Split to Hvar — catamaran or car ferry?
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Catamaran to Hvar town, 65 minutes, books out in summer so buy the morning you decide. The car ferry lands in Stari Grad — lovely, wrong side for one night.
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Dubrovnik walls in August — when and how long?
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Buy online, enter at Ploče gate at 08:00 sharp, walk anticlockwise — 90 minutes ahead of the ships. By 10:30 the walls are a griddle either way.
Northern lights tours — bus, boat, or DIY?
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DIY with the hire car you already have: aurora forecast plus cloud map, drive 30 minutes out of the light dome. Tours chase the same map with forty people aboard — their one advantage is the retry ticket.
Golden Circle self-drive in one winter day — sane?
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Four hours of light means Þingvellir at dawn, Geysir at noon, Gullfoss at dusk — doable if the roads stay green on road.is. Book the Secret Lagoon, not the Blue, on the way home.
Swimming in the harbour — where's actually allowed?
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The marked harbour baths — Islands Brygge and Sluseholmen — and nowhere else; the water police are real. The water is clean enough that this rule is the only rule.
Is the Copenhagen Card worth it for a long weekend?
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With Tivoli, Rosenborg and all transport included, your exact list breaks even by day two — this is the rare city card that does the maths for you. Add the Louisiana train leg and it's clearly ahead.
Eiffel Tower summit vs Montparnasse deck?
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Montparnasse — the only Paris view with the tower in it, no queue to speak of, and sunset slots don't sell out months ahead. The teenagers get the photo they wanted.
Louvre with one morning — what's the honest plan?
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09:00 entry via Carrousel, Denon wing only: Winged Victory, the Italians, the big Davids, out by noon through the Cour Carrée. The museum wins any longer plan.
Canal boat — big glass boat or small open one?
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Small open boat, skippered, from the Jordaan side. Costs double, worth double — you go under the low bridges the glass roofs can't.
Anne Frank House sold out six weeks out — is that really it?
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Tuesdays 10:00 CET, tickets for six weeks ahead go live — that's the only door. No returns, no tours with allocation. Set the alarm and have accounts ready; they go in minutes.
Serra de Tramuntana without hairpin terror — best base?
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Sóller — the train from Palma does the mountains for you, the tram does the port, and buses reach Deià and Fornalutx. The driver relaxes; the gripper forgives.
Where do you actually eat near Park Güell?
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Walk ten minutes into Gràcia proper — Plaça de la Virreina and around. La Pubilla for lunch if you can get in; anywhere on the squares beats anywhere on the slope.