Is two nights, three days enough for a city break? Or three nights and four days preferable?

suvigirl

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Sure he used to live there! Why he would need input from anyone else is a mystery..........

Cork Lass

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Are you even old enough to travel unaccompanied?

Trampas

Depends on the type of person you are also. Are you relaxing and see what you see or rushing around trying to get everything in. Will you be returning in the future or not. Do you like flying stops or taking things in

miamee

If you are only there to flex your muscles and eat street food, I'm sure 2 nights is more than enough. If you used to live there, will you be meeting up with old friends/connections? Their availability might dictate whether to stay an extra night or not.

Ohmeha

From experience I think any major/large European city you need a minimum of 3 nights to have a trip that you can properly experience without feeling like it is a frantic in/out type of trip. Definitely 3 nights for the likes of London, Paris, Rome, Berlin, Madrid, Barcelona

The likes of Amsterdam and Lisbon if you plan your itinerary really well you could possibly see enough in 2 nights

The only major cities I recall spending 2 nights which I felt was adequate time was Milan and Brussels, both city centres are compact walkable with accessible public transport if you needed it. Even with 2 nights in Brussels on the final day with a late flight home I had enough time to take a one hour train journey each way to spend 3-4 hours in Bruges

realdanbreen

Was in Barcelona recently and had a whale of a time, great craic. Now I see the locals in Barcelona and other holiday destinations are getting angry with tourists ,spraying water etc. Now while these places and the Canarries etc are nice places to visit they would want to realise what side they're bread is buttered on. If tourists stop going there it won't be long before the locals are back mending fishing nets and are reduced to pickpocketing one another for a change!

RebelButtMunch

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Interesting! It could be city dependent and of course what's wanted. I stayed in Berlin on a Sunday night and got to experience some lovely daytime beers in the open markets. Just saying that the Sunday could be good or bad, depending…

WishUWereHere

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why the secrecy?
Name the city for goodness sake!!!

mickmmc

It depends on the destination.

For example, I was in Krakow in March this year for 3 nights. The Guided Tour and trip to Auschwitz took most of a day and the Salt Mines took half a day.

I enjoyed the trip but looking back on the trip I would have liked another night to explore Krakow more (4nights).

That being said, I spent 2 Nights in London last July. It did a bit of planning in advance, studied google maps and I picked 3 attractions: Natural History Museum, British National Gallery and Kensington Palace. I arrived early Friday morning and left London on Sunday at 6pm (in effect 3 days). No pressure but a relaxed trip. I really enjoyed that trip even though the trip was short.

I was in Costa Brava and Barcelona for 7 nights in June ( 3 days in Barcelona City). There is so much to see in Barcelona I will go back and spend another 7 nights in Costa Brava and Barcelona with day trips in the next few years.