Feedback on Itinerary: Germany/Switzerland/Lake Como/France
My wife, son (will be a year old), and I will be travelling to Europe in early October. Our son is used to travelling already but we don't want to make this too difficult for him. We enjoy going to markets, having picnics in parks, scenic vistas, food, and wine (after the lil dude is fast asleep). Looking for some feedback on our trip thus far. Having a hard time deciding where to go!
Our tentative itinerary is as follows:
Day 1: Land in Milan and spend the night
Day 2-5: Rent car and drive to Lake Como
Day 6-9: Train to Interlaken, Switzerland and spend three nights
Day 10-16: Pick up a rental car and explore Burgundy, Alsace, and/or Baden Wurttemburg
Day 17: Fly out of Frankfurt
Edit: thank you for the advice. Took the advice to fly to Milan and start from there rather than Frankfurt
Posted May 21, 2019, 5:48 PM UTC · edited
Some of those are quite big jumps for the amount of time you will have. Day 2, 3, 7 are all 4 hour+ train rides with multiple changes.
I would maybe cut out Como to avoid having to drop down and then backtrack up again so soon after.
Thank you! I think out of all destinations, Como is at the top. We haven't booked anything other than the flights and are open to reconfigure. Would you have any suggestions on that?
I know you said you booked your flights already, but if at all possible I’d highly suggest reconfiguring and flying to Milan instead and just taking the short train trip to Como from there. I think the trip sounds much more manageable if you can fly into Milan, work your way north through Lake Como to Interlaken to France, and then fly out of Frankfurt at the end.
Good call. I was looking at changing my connection in London from Frankfurt to Milan and that probably makes way more sense. Either that or just fly to Milan the next day after staying the night near the Frankfurt airport.
You could consider flying Frankfurt to Basel and take the train from Basel to Lake Como (it passes by it in the way to Milan).
Reason— both Milan airports are a ways from DT Milan and the train station. Unless you really want to see something in Milan, you could do a nice train ride from Basel to Lake Como. Or even take the train from Frankfurt though it will take a bit longer.
If you are coming from Basel sit on the left side of the train as you will get a view of the lake.
Ended up taking this advice. Thank you so much! Saved a half day of travel and only a couple hundred bucks extra 😁