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Originally Posted by jibi
I would recommend staying south in the spring and heading north as the weather "may" get better.
Fly to Athens so it will be warm when you get here.
Cycle to Patras, ferry over to Brindisi, via a stop over in Corfu, if you wish.
then kind of head to where you are flying back from.
You could head through a choice from, Naples, Rome, Milan, Venice
Then into France, or if you like mountains, Switzerland.
This is almost an exact replica of my first big tour all those years ago. But if you're gonna be in Athens anyway, don't--I repeat--don't miss the island of Crete. It's fantastic in spring.
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