This price is based on 2 people travelling from Manchester on 27th February returning 12th March and staying in well reviewed hotels in each city.
Everyone knows how expensive it can be visiting major cities in Europe so here is a way to visit some of Europes finest cities for a nice price!
Trip summary
27th February - You will be flying into Prague airport from Manchester landing at 2105 where you can head straight to the hotel to check in, the connections from the airport to the city are good and the public transport system is excellent around the city. I chose the 4* Iris hotel Eden which is on the outskirts of the city but still within walking distance. There are so many cheaper options but for £22 a night for a 4* hotel with amazing reviews why not pay a little extra?!
28 February - 1st March - explore the city.
2nd March - Check out the hotel and spend a few hours in the city before heading to the airport to head to Rome. You will land into Rome's Fiumicino airport where you can hop on the express train into the heart of the city for around €12 and you'll be in the centre in around 15 minutes. I have chosen Hotel Taormina because it has excellent reviews and is close to Rome's main train station which links you to the airport, it is also close to the metro giving you excellent access to the city. Again if you don't mind shared bathrooms, hostels or being on the outskirts this is a good way to bump the price of the trip down!
3rd-4th March - explore the city
5th March - check out the hotel, leave your bags there and have a few hours exploring the city before collecting your bags and hopping back on the train to the airport where you'll be heading into Barcelona. You'll arrive into Barcelona just after 2000 and the bus to city connections are excellent with there being a bus every few minutes. I have chosen the Hesperia Sant Joan Suites Hotel because I've personally stayed here and I thought it was lovely, it takes around 25 minutes to get into the heart of the city from the hotel but it's a gorgeous hotel so it's worth the travelling, plus it is hard to get a decent, cheap hotel in the city centre with good reviews and a private bathroom!
6-8th March - explore the city
9th March - check out early and head for the airport as the flight to Paris is at 0725, you'll landing into Paris' main airport Charles De Gaulle at 0920 giving you the whole day to explore Paris! Again Paris has excellent connections into the city, hop on the metro straight into the heart of the city it will take just over half an hour. I have chosen the Abricotel Hotel which is located in the North of Paris close to metro stops for easy access to the heart of the city. As anyone that's been to Paris will know trying to get a decent hotel for cheap is a nightmare and the majority of hotels are teeny tiny and very poor so unless you're paying top dollar don't expect anything amazing!
10th-11th March - Explore the city
12th March - Check out of the hotel but leave your bags so you can get your last few hours around the city, you won't be leaving until 1820 so you have most of the day left. You will be flying to Manchester from CDG again so back on the metro to the airport!
If you want to fly from another UK airport there are plenty of other flights on a number of dates to choose from to suit you best!
Easyjet, Ryanair, Air France and Vueling offer 10kg hand luggage and a handbag except easyjet which is unlimited weight but no handbag, which personally for me is ok however if you'd like to check a case in this will bump up the price especially as you have 5 flights to take so I suggest always try to take hand luggage only!
Don't forget to look for voucher codes for hotels to bump the price down!
Price breakdown
Easyjet flight to Prague - £54.98 - £27.49pp booked through Easyjet
Prague Hotel - £62.20 - £31.10pp booked through Expedia
Vueling flight to Rome - £48.88 - £24.44pp booked through Vueling
Rome hotel - £97.14 - £48.57pp booked through Laterooms
Ryanair flight to Barcelona £35.25 - £17.63pp booked through Ryanair
Barcelona hotel - £89.28 - £44.64pp booked through Agoda
Vueling flight to Paris flight - £43.15 - £21.58pp booked through Vueling
Paris hotel - £127.26 - £63.63pp booked through Tripadvisor
AirFrance flight to Manchester - £86.46 - £43.23pp Booked through AirFrance
Price for 2 people - £644.60
Price each - £322.30
Top comments
BlueSkies to BoltonDavee
25 Oct 1519#19
Yer just on my phone, watching Harry Potter haha!
