We booked the following flights and trains for the places, as well as tickets for various attractions have been listed below:
Flights and trains:
London to Paris:
Eurostar - book online in advance, print the tickets and keep with you to show at boarding time.
Booking website: ://www.eurostar.com/us-en
Review: Comfortable, nice train
Paris to Barcelona:
British Airways operated by Vueling Airways, booked via Expedia in advance.
Booking website: www.expedia.com
Review: On time, comfortable
Barcelona to Nice:
Easy Jet, booked via Expedia in advance
Booking website: www.expedia.com
Review: On time, comfortable, book check-in baggage online, higher fees on the airport
Nice to Rome:
Easy Jet, booked via Expedia in advance
Booking website: www.expedia.com
Review: On time, comfortable, book check-in baggage online, higher fees on the airport
La Sagrada Familia - Barcelona (booked couple of months ahead, print and take with you, saves you time)
Website to book for La Sagrada Familia http://www.sagradafamilia.org/en/tickets/
Flights and trains:
London to Paris:
Eurostar - book online in advance, print the tickets and keep with you to show at boarding time.
Booking website: ://www.eurostar.com/us-en
Review: Comfortable, nice train
Paris to Barcelona:
British Airways operated by Vueling Airways, booked via Expedia in advance.
Booking website: www.expedia.com
Review: On time, comfortable
Barcelona to Nice:
Easy Jet, booked via Expedia in advance
Booking website: www.expedia.com
Review: On time, comfortable, book check-in baggage online, higher fees on the airport
Nice to Rome:
Easy Jet, booked via Expedia in advance
Booking website: www.expedia.com
Review: On time, comfortable, book check-in baggage online, higher fees on the airport
Rome to Florence, Florence to Pisa and back, Florence to Venice and Venice to Zurich
Trenitalia
Booking website: www.trenitalia.com
Review: Booking starts 4 months in advance for best prices, prices increase as date of travel gets closer, comfortable train, take your own food and drink, as on board prices are prohibitive.
Zurich to Lucerne, Lucerne to Interlaken and Interlaken to Geneva:
SBB - booked one day ahead of time in person
Booked at the train station in Zurich. Very helpful representatives.
Comfortable, and tickets can be booked for the day, not exact time, so can be flexible.
Attractions booked ahead of time:
Stonehenge, England
Website to book for the Stonehenge:
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/prices-and-opening-times
(we booked the same morning we were going and saved about an hour in line.)
Stonehenge, England
Website to book for the Stonehenge:
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/stonehenge/prices-and-opening-times
(we booked the same morning we were going and saved about an hour in line.)
Bateaux Mouches Seine river tour - Paris
Website to book for Bateaux Mouches: http://www.bateaux-mouches.fr/
Adults: 13.5 Euros, and children 6 Euros.
(booked couple of months, no need to print, they found the reservation by last name, picked up actual tickets at the counter)
Louvre - Paris:
Website to book for Bateaux Mouches: http://www.bateaux-mouches.fr/Adults: 13.5 Euros, and children 6 Euros.
(booked couple of months, no need to print, they found the reservation by last name, picked up actual tickets at the counter)
Louvre - Paris:
Website to book for the Louvre: http://www.louvre.fr/en/hours-admission
(booked couple of months ahead - print and take with you - definitely saves you time)
La Sagrada Familia - Barcelona (booked couple of months ahead, print and take with you, saves you time)
Website to book for La Sagrada Familia http://www.sagradafamilia.org/en/tickets/
Vatican Museum - Rome :
Website to book for the Vatican Museum: www.museivaticani.va
Adults: 16 Euros, and children 8 Euros + total booking fee of 16 Euros.
(booked couple of month ahead - long line around the block for people with no tickets, saved us about 2-3 hours wait time)
Colosseum and Forum - Rome (booked couple of months ahead, print confirmation and then go to the office at the Pantheon entrance and get actual tickets, saves you about an hour).
Website to book for the Colosseum and the Forum: http://www.coopculture.it/en/colosseo-e-shop.cfm
Other trips booked last minute that could be done earlier:
London Eye: (would have saved us about an hour in line at the time)
Train trip to Pisa (we weren't sure when we were going and it was a local train from Florence, so decided to buy a day ahead)
Train trip to Pompeii (we booked 2 days ahead of time, but earlier booking would have got us a faster train at a lower price)
Website to book for the Vatican Museum: www.museivaticani.va
Adults: 16 Euros, and children 8 Euros + total booking fee of 16 Euros.
(booked couple of month ahead - long line around the block for people with no tickets, saved us about 2-3 hours wait time)
Colosseum and Forum - Rome (booked couple of months ahead, print confirmation and then go to the office at the Pantheon entrance and get actual tickets, saves you about an hour).Website to book for the Colosseum and the Forum: http://www.coopculture.it/en/colosseo-e-shop.cfm
Other trips booked last minute that could be done earlier:
London Eye: (would have saved us about an hour in line at the time)
Train trip to Pisa (we weren't sure when we were going and it was a local train from Florence, so decided to buy a day ahead)
Train trip to Pompeii (we booked 2 days ahead of time, but earlier booking would have got us a faster train at a lower price)
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