Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Four days lets you add a second day trip on top of Rotterdam’s own core without rushing either. Days one and two cover the rebuilt-modern architecture and Delfshaven, day three is Kinderdijk’s windmills,...

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Four days keeps the 2-day Shizuoka City core and adds two nights in an Izu onsen town instead of the Fuji area. If Fuji is the priority instead, the 3-day plan takes that fork; for both together, see the 6-day or...

A fourth day steps up from Preikestolen to Kjerag, a meaningfully harder hike, so this plan gives you a rest day of city sights in between. Day 1 Begin at Stavanger Cathedral (Domkirken), completed around 1125, then spend the morning in Gamle Stavanger among its roughly 173 protected wooden houses, including the Norwegian Canning Museum inside the district. Dinner near the harbour runs roughly NOK...

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Before you plan a single day here, Russia carries the US State Department’s Level 4 “Do Not Travel” rating, reissued around 29 December 2025, and the UK FCDO advises against all travel to Russia,...

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Five days is enough to add My Son’s Cham ruins to the 4-day plan without dropping anything, city sights, Hoi An, Ba Na Hills, My Son, and Son Tra each get their own day. See the full Da Nang guide for the wider...

Three days covers Heidelberg’s core plus a day trip to the region’s actual UNESCO site: the castle and Altstadt on day one, the Philosophenweg and university on day two, and Speyer Cathedral on day three. Day 1 Ride the Bergbahn funicular from the Kornmarkt up to Heidelberg Castle, budget around €11 for the Palace Ticket (verify at schloss-heidelberg.de) and 2-3 hours to see the...

Six days extending the same spine as our 5 day version : Days 1 through 5 keep Mechelen, Ghent, Brussels, Bruges, and a full day back in Antwerp itself, and Day 6 adds the coast at Ostend, about 1h35 away and the only genuine beach day anywhere on this list. Book these before you go Hotel near Antwerpen-Centraal: check rates on Booking.com A Ghent and Bruges day tour from Antwerp: book on...

Two days is the tight but genuine minimum for Amritsar: the Golden Temple and Jallianwala Bagh on day one, and the harder history plus Wagah-Attari, if it’s running, on day two. This version assumes you’ve already sorted your e-Visa and just need the ground plan. For more room to breathe, add a third day with the 3-day itinerary instead. Sort these before you go Your e-Visa, applied at...

Two days is enough to see the honest highlights of Hangzhou: West Lake and Lingyin Temple. It’s not enough time for tea villages, the Grand Canal, or Xixi Wetland, so if those matter to you, look at the 3-day plan instead. Before you fly: set up Alipay (link a foreign card while you still have a home phone number handy), install a VPN, since you can’t download one once you’re...

Three days is the sweet spot for a first Aarhus trip: two days cover the walkable centre, and the third adds Moesgaard’s bog body and Marselisborg’s palace park without a rushed schedule. If two days is all you have, the 2-day plan covers the same city core; add a fourth day and the 4-day plan folds in Legoland Billund. Book these before you go A place to stay in the city centre or...

Three days is the sweet spot for a first Bratislava trip: two days to cover the Old Town and castle properly, and one full day added for Vienna, one of the closest capital-to-capital day trips anywhere. Drop day three and use the 2-day itinerary instead if Vienna isn’t on your list; add a fourth day using the 4-day itinerary if you’d rather add Devín Castle on top of this same plan.

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. This is the 2-day itinerary with a second mountain added, Pilatus and Rigi are different enough in character that both earn a full day. Book these before you go A place to stay near the Old Town or the station Rigi...

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Before you land. Nairobi has real street crime, mugging, phone-snatching, and smash-and-grab theft at traffic lights, so use Uber, Bolt, or Little rather than walking, especially after dark, keep car doors locked and...

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Three days is the sweet spot for a first Rotterdam trip: two days for the city’s own rebuilt-modern core, plus one genuine day trip. This version adds Kinderdijk on day three, since it’s the shortest...