Eden0032
25 Oct 154#3
Heat for the effort! Looks like a great trip!
And I just want to go for the first hotel! :smiley:
rachelandgromit to gidsterc
25 Oct 153#11
Believe me this will be far cheaper. And where is the fun in that...
Latest comments (108)
thecooldude
9 Nov 15#108
Very impressive post!
Respect & heat! :smiley:
meshosa
1 Nov 15#107
Have some heat
Nicholas99
1 Nov 15#106
This sounds amazing
Corporal_Pike
31 Oct 15#105
Nothing against the trip, looks great, but watch out bringing luggage with Vueling. Recently came back from Rome with them, one bag lost. Guy at Gatwick mentioned Vueling immediately and said 400 odd bags lost that week. Then you start looking at Twitter / Facebook etc and they have something fundamentally wrong with their systems, especially from certain airports like Barcelona and Milan.
So if you can manage it for two weeks id still try hand baggage only!
seymar
31 Oct 15#104
would love to do this trip! was hoping the link would take me directly to the deal but unfortunately not :disappointed: ive looked on expedia and cant seem to find anything as cheap as what you have found! do you have any tips i could use as i have never booked a trip of this size before?!
SPLE22
31 Oct 15#103
Where is the deal? When i click Get Deal it just goes to expedia.co.uk.......
BuffDude01
30 Oct 15#101
101st comment. YES! :man:
soldierboy001 to BuffDude01
30 Oct 15#102
That is not a comment, it is a post.
markmaclean1
29 Oct 15#100
Great deal, if i wasn't in Las Vegas during these dates I would've booked straight away! Roasting hot
soldierboy001
29 Oct 15#99
Whilst I agree with you in part, as a deal seeker, first part of about HUKD statement, I hope I am useful as a member that can give help and advice along with personal opinions to help other would be deal seekers.
If I can't find a deal I can't post one, although on a couple of occasions when I did find a deal I was beaten to it by other much more savvy members than me. 2 pence over.
biggysilly
28 Oct 151#97
How do you explain blueskies has been a member for only 10days and is now a [Travel Expert]? :man:
Newbold to biggysilly
28 Oct 15#98
Maybe because his posts have proved that he's a [Travel Expert]? The length of membership is irrelevant - there are people on here who've been members for years and not posted a single deal.
Ask yourself - which type of member is the most useful?
biggysilly
27 Oct 15#95
I thought self promotion wasn't allowed on here. Maybe that doesn't include HUKD self promoting? Influencing heat at? :man:
soldierboy001 to biggysilly
28 Oct 15#96
I don't think the OP is selling anything, just informing us how to get a Cities tour cheaper and more convenient, and should and has been allowed. This OP has shown a lot of initiative and deserves praise not being criticised.
biggysilly
27 Oct 15#94
So are you sunshine Stacy/Holiday Pirates? I haven't seen the [`HUKD TRAVEL EXPERT] before? :man:
mkmiah
27 Oct 15#93
I wish I was your other half lol have some heat awesome effort!
RobinMichael
26 Oct 15#87
To me this would be some kind of hell. I am only pleased that it does not involve a coach trip.
Presumably the point you are making is that there are some bargain flights and hotel deals available. I have been looking at what is available over Christmas, so I was already aware of what is on offer.
soldierboy001 to RobinMichael
26 Oct 15#89
Bully for you.
jrawlins28 to RobinMichael
26 Oct 15#92
best post ever.
nn1964
26 Oct 15#91
well detailed post brilliant effort and perfect for couples !
