old Town, Troya Castle, Petri Hill, Prague Castle, beautiful streets Vienna The Albertina, Schönbrunn, Belvedere, Hofburg, City Hall, beautiful streets Amsterdam The canals, the Rijks Museum, royal palace, Vondelpark, Van Gogh museum Rome Fontana di Trevi, Colloseo, Foro Romano, Arca della Patria, the Vatican, Santa Maria Maggiore, Santa Maria Sopra Minerva, pantheon, piazza navona/dell popolo, castel sant Angelo Then while in these place you can have little day trips ex from Stockholm to Visby/Orebro/ Uppsala/ or even the ferry to Tallinn, from Prague take a short train ride to Dresden Germany, (so you still see a bit of Germany but you visit a lesser known but very charming town), from Vienna to Bratislava/Salzburg/Innsbruck/Budapest, Amsterdam to the Hague/Leiden, and from Rome to la Reggia di Caserta/ or villa D'este- massive palatial complexes nice for a chill day spent in a garden on a mat surrounded by the noise of fountains. So you could land in Stockholm Arlanda and work your way down taking low cost flights, and trains to work your way around, and depart from Rome Fuimicino or vice versa :) I hope this gives you some curiosity to consider places which are not usually given much priority.

Your children are so fortunate!! I'm 23 and I went to Italy three weeks ago (my first time to another country!! the only country i've been) and they have traveled nearly all over the world and they're only toddlers, so envious :p

The Elizabeth Tower Big Ben is the bell

Also can you do a review on the cinque terre in Italy ?

We are planning this exact trip in June this year..how easy would it be to use the rail train instead of flying to Prague? Would you recommend?

I would like to see similiar video for USA :)

Please do an italy one

Could you something like that for the USA?

I was surprised you skipped Germany totally despite it situated between France (Paris) and Czechia (Praque).

Should we buy ticket advance or can buy while there ??? How is travelling by train everywhere ?

Hey Mark do u have a video about how to travel by yourself?

Mark, your accent is so clear and pronunciation perfect.. Being an Indian I can say that. your itinerary is cool but generally many Indians go to LONDON PARIS and then Swiss.Prague and Rome can wait but not Switzerland.

1:35 That looks suspiciously like a Wetherspoons to me. Man I hope visitors to our country don't think of that as being a quality real pub meal! Perfectly easy trap to fall into, Mark - they're a big chain with pubs nationwide. P.S, I'd throw Berlin in there for Prague personally (I found Prague to be sadly overrun with stag-do drunkards when I was there) but hey, I'm sure the comment section is gonna be full of people suggesting loads of other places! ;-)