Europe Road Trip Guide 2020

Written By Taylor de Vries
 

TIPS:

  • There’s no tax!

  • You don’t need to tip at most restaurants.

  • In larger cities, pay for the “hop on, hop off” bus for transportation. It will bring you to everything you’d want to see and is a much cheaper option.

  • You need to pay to use the washroom in most places.

  • Book hotels the night or couple nights in advance if you’re moving around in case of an emergency. Not weeks before.

  • If you’re booking lots of hotels, hotel.com gives you a free night after 10 stays and can get you better deals and free breakfast!

  • You MUST have winter tires in certain countries if you’re travelling in winter months.

  • Plan time for rest if you’re constantly moving! You will get much more tired then you think!

Amsterdam:

  • Coffee shops are not cafes ;)

  • Check out Giethoorn. It’s the Venice of the Netherlands

  • If you want to see windmills go to Zaanse Schans

Germany:

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  • Go to Burg Eltz castle. It’s about a 20 min hike to get there and is absolutely breath taking

  • ^ About an hour from here is the Geierlai Suspension Bridge. that is worth checking out.

  • Berlin was overrated in our opinion

  • Munich is a beautiful

  • If you’re here around Christmas time, check out the Christmas markets here!

Paris:

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  • Everything is SMALL in Paris, your hotel rooms will be tiny!

  • If you want to see the Louvre, book in advance

  • “hop on hop off” bus was perfect for travelling around here


Barcelona:

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  • A cheap spot to stay is “Hostal Fina.” It’s located right downtown.

  • Keep your belongings in sight. Spain is known for it’s pick pocketing! (we got stolen from on the beach)

  • Drink lots of sangrias!

Italy:

  • In ROME, Go to Trevi Fountain & walk those back streets!

  • In ROME, the Colosseum tour is for sure worth it!

  • In VENICE, go to Burano, not Murano

  • Saturnia, Tuscany has the most amazing natural hot spring.

    AMALFI

  • First of all, GO HERE.

  • We stayed in Minori which was beautiful and less touristy. 15 min from Amalfi, 45 min from Positano

  • Positano was my favourite

  • The drive to Amalfi is crazy beautiful and crazy scary. Very windy roads that are up very high and super skinny. Make sure you’re a confident driver ;) or just take the bus.

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Switzerland:

  • Some locations can only be accessed by train

  • Switzerland has an actual border, unlike the other countries

Costs: (1 month of travel)

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Our budget goal was to spend 100 euros per day/ 700 euros per week

We could’ve cut costs by staying in cheaper hostels and eating out less

  • Our hotels costs from $78 - $110 CAD per night

  • We spent around $200 on tolls

  • Don’t forget about parking costs, we lost track of ours

  • We spent $1,740 CAD for food & drinks for 2 people

  • In total we spent around $4,400 for 2 people ($2,200 PP)

    ^cost do include some extra tours we did and does not include initial flight.

Taylor de Vries
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