0liverr
26 Oct 15#90
Wow this looks truly amazing.
shammy84
26 Oct 15#88
Very nice
coolcat21
26 Oct 15#86
Heat, would love to visit these cities, have to search these dates. Many thanks op <3
fwog
26 Oct 15#85
cool#!
kullyxo
26 Oct 15#84
Great work, heat for the effort and idea.
valentine681
26 Oct 15#83
Gee Wiz what a feat of planning there goes by !! Well done !!! Would love to undertake it but makes me tired just reading the itinerary !!! What it is to be young ???:innocent:
gidsterc
25 Oct 152#10
What a lot of effort you have put in. You muat have spent hours try trawling websites/flight times. Surely it would be a lot easier to take a package with transfers and all included?
rachelandgromit to gidsterc
25 Oct 153#11
Believe me this will be far cheaper. And where is the fun in that...
BlueSkies to gidsterc
25 Oct 151#14
I don't even know if packages like this exist and they definitely wouldn't be this cheap, also it actually took me about 30 mins, it took me longer writing up the description and adding it all up! No need for transfers when public transport is available!
TBC15 to gidsterc
26 Oct 15#82
But then the circus may find out. Best keep it off the books.
BlueSkies
26 Oct 15#81
Haha thanks, it's my autocorrect on my phone it always catches me out I'm surprised no one else picked up on that my bf spotted it last night and I was like shh haha!!
soldierboy001
26 Oct 15#80
Why do people put defiantly when they mean definitely?
Anyway I presume this is not a deal but a way to spend a fortnight seeing the cities of Europe and I commend you for giving us all the inspiration to go ahead and make up our own itinerary for places we would like to visit. I would never have thought of doing it this way myself brilliant idea and much better than going around in one of them boats. Must give it heat even if it's not a deal in the real sense.
babulali
26 Oct 15#79
Awesome. Great work!
spenspuma
26 Oct 15#78
I wasn't that fussed with Prague...it ok for a day but wouldn't go back. Paris...ok but full of ignorant french. Rome...yes, loved it - still one of my favourite places.
MRKIZZY
26 Oct 15#77
Awesome ....thank you for taking the time to share this.....best way to travel,diy and save a fortune
moshp
26 Oct 15#76
great job! I wanted something for early Jan, anything found will be much appreciated
casanova2020
26 Oct 15#75
Heat for the effort! Looks like a great trip!
londonguy
25 Oct 15#46
just need a mrs londonguy :disappointed:
bluecat123 to londonguy
25 Oct 15#49
nawwwwww
aljack to londonguy
26 Oct 15#74
This isn't a dating forum lol
joesmum
25 Oct 15#20
I want to go, Barca, Rome & Paris are my fave cities in Europe! and kids keep telling me I would love Prague.
BlueSkies to joesmum
25 Oct 15#22
You would love Prague, I've never met anyone that didn't like it! I love them all!!
aljack to joesmum
26 Oct 15#73
Prague is excellent.... In the warmer months :smiley:
aljack
26 Oct 15#72
Again heat for the effort! I would say that if you want to see a good proportion of Rome without running around then I would advise more than 2 days. Still good price.
jambone
26 Oct 15#71
Great job finding all this
midiman
26 Oct 15#70
Deservedly a scorcher. Not just for the price but for the effort of putting it together and sharing
BlueSkies
26 Oct 15#69
Thanks for the nice comments everyone
foes4you
25 Oct 15#54
Using a hostel and a shared toilet and travelling on virus infested buses is not my idea of a holiday.
I like good food, waiters, and things done for me.
BlueSkies to foes4you
26 Oct 152#65
Haha what are you on about none of these hotels are hostels and they all have private bathrooms!? I'm guessing you don't leave the house!? Haha!
N1AK to foes4you
26 Oct 151#68
What a shame I won't be bumping into you on trips like this :smirk:
deeky
26 Oct 15#61
Nice username OP. It goes well with your liking for posting travel deals. You should set up a travel agency and call it BlueSkies. Oh, wait.. there already is one :smiley:
BlueSkies to deeky
26 Oct 15#67
Damn I should have copyrighted it haha
KM4353
25 Oct 15#55
Airbnb would probably slice that cost in half.
