europe in a week

[longlongjuly]

im planning a trip to europe this summer and i have only a week. any suggestions on how many countries i can visit during this time? i was thinking 1-2, since it's a short period of time. Amsterdam? any comments will be valuable as this is going to be my first trip to europe.

[jabroni79]

With only a week in Europe, you could visit Amsterdam for 2 days and spend the rest of the time in another city. If you really want to go to Amsterdam, I would consider going either to Paris (4 hours from Amsterdam by train) or London (1 hr by plane). Each ticket will cost you around US $100.

[ivybell]

Or England/Scotland, maybe Spain/Portugal?
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[heidi_benj]

Is your heart set on Amsterdam? Or are you open to other places?

Since I'm a very budget-minded traveler, I would suggest flying from your home to wherever is the cheapest. Then take budget airlines (Ryanair, Easyjet, etc.) or trains from there. 2, 3 max is the number of countries you could reasonably hit in a week.