1st backpacking trip: Italy/Spain/France...Need suggestions and help
so I'm traveling to Europe for the first time, and I'm going solo (for half of it). I fly in to Rome on June 24th, and leave from Paris on July 21nd. Here is my basic itinerary of just the cities I would like to spend some time in, but I would like some help deciding how much time to spend in each one, as well as how long it will take to travel between some of them.
One thing is that I need to be in Malaga, Spain, by the 8th(ish) of July to meet up with my boyfriend and his family who are staying in a hotel there till the 11th. After that, they are spending the 11th till the 18th in a luxurious rental house in Opie, France..which I believe is near Nice. I will be joining them there, and then from the 18th till the 21st, we are traveling to Paris where we will eventually travel home to California. I basically have the 24th of June till July 8th (14ish days) to venture around Italy/France/Spain, so here's what I think I want to hit up:
Rome
Florence
Cinque Terra
Barcelona
I might exchange going to Barcelona with going to Pamplona for the Running of the Bulls, but I can't tell if thats worth giving up Barcelona for. What would you guys do?
How much time should I spend in each place? I was thinking 3 days in rome,3 in florence, 2 in cinque terra, and 3 days in Barcelona. The other days will be spent traveling the long distance from Cinque Terra to Barcelona, and then Barcelona to Malaga.
How should I get from Cinque Terra to Barcelona? Train or plane? How should I get to Malaga? Does my itinerary seem feasible or what? Please, any help would be appreciated -- I've never done ANYTHING like this before!
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