BlueSkies to KM4353
26 Oct 15#66
Air Bnb is a good shout one personally never booked through air. Bnb so don't tend to use them in my deals, unless it's Scandinavia haha
drbluestone
26 Oct 15#64
Great itinerary and thanks for sharing!
mruk
26 Oct 15#63
wow this is great, respect and heat for the effort.
bojangles
26 Oct 15#62
anyone looking for a hotel or apartment in Prague should check out hotel salvator.
Ive spent quite a few drunken nights in the city centre & always managed to find my way back to the hotel, due to how close it is to the squares.
whatyadoinsucka
26 Oct 152#60
A far easier European vacation is to fly into one city and home from another, with easyjet, Ryanair they will usually price higher the flight out or return, hence work out the cheap flight to go out and the alternative airport to fly home to; over the years I've paid less than £50-60 return on the following from Manchester / Liverpool , remember train fairs in Europe are dirt cheap and easily findable using bahn.de the German rail site
Done Salzburg and return Munich,
Gothenburg / Copenhagen
Rome / Venice
Nice / Pisa
Prague / Basel / Venice
Prague / Berlin
Prague / Paris
Latvia / Estonia / Berlin
Budapest / Belgrade / Dubrovnik
Sofia/ instanbul
Split / Dubrovnik
And try Poland for even cheaper returns
And many more that blend into one big European vacation
Good travels
widzmorrow
26 Oct 15#59
Hot hot hot well done you x
kalico
26 Oct 15#58
Outstanding! And all credit to you for wanting to do such a trip. I wish I could join you, but anyway this is a hot deal. If you can spare the 14 days, do it and get years worth of memories.
senor_eggnogs
26 Oct 15#57
Good job mate. will plan something around this
ukmonkey
25 Oct 15#56
Think OP should get a job as a travel agent, great work by the way.
Deal Searcher
25 Oct 15#53
Heat for the excellent effort.
bhaisab
25 Oct 151#52
Heat for Manchester Airport
bhaisab
25 Oct 151#51
Think I'll wait for HolidayPirates to beat the price with cheaper hotel and claim credit.
Any suggestions for an alternative for the Paris leg?
kidrock123
25 Oct 15#50
heat for the great effort
redarmy85
25 Oct 15#48
Planning something similar next year but planning to do 4 cities in 4 days!
srp111
25 Oct 15#47
That's amazing :smile:
bluecat123
25 Oct 15#44
even though I love to travel on trains this is a bargain and great for the girlfriend who isn't as train mad! :smile:
whatyadoinsucka to bluecat123
25 Oct 15#45
Me too had some great train trips across Europe, far more fun and adventurous than flying
BeerGoggles
25 Oct 15#43
Wow, hats off to the research... I went around Europe in my car for 21 days and paid about 3k (inc. food, drink, petrol etc..) for the two of us, so 14 nights without the hassle of driving is excellent. Weather will be hit and miss but I bet you'll bring back some good memories. Travel does not need to be expensive.
juliej2571
25 Oct 15#42
Great job
maclennanneil
25 Oct 15#34
Phenomenal effort.
BoltonDavee to maclennanneil
25 Oct 15#41
Phonemenal effort :wink:
iloveukhd
25 Oct 15#40
Defo deserve heat for the hard work !
Cheers
beeru9
25 Oct 15#39
Heat for the effort! Well done to you and hope you keep posting such excellent deals in the future too.
villians1984
25 Oct 15#38
Heat for pure effort
vickyboy123
25 Oct 15#37
good work. hot
daydreamer44
25 Oct 15#36
Great job, have fun :smiley:
James_Polarbear
25 Oct 15#35
Damn, this is my last 2 holidays, and next 2 holidays for about a quarter of the price I paid.
Krizzo3
25 Oct 152#29
Would need another week off to get rest from such holiday
BlueSkies to Krizzo3
25 Oct 15#33
Defiantly, I feel like a need a week off after a 3 day city break!
sunkissed
25 Oct 151#27
wish i seen this last year my train tickets alone around Europe first class cost more than this whole trip for 2 people.
if you could i would definitely add Switzerland on it although expensive to stay it was the best place we visited. Prague is amazingly cheap if you avoid the scam taxi's...heat added.
