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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for all the suggestions! We are now leaning toward Alsace and Lucerne. Getting to Salzburg from Brussels is a little more complicated than we thought.

Fly to Munich, rent a car. You're going to want a car in this region anyway.

Honestly, you are a bit all over the place - someone gives a suggestion, 3 people back it up, and then you come back and say nope, what about something completely different!

OP here, and I agree I’m all over the place. That’s the problem with too many good options sometimes. We don’t want to rent a car, hence my pivot to places we can get to easily by train. Thanks for your suggestion though.

You definitely do not need to rent a car, and I completely understand pivoting on options - you have many, and I think you've chosen extremely well.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for all the suggestions! We are now leaning toward Alsace and Lucerne. Getting to Salzburg from Brussels is a little more complicated than we thought.

Fly to Munich, rent a car. You're going to want a car in this region anyway.

Honestly, you are a bit all over the place - someone gives a suggestion, 3 people back it up, and then you come back and say nope, what about something completely different!

OP here, and I agree I’m all over the place. That’s the problem with too many good options sometimes. We don’t want to rent a car, hence my pivot to places we can get to easily by train. Thanks for your suggestion though.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for all the suggestions! We are now leaning toward Alsace and Lucerne. Getting to Salzburg from Brussels is a little more complicated than we thought.

Fly to Munich, rent a car. You're going to want a car in this region anyway.

Honestly, you are a bit all over the place - someone gives a suggestion, 3 people back it up, and then you come back and say nope, what about something completely different!

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for all the suggestions! We are now leaning toward Alsace and Lucerne. Getting to Salzburg from Brussels is a little more complicated than we thought.

Swiss trains are sooooo much better than French trains, just be prepared!

Are the French trains better than the trains in Spain?

In my experience Spanish trains are more reliable than French trains but the most reliable trains are in Switzerland, followed closely by Austria.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for all the suggestions! We are now leaning toward Alsace and Lucerne. Getting to Salzburg from Brussels is a little more complicated than we thought.

Swiss trains are sooooo much better than French trains, just be prepared!

Are the French trains better than the trains in Spain?

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Anonymous wrote:We have an opportunity to fly into Brussels in mid-July. We'll be traveling with our teenage daughter. We've done the big cities like London, Paris, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Copenhagen. We are leaning toward Salzburg and the Lake District, though also think Alsace could be fun (but maybe too much of the samething for a week there?). Any ideas? Teen is not into museums, so though Austria would be neat for more scenery. Anyone have suggestions on things to do, places to see? (or even suggestions for some other European destination - we are really open to anything right now)

Salzburg is beautiful, I would pair it with another city like Innsbruck or Vienna. You could easily entertain yourselves in Vienna for the full 6 days if you wanted to do that (trying to visit all three cities I think would be too much in 6 days). If you wanted to go to Salzburg and the lakes you'd need to rent a car or hire a driver, if you stuck to the major cities you could travel everywhere by train.

You can easily do Salzburg without a car. We took a train there from Budapest. Easy.

Be sure to take the ferry around the lake, there are many places to stop and our favorite is Weggis, which we discovered was also Mark Twain's favorite place (there is a detailed monument to him there). Burgenstock Resort is second to none if that's in your budget.

Lucerne is beautiful. The Bernese Oberland (Wengen, Murren, etc) is nearby and is beautiful too if you like hiking.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for all the suggestions! We are now leaning toward Alsace and Lucerne. Getting to Salzburg from Brussels is a little more complicated than we thought.

Lucerne and the surrounding area is gorgeous and there is so much to do. Go up the mountains on cable car, ride the mountain toboggan. It’s just gorgeous. You can’t go wrong in Switzerland.

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for all the suggestions! We are now leaning toward Alsace and Lucerne. Getting to Salzburg from Brussels is a little more complicated than we thought.

Swiss trains are sooooo much better than French trains, just be prepared!

OP here. Thanks for all the suggestions! We are now leaning toward Alsace and Lucerne. Getting to Salzburg from Brussels is a little more complicated than we thought.

I’m on the public bus to Eagle’s Nest as I type. Salzburg is beautiful and very easy to get around with lots to do. Bus to/from Eagle’s Nest and King’s Lake is easy and costs 16 euros return. Tones of bikes and hiking around and prices are very reasonable. I’d highly recommend

Any specific food recommendations for Salzburg (or Munich)?

Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck and Munich are all very easy to do and close by train. I personally like Austria a lot more than Switzerland. The feel is very different. We have also done Eagle's Nest (very common tour) and salt mines. You can do a lot in Salzburg which I love. The lake district is lovely and quiet. We have also done Alpine slide outside of Innsbruck. We took the public bus there and generally found all of public transit in the area very easy to navigate. Munich can be a big change but there is so much history. We did Dachau via the train though I recommend getting a guide. There is a lot to process there and a guide keeps you focused.

Overall, very easy, don't need a car, amazing sites and food.

If you’re in Salzburg, there is so much to do in the surrounding areas. Agree with pairing it with Innsbruck. It’s also relatively close to Germany and to Czech Republic. While adding on Prague maybe too ambitious, a night in cesky krumlov is doable.