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Three days keeps the 2-day city core and adds a single day in the Fuji area around Fujinomiya. If you’d rather spend that extra time in an Izu onsen town instead, the 4-day plan takes that fork; for both...

A third day turns Stavanger’s essential 2-day plan into a slower visit, with room for the sights the first two skip. Day 1 Begin at Stavanger Cathedral (Domkirken), completed around 1125, then spend the rest of the morning in Gamle Stavanger among its roughly 173 protected wooden houses. The Norwegian Canning Museum sits inside the district in a former sardine cannery, worth an hour on the...

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Before you plan a single day here, Russia carries the US State Department’s Level 4 “Do Not Travel” rating, reissued around 29 December 2025, and the UK FCDO advises against all travel to Russia,...

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Four days covers Da Nang’s city sights, a Hoi An day trip, and Ba Na Hills, the built theme park everyone photographs, without cramming. My Son and Hue still don’t fit, for those add a day with the 5-day...

Two days is enough to cover Heidelberg’s core without rushing: the castle and Altstadt on day one, the Philosophenweg and university on day two. Since there’s no local airport, most visitors arrive via a roughly 1-hour train from Frankfurt, so plan your first morning around whenever that lands you at the Hauptbahnhof, which sits about 2km from the old town itself. Day 1 Start at the...

Five days extending the same spine as our 4 day version : Days 1 through 4 keep Mechelen, Ghent, Brussels, and Bruges, and Day 5 is deliberately different, you don’t leave Antwerp at all. Five days of day trips without one day back home would be a strange way to treat the city that’s been your base the whole time. Book these before you go Hotel near Antwerpen-Centraal: check rates on...

Two days covers Aarhus’s walkable core: the Cathedral, ARoS and the Latin Quarter on day one, Den Gamle By and the harbour on day two. It’s tight, so day trips wait for next time, if you can stretch to three days, the 3-day plan adds Moesgaard and Marselisborg without cutting anything below. Book these before you go A place to stay in the city centre or Latin Quarter An Aarhus walking...

Two days covers Bratislava’s core comfortably: the castle and Old Town on day one, St Martin’s Cathedral and the UFO Bridge on day two, without rushing either. If you land with less time, our plan-your-visit guide has a same-day version; with more time, the 3-day itinerary adds a Vienna day trip on top of this same plan. Day 1: The castle and the Old Town Morning Start at Bratislava...

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Two days is the honest minimum for Lucerne: one for the Old Town core, one for a single mountain. Add a third day with our 3-day itinerary if Mount Rigi is also on your list.

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Before you land. Nairobi has real street crime, mugging, phone-snatching, and smash-and-grab theft at traffic lights, so use Uber, Bolt, or Little rather than walking, especially after dark, keep car doors locked and...

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Two days is enough for Rotterdam’s actual core: the rebuilt modern architecture on day one, and Delfshaven’s surviving pre-war streets plus the Kop van Zuid skyline on day two. Skip a day trip entirely at...

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Two days is enough for Shizuoka City’s own core, and honestly not much more, the wider prefecture pulls toward Fuji or Izu, which need a third or fourth day. For those, see the 3-day (Fuji-focused) or 4-day...

A 2-day Stavanger trip covers the walkable city core and the region’s single essential hike, no rental car required if you’re comfortable with a tour bus or taxi to the trailhead. Day 1 Start at Stavanger Cathedral (Domkirken), begun around 1100 and completed around 1125, the year the city dates its own founding; entry is generally free (verify current hours). Cross into Gamle...

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Before you plan a single day here, Russia carries the US State Department’s Level 4 “Do Not Travel” rating, reissued around 29 December 2025, and the UK FCDO advises against all travel to Russia,...

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Three days covers Da Nang’s city sights plus a Hoi An day trip, the single most popular add-on from here. It’s still tight, this plan leaves out Ba Na Hills and My Son, both genuinely deserve their own...

