Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Two or three countries in one holiday? Where? Globetrotter's Shortlist.


EUROPE
Estonia, Latvia and  Lithuania
Walking holiday of all three, not cheap, over a thousand pounds. This one is on my wishlist. Kill three countries in one holiday. Triple the countries on my list of places I have visited.


FRANCE
Borders: France, Italy, Switzerland. Near Chamonix. 
Drive through the Mont Blanc tunnel from France to Italy. I famously  or infamously forgot my passport - left on the chairback of friends' home in France, so we had to turn back at the tunnel on one occasion.

Spain
Your choices are:
France and Spain, Spain and Portugal, or all three, France, Portugal and Spain. We have driven from London through France, down through Portugal and across to Marbella in Spain. 

We drove back across Spain staying in Paradors. Consider southern Spain and Gibraltar (when international relations are good).

SWITZERLAND
A country with four languages, French, Italian, German and Romansch.


Flag of the USA. Flag of Canada.

USA and Canada
Niagara is the place. See the Falls from both sides. 

Canada has the great views and the attractions and the crowds, motels and hotels. But also see the US side.We thought that Canada was too touristy. then we went to the US side and it felt empty. We went back to Canada and felt happier with attractions blaring at every corner.



USA - Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah.
Four states meet.
Wiki says:
The Four Corners Monument marks the quadripoint in the Southwestern United States where the states of ArizonaColoradoNew Mexico, and Utah meet. It is the only point in the United States shared by four states, leading to the area being named the Four Corners region.
I went to the point and was underwhelmed. But the landmarks in the region are legion.


Flag of Singapore.

Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia
From Singapore it's a hop across the bridge to Malaysia. (Must take passport.) You can walk, about half an hour across the bridge. take passport of course. 
Back in Singapore, you can catch a ferry across to an Indonesian island. 

What can I say - I am a Singaporean resident. Clean Green Singapore has so many must see attraactions such as Gardens By The Bay, the Night Safari, the free Botanic Gardens.

CARIBBEAN
St Martin and St Maarten, two halves of one island, French and Dutch. Practice your french on the French side. The Dutch side had quaint buidlings. The French side for language and food - all flown in so high quality means high prices. Do a two centre holiday or visit one from the other.

You might find one side of the island or order has the more expensive hotels. Depends what you want. Rustic and basic and authentic or big and international.

Singapore is a great stopover if you are travelling between the USA or Europe or Russia and want to continue on to Australia and New Zealand. Singapore Airlines in a member of Star Alliance if you need to mix and match airlines and use airmiles and lounges.

Useful Links
visitsingapore.com
Singapore Airlines
singaporeair.com
visit.britain.com
visitbritainshop.com
visittheusa.co.uk

Author
Angela Lansbury
Travel writer and photographer, author and speaker. I have several posts on Singapore - everything from 24 hours McDonalds to Changi airport eating and day and night (Night Safari) attractions and free atttractions (Botanical Gardens), and London, England. Please share links to your favourite posts.

Useful Websites
https://www.explore.co.uk/holidays/walking-holiday-in-estonia-latvia-and-lithuania



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