Author: kirstinhope
This website (I actually use the app on my phone) suggests 1-3 day itineraries for cities all over the world, and allows you to customize. Particularly useful is the additional recommended visit time per site, as well as the travel time by foot between sites. You can tell it what you would like to visit, and the app will suggest the best order in which to visit attractions, based on opening times and distance between.
https://www.visitacity.com/
One of my very favorite accommodations.
I use this site to explore travel destination ideas and independent providers of experiences, etc., that have been screened. An excellent resource – I just wish they allowed you to log in and save your favorite finds.
6/3 arr. Oxford
6/4 explore oxford – Private walking tour (11?…will try to reschedule for 10), 50 min boat cruise 1:45 (food available for purchase before)
Arr. Bath – Walcott Street Apartment
6/6 Tour lower Cotswolds – The Crown Inn, Frampton Mansell. Rodmoton
Castle Comb – Straud Valley walk (6 mi, 3 hours)
6/7 Cotswold Cottage Guest House, Stow on the Wold
Visit Bibury, Visit Burton-on-the-Water, Hire Bikes in Burton on the Water Hartwells, 3 hour bike tour OR Walk Burton on the Water – Lower Slaughter, Country Inn – Upper Slaughter (6.5 mi, 3 hours)
The Hive (Stow) for dinner or breakfast
6/8 Drive to Barnard Castle (4 hrs 10 min. – stop en route? York…) – Baliol House B&B, explore town and castle/abbey
6/9 Beamish Museum day
6/10 – make our way to Edinburgh. Possible visits to Durham, Hadrian’s Wall. Evening walk the Royal Mile, Visit Mary’s Close
6/11 – visit: Edinburgh castle, Giles Cathedral, Gladstone’s land, whiskey experience, walking tour – dark side of Edinburgh 6:30,
6/12 – visit: People’s Story, Museum of Edinburgh, Edinburgh Dungeon (?), New Town Walking tour 2:30
6/13 – Rabbie’s tour begins
6/17 – tour ends
6/18 – Arthur’s seat, Edinburgh castle if not visited yet, camera obscura
6/19 – train to London. Globe theater in evening
6/20 3:00 Secret London bike tour
I’ve been poking around for a while trying to find and affordable and reasonable flight to Lisbon from San Francisco. The best I could find was in the $800s, with an overnight layover each direction in Istanbul. When I go into the less cumbersome itineraries, I could not find anything below $1400. I kept thinking I could hammer out a better deal – fly to a hub, and RyanAir it in to Lisbon, or something like. But then I ran a search on Orbitz including both airfare and hotel. Right out of the gate, my per person price went down to $630. Yes, for flight AND a room. I upgraded just a bit, to get a highly rated apartment and a great itinerary with minimal layovers, and bingo, our family of four is going to Lisbon for Thanksgiving week for $3000. I am hoping this is a trick I can repeat at a later date.