Heads up: some links here are affiliate links. Book or buy through them and we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. We only point you to things we would actually use. Two days covers Da Nang’s essentials without a day trip out of town, My Khe Beach, the Marble Mountains, and Son Tra’s Lady Buddha. It’s tight, so this plan skips Ba Na Hills and Hoi An entirely...

Four days extending the same spine as our 3 day version : Days 1 through 3 keep Mechelen, Ghent, and Brussels, and Day 4 adds Bruges, 1h25 to 1h35 away and genuinely longer than the same trip from Brussels, which is exactly why it’s saved for the day you’ve got the most energy to give it. Book these before you go Hotel near Antwerpen-Centraal: check rates on Booking.com A Ghent and...

Three days extending the same spine as our 2 day version : Days 1 and 2 keep Mechelen and Ghent, and Day 3 adds Brussels, 45 minutes away and the single most frequent train on this whole board. Three countries’ worth of atmosphere (Flemish, Flemish, and full-on EU capital) without changing hotels once. Book these before you go Hotel near Antwerpen-Centraal: check rates on Booking.com A Ghent...

Two days built around Antwerpen-Centraal as your launch pad: Day 1 is the shortest hop on the whole board, Mechelen, 17 to 20 minutes each way, and Day 2 is the one Antwerp-based travelers sleep on, Ghent, under an hour and noticeably calmer than Bruges. Two Belgian towns, zero car rentals, and it extends cleanly if you decide to stay longer (see our 4 and 7 day versions). Book these before you go

Seven days gives the full city core four solid days, then samples three different sides of Victoria’s day-trip radius rather than repeating the same kind of trip. This stays a city-first itinerary; the Melbourne, Australia 7-day itinerary covers the same length built entirely around the day trips instead. Sort your ETA (about AUD $20) or free eVisitor before flying, and remember...

Seven days built for a first-timer, extending the same spine as our 6 day version : Days 1-6 cover the Grote Markt, the MAS’s free rooftop, the diamond district, Het Zuid, Plantin-Moretus, Linkeroever, and the Zurenborg Art Nouveau district, and Day 7 is deliberately slower, a rooftop revisit and a proper farewell rather than one more new sight. A full week that never re-treads a single...

Six days finishes the full city core in four days, then adds two Victoria day trips instead of one, so you leave with a real feel for both Melbourne and its surrounds. This is still a city-first trip; for a version built entirely around Victoria’s day trips, see the Melbourne, Australia 6-day itinerary . Sort your ETA (about AUD $20) or free eVisitor beforehand, and note there’s no...

7-Day Itinerary for Nice, All In One City A week on the French Riviera and most guides send you straight onto a train out of town. Not this one. Nice itself has a full week of genuine depth in it, hills, harbors, hidden museums, its own vineyard, and neighborhoods most visitors never bother finding, and this plan stays inside the city limits the entire time. Day Focus 1 Promenade, Vieux Nice,...

Six days built for a first-timer, extending the same spine as our 5 day version : Days 1-5 cover the Grote Markt, the MAS’s free rooftop, the diamond district, Het Zuid, Plantin-Moretus, and the river crossing to Linkeroever, and Day 6 adds Europe’s best-concentrated Art Nouveau street and the city’s own sweet-shop history. Enough time to see Antwerp at a genuinely relaxed pace....

Five days finishes the Melbourne city core in four days, then uses the fifth for a first taste of Victoria as a day trip. This stays a city-first trip; if day trips are actually the point for you, the Melbourne, Australia 5-day itinerary restructures the whole week around them instead. As always: arrange your ETA (about AUD $20) or free eVisitor before flying, and there’s no train from...

Six days is enough to properly settle into Nice, and this is the version of the itinerary that goes furthest without ever leaving the city, right down to its own vineyard in the hills above town. This is the deepest single-city plan in this whole series, and it earns that length. Day Focus 1 Promenade, Vieux Nice, Cours Saleya, Castle Hill at golden hour 2 Market return, Place Masséna, Chagall...

