Family Vacation in Europe: Cross Country Road Trip
Another Family Vacation in Europe! For the next seventeen days I will be on cross country road trip through Germany, Belgium, Netherlands and France. We have planned the entire Europe itinerary ourselves, that includes tickets to places to stay and the places to see. No Europe tour packages help taken. I hope the weather will be friendly. (with a small change in plan we included Luxembourg to the itinerary)
Day 1 in Frankfurt
Day 2: Frankfurt to Hasselt
- Frankfurt to Bruhl, distance 195 km in 2 hr 11 min
- Bruhl to Aachen, distance 77.5 km via A76 1 hr
- Aachen to Hasselt in BELGIUM, distance of 74.9 km via A 76 in 58 min
Day 3: Haaselt to Antwerp
- Hasselt to Leuven, distance of 58.7 km via E314 in 40 min
- Leuven to Mechelen, distance of
- Mechelen to Antwerp, distance of
Day 4: Antwerp to Amsterdam
Antwerp to Amsterdam and back, distance of 162 km (x2) in 1 hr 54 min
Day 5: Antwerp – Ghent- Bruges – Antwerp
- Day trip from Antwerp to Ghent, Distance from Antwerp to Ghent is 57.8 km via E17
- Ghent to Bruges, distance is 51.7 km via E40
- Back to Antwerp from Bruges, a distance of 91.2 km via N49
Day 6: Antwerp – Breendonk – Atomium – Brussels – Waterloo – Antwerp
- Antwerp to Breendonk, distance 20.9 km via A12
- Breendonk to Atomium, distance of 21.3 km via A12
- Atomium to Brussels, distance of 7.3 km via N277
- Brussels to Waterloo, distance of 32.4 km via RO
- from Waterloo back to Antwerp (base), distance of 67.9 km via RO and E19
Europe Vacation Road Trip – Frankfurt to Tournai – Family Vacation in Europe
Day 7: Antwerp – Tournai – Arras – Amiens – Lisieux
- Antwerp to Tournai, distance of 132 km via E17
- Tournai to Arras in FRANCE, distance of 70.4 km via A1
- Arras to Amiens, distance of 62.8 km via D919
- Amiens to Lisieux, distance of 218 km via D919
Day 8: Lisieux – Mont St. Michel – Fougeres
- Lisieux to Mont St. Michel, distance of 186 km via A84 in 1 hr 55 min
- Mont St. Michel to Fougeres, distance of 45.2 km via A84
Day 9: Fougeres to Azay-Le-Rideau
- Drive from Fourgeres to Tours, distance of 234 km via A81 and A28
- Tours to Amboise Azay-Le-Rideau
- Amboise Azay-Le-Rideau via many castles in Lombardy region, distance of 239 km
Europe Vacation Road Trip – Tournai to Orleans – Family Vacation in Europe
Day 10: Azay-Le-Rideau – Chambord – Orleans – Chartres – Paris
- Azay-Le-Rideau to Chambord, distance of 106 km via A10
- Chambord to Orleans, distance of 56 km via A10
- Orleans to Chartres, distance of 170 km via A10 and N104
- Chartres to Paris, Holiday Inn Paris – Gare de L’Estates, an IHG Hotel, 5 Rue du 8 Mai 1945, 75010 Paris, France, distance of 51.8 km via A4
Day 11 to Day 14 of Europe Vacation: 5 nights in Paris
Day 11: Walking Tour of Paris
Day 12: Paris – Fontainbleau – Provins
- Paris to Fontainbleau, distance of 71.5 km via A6
- Fontainbleau to Provins, a distance of 53.2 km via D210 and D403
- Provins to Paris, distance of 92.6 km via N4
Day 13: Paris Disneyland
- Paris to Disneyland Paris, Bd de Parc, 77700 Coupvray, France, distance of 43.4 km via A4
Day 14: Paris – Versailles – Paris
- Paris to Palace of Versailles, Place d’Armes, 78000 Versailles, a distance of 44.3 km via A86
- Versailles to Paris Louvre Museum, 75001 Paris, France, distance of 72 km via A86
Europe Vacation Road Trip – Chambord to Frankfurt – Family Vacation in Europe
Day 15: Paris – Reims – Luxembourg – Strasbourg
- Paris to Reims, a distance of 144 km via A4
- Reims to LUXEMBOURG, distance of 266 km via A4
- Luxembourg to Strasbourg, a distance of 259 km via A4
Day 16: Strasbourg – Speyer – Heidelberg
- Strasbourg to Speyer, a distance of 115 km, via A35
- Speyer to Heidelberg, a distance of 30.6 km via B535
Day 17: Heidelberg – Frankfurt
- Heidelberg to Frankfurt, a distance of 90.5 km via A67 and A5
- Fly back to Bangalore
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Enjoy your vacation…
Lovely image here Indrani.. 🙂
Regards,
Angad Achappa
Indian Wildlife Photography
Lovely picture. All the best for your tour.
the image sums up every traveloholic's feeling when they are about to embark upon a journey!!!
happy travels!!
Enjoy your travels and come back with lots of lovely shots!
You are a real adventurer!! I wish you a very nice travel!! =) and many photos on your blog hereafter.. :))
A beautiful photo of the bird! =)
All the best ! Have a nice time
Fantastic shot of the bird in flight. I hope you have a great vacation and perfect weather for it.
Have a wonderful time in Europe 🙂
Thatz the way to travel! Bon voyage:)
Have fun and we will look forward to the photos of your travels. Thanks to the internet one no longer needs tour operators and it is so much more fun organising it all ones self.
good post…
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Have a great holiday
have a wonderful and safe trip!
Have a great holiday and take lots of pictures to share with us.
Indrani,
How do you manage so many vacations? 🙂
I have been to all these countries and would love to see your take on them.
Happy travels and enjoy your trip.
I hope you have a wonderful vacation and see lots of beautiful places! And I look forward to your photos when you return — they will be the next best thing to having a vacation myself! Enjoy!!!
Sylvia
hi Indrani,
I wish you and fellow travelers happy travels! ^0^
do share us your experiences when you get back. ^-^
would love to hear all about it.
This sounds exactly like how we did last year and the same countries (except Germany)
Great , have a nice time……
Thats great…enjoy and looking forward to your travel photos!
When will you be in Holland ?
I hope you have a wonderful time here.
warm greetings, Joop
Wowww was für ein grossartiges Bild liebe Indrani…
Grüsse aus der Schweiz
Hans-Peter
Have a nice holiday. And the flying bird, it's marvelous.