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Rome, Italy
Saturday 31st August 2024
- Depart CHC 10.50am - 10hrs 50mins - arrive Singapore 5.40pm
- Layover 7hrs 50mins
- Singapore to Rome - 12hrs 35mins
Day 0
- Arrive Rome 8.05am Sunday 1st September
- check in
- explore area
Day 1
- trevi fountain - before 7.30am
- spanish steps
- villa borghese (park) - rent bikes
- the Pantheon - roman temple
- the Vatican city - separate country in Rome - smallest country in world
- Piaza Navona or Campo de'fiordi (pizza)
- Sunset at Terrazza del pincio - observation deck
Day 2
- the colosseum - buy tickets in advance - 7 wonders of the world
- the roman forum and palatine hill
- stroll along the via dei fori imperiali - road in the centre of rome
- climb alter of the fatherland - best view of rome
- oro bistro rooftop bar then trastevere neighbourhood for dinner
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Florence, Italy
Day 3
- train to florence - 1.5 hours
- duomo - cathedral - walk to the top of the dome - book this
- san lorenzo market/central market/mercato centrale - closed on sundays and
holidays
- piazzale michelangelo - watch the sunset - 15 min walk
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Cinque Terre, Italy
Day 4
- bus to cinque terre - 2.5 hours
Day 5
Day 6
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Interlaken, Switzerland
Day 7
- travel to interlaken - 8 hours by train
- tea room frutal
- harder kulm
- st beatus caves
Day 8
- day trip to jungrajoch and grindelwald
- europes highest train station
- jungfrau mountain
- wengen town
- outdoor activities
- Eiger trail - 2 hour hike
- fly line
- murren via ferrata
Day 9
- travel to Zermatt - 3 hrs by train
- view matterhorn
- visit gronergrat
- matterhorn glacier paradise cableway
- shopping in Bahnofstrasse
Day 10
- travel to geneva - 30 mins
- water jet
- flower clock
- reformation wall
- Bastion's park giant chess
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Venice, Italy
Day 11
- train to venice - 7 hours
Day 12
- tour the doge's palace
- visit st marks capanile and climb the bell tower
- st marks basilica (cathedral) and st marks square
- stroll the canals - stay on the eastern side
Day 13
- rialto bridge and market - open tues-sat
- explore san polo
- explore dorsoduro
- gondola ride down the canals - find a quieter canal
- get lost in venice!
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Rovinj, Croatia
Day 14
- bus to Rovinj - 6 hours
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Plitvice, Croatia
Day 18
- bus to Plitvice - 6 hours
Day 19
- walk around - waterfalls and lakes
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Split, Croatia
Day 17
21st sept: bus from Plitvice to Zadar - 9.30am-11.15am
- visit the old town
- roman forum and St Donatus church
- waterfront promenade - sea organ and sun salutation installations
Sept 21st: bus from zadar to split - 5.15pm - 7.40pm
Day 18
- visit the Diocletian's palace
- walk up Marjan hill
- go to the local green markets - produce, flowers, clothing, souvenirs - get
ingredients for a picnic
- coastline beaches - Bacvice beach
- old town for dinner
Day 19
- day trip to Hvar, Pakleni, Blue Caves
- Hvar - medieval fortress
Accomodation: Booking.com booking in Spinut area confirmed.
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Dubrovnik, Croatia
24th sept: split to dubrovnik bus - 8.30am-12.15pm
Day 20
- old town
- dubrovnik cathedral
- rectors palace
- explore the dubrovnik nightlife
Day 21, 22
- Zlatni Rat beach
- half day trup to Lokrum Island
- botanical gardens
- benedictine monastery
- beaches
Accomodation: AirBnb booking near Pile confirmed.
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Budva, Montenegro
27th sept: dubrovnik to budva bus. 11am-1.50pm
hire a car?
- explore Kotor - 30 min drive
- day trip to Perast - 45 min drive
- lady of the rocks - manmade island and church - boat ride out to the island
- Budva old town
- Citadel - fortress
- Sveti Stefan - coastline town+beach
- Lovcen Nationakl Park - 1 day
- 1 hour drive to national park
- hike up the Mausoleum of Njegose
- visit cetinje, the former capital
- Booking.com confirmed - old town
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Podgorica, Montenegro
30th Sept: Budva to Podgorica bus - 10.30am-12.08pm.
hire a car?