Four days is enough to properly finish the Melbourne city core: the CBD and laneways, the MCG, Fitzroy and Carlton, and now Brunswick, Richmond, and the bayside suburbs too. Get your ETA (about AUD $20) or free eVisitor sorted before you fly, and expect no train from Melbourne Airport, just the SkyBus (about AUD $25.90) or a taxi. Day 1: CBD and the laneways Federation Square, the Ian Potter...

Five days lets Nice breathe a little instead of getting sprinted through, and there’s genuinely enough packed into this one city to fill every one of them without a single train ticket out of town. Day Focus 1 Promenade, Vieux Nice, Cours Saleya, Castle Hill at golden hour 2 Market return, Place Masséna, Chagall Museum 3 Cimiez: Matisse Museum, monastery gardens, Roman arena, beach 4 Mont...

Five days built for a first-timer, extending the same spine as our 4 day version : Days 1-4 cover the Grote Markt, the MAS’s free rooftop, the diamond district, Het Zuid, and the UNESCO Plantin-Moretus museum, and Day 5 adds the river crossing and the beer culture that ties the whole city together. This is the point where Antwerp stops feeling rushed. Book these before you go Hotel near...

Three days covers the CBD, the MCG, and two of Melbourne’s best inner neighbourhoods, Fitzroy and Carlton. Sort your entry before you fly: an ETA (subclass 601, about AUD $20) for most passports, or the free eVisitor for EU/UK. There’s no airport train, so budget the SkyBus (about AUD $25.90) or a taxi from Melbourne Airport. Day 1: CBD and the laneways Start at Federation Square, then...

Four days is where Nice stops feeling like a checklist and starts feeling like a place you actually know. This plan never leaves the city; everything here, the hill, the harbor, the museums, the coastline, is inside Nice’s own limits, and four days is enough to do all of it without sprinting. Day Focus 1 Promenade, Vieux Nice, Cours Saleya, Castle Hill at golden hour 2 Market return, Place...

Four days built for a first-timer, extending the same spine as our 3 day version : Days 1-3 cover the Grote Markt, the MAS’s free rooftop, the diamond district, and Het Zuid’s fashion and fine-art scene, and Day 4 adds Antwerp’s UNESCO printing history and Rubens’ actual resting place. Long enough to stop treating any of it as a rush. Book these before you go Hotel near...

Two days is enough to get a genuine first taste of Melbourne’s CBD, its laneways and its two headline institutions, the NGV and the MCG, without trying to cram in a day trip. Before you land, confirm your ETA (subclass 601, about AUD $20 via the Australian ETA app) or, for EU/UK passports, the free eVisitor. There’s no train from Melbourne Airport (MEL), so budget the SkyBus (about AUD...

Three days gives you the room two never can: a full half-day up in Cimiez without rushing the rest of the city to make space for it. This whole plan stays inside Nice itself, no train tickets out of town required, and it still doesn’t run out of ground to cover. Day Focus 1 Promenade, Vieux Nice, Cours Saleya, Castle Hill at golden hour 2 Market return, Place Masséna, Chagall Museum 3...

Two days sounds tight for a city this layered, but Nice rewards a focused plan better than almost anywhere else on this coast. This itinerary stays entirely inside the city, no day-trip detours, because there’s genuinely enough here to fill two full days without repeating yourself once. Day Focus 1 Promenade, Vieux Nice, Cours Saleya, Castle Hill at golden hour 2 Market return, Place...

Three days built for a first-timer, extending the same spine as our 2 day version : Days 1-2 cover the Grote Markt, the Cathedral of Our Lady, and the MAS’s free rooftop, and Day 3 adds Antwerp’s genuinely excellent fashion scene and its fine-art museum. Enough time to stop rushing between stops. Book these before you go Hotel near Centraal or the old town: check rates on Booking.com A...