Canadian Rockies. Vancouver, then take the train to through he Rockies.. Stay at the Banff Springs Hotel (there's your chalet/castle). Great photo opportunities all around. Then maybe head for the eastern provinces.
Canadian Rockies. Vancouver, then take the train to through he Rockies.. Stay at the Banff Springs Hotel (there's your chalet/castle). Great photo opportunities all around. Then maybe head for the eastern provinces.
That is actually a good idea....you are getting me thinking now.
Switzerland...been there 2 times. The memories are wonderful!
Saas Almegell for oneLodging Seems like you get 2 for 1 when it comes to seasons - summer weather with glaciers - great hiking in the Alps.
Germany too - the Rhine River has all those castles from Bingen to Koblenz. You could stay at a Bed & Breakfast and explore the castles.
Personally, I would love to do the Rockies as suggested by Pug-H. Also, Iceland...
Of the places I have been, the Alpine areas are great. Only been in the winter, so would like to see them in the summer too. Fantastic scenery for photographing.
Aye, the rockies are a brilliant spectacle, but one you're in the range, there isn't much apart from the rockies ya know? Then again, Yellowstone would be a great place to go, it's absolutely gigantic, great scenery, and roaming bison that put their head in your car if you open a choclate bar. Hey, that rhymes.
I'd recommend the Montana/Wyoming side if you're going to the rockies.
Canada's a great idea, especially at that time of the year! Head in May to try and avoid the really big crowds in June. And book soon like you said! Definitely do a car, and maybe spend a couple of weeks in the west and then a couple of weeks in the east eg. the Maritimes and Montreal etc.
I love Canada, I need to go back there soon :)
EDIT: Oh, and spend one night at one of the Fairmont properties! Pricy, but fun to splurge, and fun to photograph the grand buildings and funny rich people lol
I know it is rather far but May to agust is the South African Winter and a great time to visit places like the Kruger Park which can be very hot at other times of the year.//www.krrugerpark.co.za
You are all coming up with some great ideas. I would love to visit Canada/Iceland/Africa in time. They are definitely on my to do list. At the moment I am narrowing it down I think...to a few European countries and maybe a week in Greece and then a stopover cruise in Fiji on the way home.
The West of Ireland (Co. Kerry / Dingle / Killarney and Co. Cork) has some of the most beautiful and untouched scenery in Europe. There are beaches along the West coast that are ten miles long and you'd be the only person walking on them. So if you're into shooting sunsets... Not to mention the waterfalls and mountains around Killarney, and the Dingle peninsula.
You also have the pubs and entertainment. Dingle town for traditional Irish music and pints of Guinness and seafood, although you'll be rubbing shoulders with hundreds of other tourists.
3 or 4 days to do the Ring of Kerry (including as more castles and ancient ruins than you can shake a stick at). From there you can travel East to Dublin. It's only about 4 hours by train, or less than an hour to fly. In Dublin you can do the city stuff, Dublin castle and cathedral, shopping in Grafton Street, and entertainment in Temple Bar which is the main pub/nightclub/restaurant district.
If you want to do the UK from there then Heathrow Airport (London) is a 45 minute flight away. So you can spend another 3 days doing London (endless tourist attractions, museums, Buckingham palace, houses of parliament etc.)
After that, take the Eurostar train via the channel tunnel to Paris. You've got the predictable tourist attractions, but also Eurodisney if you want to spend a couple of days there. Of course, now you're in mainland Europe so you can travel south to Italy, the Alps, or pop across to Amsterdam or up to Germany for a couple of days if you fancy something different.
There you have it. Start from the West of Ireland and work your way Eastwards. You could probably fit 5 or 6 countries into 4 weeks if you put your mind to it.
