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4 days itinerary to Austria (Salzburg, Innsbruck, Hallstatt and Vienna)

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Welcome to Gallivanters Diaries - a memoir of our global adventures We love travelling. With every step, we create new stories of seeing mesmerizing places, tasting mouthwatering cuisines and indulging in local culture. We share our experience through this memoir. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Austria is a land of many features. From the glories of the Habsburg empire in Vienna to the capital of the Alps in Innsbruck, from the home of Mozart in Salzburg to the UNESCO World Heritage in Hallstatt, Austria has so much to offer. It was the May bank holiday here is London and what could be a better time to visit Austria and so embarked upon a 4 day itinerary. Our Itinerary:  We had booked our flight tickets 5 months ago and had initially planned to start our trip in Vienna. However, during our later research, we figured out that Salzburg will be a better base to explore Austria because...

3 days in Lake Como, Florence and Milan

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Welcome to Gallivanters Diaries - a memoir of our global adventures We love travelling. With every step, we create new stories of seeing mesmerizing places, tasting mouthwatering cuisines and indulging in local culture. We share our experience through this memoir. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Our Itinerary We landed in Milan on Friday night to have full 3 days to roam around over the early May bank holiday. We chose to use Milan as our base because both Lake Como and Florence were within 2.5 hours train distance. On Saturday, we went on a day trip to Lake Como. On Sunday we went to Florence and on Monday we stayed in Milan and took the late evening flight back to London. TIP:  If you chose to follow our itinerary, we recommend staying close to Milano Centrale station because you'll need to catch one of the early morning trains for Como and Florence. Day 1: Varenna, Bellagio and ...