Portugal Itinerary Help Will be in Portugal for 7 days this October. I know that isn’t a lot of time which is why I’m trying to maximize the experience without burning myself out. The tentative schedule is 3 days in Lisbon, 1 in Cascais (as a base for Sintra and the palaces), and 3 in Porto. Given the 40+ minute train ride between Lisbon and Cascais, I chose to forego …

Spain & Portugal Itinerary Help My girlfriend and I will be visiting Spain and possibly Portugal in April/May 2025. It will be our first time visiting both countries and we plan to be there for 17 nights. We have many well-traveled friends and EVERYONE has a different opinion on locations they recommend we travel to. For context- we are both in our early 30’s from Los Angeles…

Honeymoon Do-Over in Europe! Help Pick Our Next Adventure (August – 4-5 Days) My wife (early-30s) and I (from California, US) are on a mission to recreate our honeymoon magic in Europe this August. We have 4-5 glorious days to explore a new country after a work trip in the UK (already been to Italy, South France, Switzerland, and Greece). The Challenge: Beat the Heat! We loved Spain and Greece, but scorching temperatures …

Update: solo travelling as a 21F Asian in Europe for the first time I made a post last year on this topic here: https://www.reddit.com/r/travel/s/NKiGjvZU09 Now that I’m back in Singapore after a life-changing 6 months of student exchange, I’d just like to share some of my thoughts and experiences (solo) travelling across Europe. For someone who grew up in a sheltered environment in Singapore, Europe was surpris…

Best Cities to Solo Travel at 20 years old? I have been to a few countries in my life including ecuador, costa rica, morocco, spain, and france. My favorite so far was the city of Nice in France. I plan to do a cruise from florida when I turn 21 and in the near future plan a trip to Berlin to see my close friend. Any ideas for my first solo trip? submitted by /u/Rude-Winner-7503 …

Best towns to chill in Europe Hi all! Hoping to get some suggestions on a week long trip to Europe in September. My girlfriend and I are wanting to find a place to mega chill but are feeling about overwhelmed narrowing it down. Here is what we are looking for: -Easy or to get to from Barcelona(one direct flight or 1 bus/train) -Walkable(no car needed) -plenty of good resta…

Motorbike trip Hey, I just came home from my first big motorbike trip and it was amazing. We covered a few mountain passes in Austria and Italy and did around 1500 kilometres. Trip lasted five days and we did about 300 kilometres per day. Although it was kinda rough I would do it again anytime. Here are some photos from trip.😊 submitted by /u/HalfNatura…

Road trip in northern and eastern parts of Oman – Absolutely loved this country! submitted by /u/AxisMundi8

Dual citizen (EU/US) wanting to go to China – visa question Hi all, I want to go to China soon and I can enter visa free for 15 days with my EU country citizenship. However I am also a US citizen. My EU passport prints where I was born, which is in the US (but in the language of origin of said passport). Anyway, will this pose a problem upon entry? Do I somehow somewhere have to declare US citizenship??…

Best off-the-beaten path Caribbean/Central American coast destinations? Hi all: Thinking of doing Caribbean/Central American coast for a week in December from the East Coast USA. Traveling as a couple, we’ve both done non-resort Mexico before so I’m used to more “rough” accommodations. Desires beginner scuba/snorkling kayaking great beaches not overrun with cruise ship tourists cheap (aka, not Bahamas/Turks) local …

Have a ship to catch in Barcelona on Sept19th and a flight to Barcelona on Sept15th. How to spend these four days NOT in Barcelona? We booked our flight few days earlier than our cruise to have some time to visit Barcelona too but given the recent press, I don’t want to spend time in a city I’m not welcome in. Any neighboring cities or towns or villages that we can stay? Consider the fact that I have not seen Spain at all yet, so I’d like to have at least one day trip to Bar…

If I can afford to, is it worth splashing out on Premium Economy for a very long flight? I’m planning to visit the UK from Melbourne, Australia, but I’m a pretty inexperienced traveller, and certainly never done a flight anywhere near that long. I’m considering going with Singapore Airlines, because I’ve flown with them before, and even their regular economy experience was very good by economy standards. Difference would be about AU…

Recommendation on small village town away from tourist for woman solo traveler 3 nights I am coming from a trip south of France, my hub is Nice and would like to be a small village town after for three days away from tourist, crowd and want some quiet and walking distance to restaurants or markets. Non stop flights to Nice is ideal, train is better. AMS is my connection back to US. Open to suggestions! submitted by /u/Asleep…

First solo trip to Portugal, where is it worth staying besides Lisbon and Porto? Hi everyone! Hope you all are doing good. I’m visiting Portugal next November for nearly 3 weeks but I’m still not sure about the itinerary, so I’d really appreciate any suggestion/opinion especially on where to stay. Here’s my plan -so far-: I already booked accommodation in Lisbon for 9 days: I intend to visit the city and attractions with no…

Amalfi Coast, may 2024, Italy submitted by /u/premille-sleek

Christmas town holidays? This may sound strange because I’m not 100% sure how to phrase it – are Christmas resorts a thing? Or a Christmas town? Where you could rent a big cosy house and the “town square” near by could be a big Christmas wonderland? submitted by /u/Alexisb59

Booking.com and bed bugs? Hi guys, recently stayed in an apartment for 2 days and in the second night we saw let’s of blood on bed sheets and bed bugs, 100% certain, anyway, my partner and I was obviously not going to stay there and we booked another apartment, we’ve left and this is currently the next day, and we’ve found bed bugs on our belongings now ( I’m on a trip o…

Which European country would you travel to…. We’d like to visit Europe in spring of 2025 – my husband, will-be 3 year old and will-be 1 year old. My BIL and his family live in Switzerland, also with young kids. My father-in-law, his girlfriend, my parents, potentially even my sister and BIL would come with us so it would be kind of a big blended family event (we’ve traveled like this befor…

Sites for short term rentals I am looking to spend a month in Mexico City. Are there any sites for term rentals internationally. Since I don’t speak Spanish barely, I was thinking of a place with a concierge or a hotel. This is needed to set up reservations. Any ideas? submitted by /u/richb201

What summer destination actually wants tourists? With all the recent news about how damaging tourism seems to be for the locals in places like Tenerife, Mallorca or Barcelona, I was wondering; what summer destinations (as in with nice sunny weather and beaches) actually welcome tourists? submitted by /u/Swimming-Train-2430