BlueSkies to sunkissed
25 Oct 15#32
Oh jeez! I always fly internally within Europe it's so cheap!! I've never been Switzerland just because the hotels are so expensive like you said, always cheap flights but the hotels just put me off!
manilamikey
25 Oct 15#26
Love this! Great work.
BlueSkies to manilamikey
25 Oct 15#31
Thank you!
snoopy18
25 Oct 15#25
Heat for the effort op
BlueSkies to snoopy18
25 Oct 15#30
Thanks!!
Kevlar Engineer
25 Oct 15#28
Well done excellent research
surcha
25 Oct 151#23
Awesome work and planning. I went on a similar trip few years back and know the hassle and pain of putting a trip together. Heat for the effort and planning and great price too..
BlueSkies to surcha
25 Oct 15#24
Thanks, I love European cities, all so pretty and different! Not many left to scratch off my list unfortunately but no harm in going again!
Newbold
25 Oct 15#21
Incredible work - heat added. You deserve a HUKD medal for the effort put into this! :smile:
BoltonDavee
25 Oct 15#18
Did you plan all of this using your phone? Heat
BlueSkies to BoltonDavee
25 Oct 1519#19
Yer just on my phone, watching Harry Potter haha!
BlueSkies
25 Oct 15#17
Cheers glad you like it!
aw08
25 Oct 15#12
well done this looks fantastic :confused:
BlueSkies to aw08
25 Oct 15#16
Thanks
aninginaneana
25 Oct 15#9
Excellent, thank you.
BlueSkies to aninginaneana
25 Oct 15#15
Thanks!
bambam0074
25 Oct 15#13
Heat added, thanks for all your work.. Made booking it up much easier :smiley:
See you there ha :smiley:
jamcon72
25 Oct 15#5
fantastic well done
BlueSkies to jamcon72
25 Oct 15#8
Thanks!
OpineDevine
25 Oct 15#4
Prague, Barcelona, Rome, some of my favourite European cities looks like a great trip!
BlueSkies to OpineDevine
25 Oct 15#7
Mine too, need to go back!
BlueSkies
25 Oct 15#6
Thanks! Looks good doesn't it, can't even get a travelodge over here for that!
Eden0032
25 Oct 154#3
Heat for the effort! Looks like a great trip!
And I just want to go for the first hotel! :smiley:
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Opening post
Everyone knows how expensive it can be visiting major cities in Europe so here is a way to visit some of Europes finest cities for a nice price!
Trip summary
27th February - You will be flying into Prague airport from Manchester landing at 2105 where you can head straight to the hotel to check in, the connections from the airport to the city are good and the public transport system is excellent around the city. I chose the 4* Iris hotel Eden which is on the outskirts of the city but still within walking distance. There are so many cheaper options but for £22 a night for a 4* hotel with amazing reviews why not pay a little extra?!
28 February - 1st March - explore the city.
2nd March - Check out the hotel and spend a few hours in the city before heading to the airport to head to Rome. You will land into Rome's Fiumicino airport where you can hop on the express train into the heart of the city for around €12 and you'll be in the centre in around 15 minutes. I have chosen Hotel Taormina because it has excellent reviews and is close to Rome's main train station which links you to the airport, it is also close to the metro giving you excellent access to the city. Again if you don't mind shared bathrooms, hostels or being on the outskirts this is a good way to bump the price of the trip down!
3rd-4th March - explore the city
5th March - check out the hotel, leave your bags there and have a few hours exploring the city before collecting your bags and hopping back on the train to the airport where you'll be heading into Barcelona. You'll arrive into Barcelona just after 2000 and the bus to city connections are excellent with there being a bus every few minutes. I have chosen the Hesperia Sant Joan Suites Hotel because I've personally stayed here and I thought it was lovely, it takes around 25 minutes to get into the heart of the city from the hotel but it's a gorgeous hotel so it's worth the travelling, plus it is hard to get a decent, cheap hotel in the city centre with good reviews and a private bathroom!
