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Originally Posted by dj_patm
London:
Arrive: Relax walk around and get settled. Maybe shop if we arrive in the morning.
Next day: Check out Parliament, Tower Bridge, Buckingham Palace, Hyde Park, The Eye or whatever its called and The cathedral where Sir Isaac Newton is intombed. All of which appears to be within the same area, then walk around some more and more window shopping for the gf. (Would love to check out the bunkers from WW2 but don't think we'd have time)
Departure day: off to Paris!
Paris:
Arrive: Walk around, check out the city, get settled
Day One: Eiffel Tower, Arc d' Triumph, more window shopping, More Eiffel
Day Two: Louvre, Notre Dame, walk around more, relax at bars, hang out.
Departure day: Nice at 6am!
Nice:
Arrive: early morning, drop stuff of at hotel, straight to the beach... Beach all day.
Departure: Wake up early, take train to Monaco, look at yhats, cars, head back, depart to Rome at around midnight.
Rome:
Arrive: Straight to bed. Wake up, Hit up the Vatican, Bust over to the Coliseaum. Walk around
Depart: Poland.
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I hit these places up last year at the same time as you are thinking of going. I have to say the itineraries for the places you are visiting is pretty ambitious. Budget for standing in lines. For example, the London Eye at that time of year is a 2-3hr wait. Vatican is a day in itself, so is the Coliseum (and surrounding area).
I stayed in Nice for 5 days and it was the best part of my trip. If you only have two days there, skip the Nice beach, unless you like laying right on top of other strangers on hard ass rocks. Instead, train it over to Cannes (10 mins) and pay 5 Euros and lounge on a nice, non crowded, sandy beach. Monaco is best done at night, if you get there 2 hours before sunset you will be able to see some of the nicer cars as they park infront of the casino before going to dinner, plus that area is gorgeous during a sunset.
Not sure what your accommodation will be like in Paris but I would recommend renting an apartment, better bang for your buck, especially if you can find one in the Bastille area. Very trendy part of Paris with shops, restaurants, coffee houses, etc. Plus you can hit all the major sites from the Bastille metro station without having to transfer.
Just my two cents.