- day trip to Lake Skadar National Park
- boat tour
- visit fishing village Virpazar
- lipar cave
- day trip to Durmitor National Park - black lake - 1.20hr drive
- hiking
- visit tara river canyon - go rafting
- relax
- Booking.com confirmed - near cvijetin brijeg
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Tirana, Albania
Bus - TICKET HAS TO BE PRINTED - Podgorica to Tirana - 9am-12.15pm
- Skanderberg Square
- national historic museum
- clocke tower
- Et'hem bey mosque
- castle of tirana - bars, boutiques, resteraunts
- grand park - manmade lake
- booking.com confirmed - near Blokku
10th oct - pick up rental car from airport
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Berat, Albania
- wine tour
- medieval centre - leaden mosuqe, gate of the pasha
- berat castle
- bulevardi republika for drinks and dinner
- osumi canyon and bogove waterfall - day trip
- booking.com confirmed - berati castle hotel
- rental car confirmed
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Sarandë, Albania
- day trip to dhermi, himare, porto palermo, borsh
- day trip to Saranga - the blue eye spring
- boat trip
- booking.com confirmed - near qender
- 10th oct - rental car is picked up from accomodation
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Athens, Greece
10th oct: 9am-10.30am (30 minutes) ferry from saranda to corfu.
corfu to athens - 2.45pm-3.45pm flight.
- acropolis
- parthenon
- agora
- plaka neighborhood
- day trip to cape sounion - temple of posedion
- booking.com confirmed - near polygono
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Thera, Greece
Athens to Santorini flight - sky express. 12.50pm depart.
- villages Oia and Fira
- beaches Perissa or Kamari
- boat tour to volacnic island and hot springs
- cliff jumping @ Ammoudi bay - hike down
- booking.com confirmed - fira
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Paros, Greece
Santorini to Paros ferry. 14th october. 3.30pm departure. 6.50pm arrival. blue star ferries
Book a day tour!
https://rofos-paros.gr/en/
- booking.com confirmed - paros
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Milos, Greece
17th oct: Paros to Milos ferry - Sea Jets - 11.45am-4pm.
- hire quad bike
- Sarakiniko beach
- Firiplaka beach
- fyrapotomus beach
- plaka town
- tsigrado beach - take the stairs down
- boat day trip - kleftiko
- booking.com confirmed - adamantus
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İstanbul, Türkiye
21st october - milos to athens flight confirmed - 10.40am. 2 hours layover.
athens to istanbul flight confirmed - depart 1.25pm. land 3pm. Aegean Airlines
- Blue Mosque + grand bazaar - kapala charshi
- hagio sophia + topkapi palace - old town
- bosphorus cruise
- balat + sultahnmet
- karikoy, galata - also good places to stay
- food tour
- galata port and bridge - street food stalls
- booking.com confirmed - cukurcuma
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Cappadocia, Türkiye
26th oct: Istanbul to capdoccia flight - 11.25am - 12.45pm - turkish airlines
Taxi from airport to goreme
- gorreme open air museum - don't get the audio tour
- love valley
- hot air balloon ride at sunrise
- Berinkuyu
- Ihlara valley
- hiking
- carpet shop
- booking.com confirmed - Goremme
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Bodrum, Türkiye
29th october: turkish airlines. 9.45am to 11.45am - to istanbul. 3pm istanbul to bodrum, land 4.20pm
- small town
- beach
- boat trip to Orak bay
- booking.com confirmed - in town area
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İzmir, Türkiye
31st oct: flix bus bodrum to izmir - 9am-12.25pm
- day trip to Ephesus
- day trip to Cesme and Alacat
- booking.com confirmed - by luna park
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Cairo, Egypt
21st October - Izmir to Istanbul - 8.55am. Land 10.20am. confirmed. Turkish Airlines.
Istanbul to Cairo - 2pm. Land 2.15pm. confirmed. Egypt Air.
- day trip to Giza (pyramid) + the sphinx
- khan el khalili markets
- food tour
- ride a camel
6th Nov - check in at 9.50pm - cairo to dubai. Emirates
Dubai to Chch. Land 2pm 8th nov. Emirates