Daniel and I fondly refer to our early 2016 European backpacking trip as “Big Europe”. It was, indeed, a big trip! I’ve written travel guides and summaries of our time in each of the stops along our backpacking trip, and I thought it would be helpful to compile all of the guides onto one page with a big ol’ summary map of our trip itinerary. Looking back on the trip, we feel good about the itinerary we chose, and the lengths of time we spent in each place, so I would recommend this plan to anyone else who may be looking for a long-term European itinerary. You can also use this to plan shorter itineraries within each of the countries we went to. If you click on the top left or top right square icons in the map below, you can filter the map for whichever countries you want to see our routes for.
England
London (7 days)
Bristol (3 days – 1 day trip to Bath, 1 day trip to Oxford)
Watford (1 night to visit Warner Bros. Harry Potter Studios)
York (1 day)
Ambleside (Lake District, 2 days)
Scotland
Edinburgh (5 days, 1 Scottish Highlands day trip)
Dundee (1 day trip to Abernethy, 1 day trip to St. Andrews)
Glasgow (2 days)
Ireland
Dublin (3 days)
East Coast (1 day):
Bray
Enniskerry
Wicklow
Kilkenny (1 day)
Cork (1 day)
Killarney (2 days)
Ring of Kerry (day trip)
Dingle Peninsula (day trip)
Cliffs of Moher (day trip)
Galway (3 days, 1 day trip to the Connemera District)
Belgium
Bruges (Part 1 and Part 2 – 3 days)
South of France
Nice (4 days, 1 day trip to Cannes, 1 day trip to Monaco & Eze Village)
Avignon (2 days)
Arles (1 day)
Toulouse (2 days with a day trip to Carcassonne)
Switzerland
Bern (4 days, 1 day trip to Interlaken, Gimmelwald and other Bernese Oberland towns)
Zurich (2 days)
Lucerne (2 days)
Geneva (1 day)
Italy
Milan (2 days)
Lake Como (5 days)
Venice (2 days, guest post on The Wandering Weekenders)
Cinque Terre (2 days)
Florence (2 days)
Siena (2 days)
Sorrento (2 days)
1 day trip to Positano
1 day trip to Pompeii
1 day trip to Naples
Rome (Part 1 and Part 2 – 3 days)
Happy Travels!
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{Thanks for reading! Want to know a little more about me? I’m a CPA learning how to balance a career with frequent travel while planting roots at home in Austin, TX. When I’m not exploring my home city with my husband Daniel or cuddling with our chubby orange cat Banana, I’m probably planning, packing, traveling to, or daydreaming about our next adventure. After all, my travel mug collection is never complete. If you have wanderlust too, be sure to follow me on Instagram (and InstaStories!), Pinterest, and Facebook, or subscribe to my blog!}