6-8th March - explore the city
9th March - check out early and head for the airport as the flight to Paris is at 0725, you'll landing into Paris' main airport Charles De Gaulle at 0920 giving you the whole day to explore Paris! Again Paris has excellent connections into the city, hop on the metro straight into the heart of the city it will take just over half an hour. I have chosen the Abricotel Hotel which is located in the North of Paris close to metro stops for easy access to the heart of the city. As anyone that's been to Paris will know trying to get a decent hotel for cheap is a nightmare and the majority of hotels are teeny tiny and very poor so unless you're paying top dollar don't expect anything amazing!
10th-11th March - Explore the city
12th March - Check out of the hotel but leave your bags so you can get your last few hours around the city, you won't be leaving until 1820 so you have most of the day left. You will be flying to Manchester from CDG again so back on the metro to the airport!
If you want to fly from another UK airport there are plenty of other flights on a number of dates to choose from to suit you best!
Easyjet, Ryanair, Air France and Vueling offer 10kg hand luggage and a handbag except easyjet which is unlimited weight but no handbag, which personally for me is ok however if you'd like to check a case in this will bump up the price especially as you have 5 flights to take so I suggest always try to take hand luggage only!
Don't forget to look for voucher codes for hotels to bump the price down!
Price breakdown
Easyjet flight to Prague - £54.98 - £27.49pp booked through Easyjet
Prague Hotel - £62.20 - £31.10pp booked through Expedia
Vueling flight to Rome - £48.88 - £24.44pp booked through Vueling
Rome hotel - £97.14 - £48.57pp booked through Laterooms
Ryanair flight to Barcelona £35.25 - £17.63pp booked through Ryanair
Barcelona hotel - £89.28 - £44.64pp booked through Agoda
Vueling flight to Paris flight - £43.15 - £21.58pp booked through Vueling
Paris hotel - £127.26 - £63.63pp booked through Tripadvisor
AirFrance flight to Manchester - £86.46 - £43.23pp Booked through AirFrance
Price for 2 people - £644.60
Price each - £322.30
Top comments
And I just want to go for the first hotel! :smiley:
Latest comments (108)
Respect & heat! :smiley:
So if you can manage it for two weeks id still try hand baggage only!
If I can't find a deal I can't post one, although on a couple of occasions when I did find a deal I was beaten to it by other much more savvy members than me. 2 pence over.
Ask yourself - which type of member is the most useful?
Presumably the point you are making is that there are some bargain flights and hotel deals available. I have been looking at what is available over Christmas, so I was already aware of what is on offer.
Anyway I presume this is not a deal but a way to spend a fortnight seeing the cities of Europe and I commend you for giving us all the inspiration to go ahead and make up our own itinerary for places we would like to visit. I would never have thought of doing it this way myself brilliant idea and much better than going around in one of them boats. Must give it heat even if it's not a deal in the real sense.
I like good food, waiters, and things done for me.
Ive spent quite a few drunken nights in the city centre & always managed to find my way back to the hotel, due to how close it is to the squares.
Done Salzburg and return Munich,
Gothenburg / Copenhagen
Rome / Venice
Nice / Pisa
Prague / Basel / Venice
Prague / Berlin
Prague / Paris
Latvia / Estonia / Berlin
Budapest / Belgrade / Dubrovnik
Sofia/ instanbul
Split / Dubrovnik
And try Poland for even cheaper returns
And many more that blend into one big European vacation
Good travels
Any suggestions for an alternative for the Paris leg?
Cheers
if you could i would definitely add Switzerland on it although expensive to stay it was the best place we visited. Prague is amazingly cheap if you avoid the scam taxi's...heat added.
See you there ha :smiley:
And I just want to go for the first hotel! :smiley: