🇪🇺 Rocky’s Europe 2026 Trip

Rocky’s Europe 2026 Trip

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June 19 – August 8
51 days / 50 nights
Current status
Trip Completed
🇦🇺 Back in Melbourne
Europe 2026 is complete.
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12:02 AM
Thursday 10 September
Timezone: Melbourne
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🇦🇺 Australia
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Europe 2026 is complete.
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travel

✈️ Australia → Netherlands

🇦🇺 Melbourne → Dubai → 🇳🇱 Amsterdam
International long-haul flight kicking off Europe 2026 — arrival into Amsterdam ahead of the pre-DEFQON stay.
19 Jun 2026
to
20 Jun 2026
Travel day
Melbourne → Dubai
19 Jun 2026
Arrival day
Dubai → Amsterdam / arrive in Amsterdam / begin pre-DEFQON stay
20 Jun 2026
stay

🇳🇱 Netherlands — 10 days / 9 nights

June 20 – June 29, 2026
Central Amsterdam stay followed by the DEFQON.1 hotel package in Amersfoort.
20 Jun 2026
to
29 Jun 2026
Amsterdam
Amsterdam stay · details private · 5 nights
June 20 – June 25
Day 1 — June 20
Amsterdam — Arrival Day / Apartment Check-In / Canal Walk / Casual Dinner / Early Night
20 Jun 2026
Day 2 — June 21
Amsterdam — Slow Breakfast / Sightseeing Day / Vondelpark / Boerejongens Visit / Space Cake Night
21 Jun 2026
Day 3 — June 22
Amsterdam — Heineken Experience / Anne Frank House / Canal Booze Cruise / Red Light District / Night Out Clubbing
22 Jun 2026
Day 4 — June 23
Amsterdam — Recovery Breakfast / Van Gogh Museum / Museumplein Lunch / Wondr Experience / Sexmuseum / Central Amsterdam Wander
23 Jun 2026
Day 5 — June 24
Amsterdam — Sleep In Morning / Jordaan Sightseeing / Nine Streets Sightseeing / DEFQON.1 Ticket Pickup / Final Amsterdam Dinner
24 Jun 2026
DEFQON.1 Festival Stay
DEFQON.1 accommodation · details private · 4 nights
June 25 – June 29
Day 1 — DEFQON.1 ~ June 25
Amsterdam → Amersfoort — Apartment Check-Out / Final Canal Breakfast / Transfer To Festival Hotel / Hotel Check-In / DEFQON.1 Day 1 ~ Thursday
25 Jun 2026
Day 2 — DEFQON.1 ~ June 26
DEFQON.1 — DEFQON.1 Day 2 ~ Friday
26 Jun 2026
Day 3 — DEFQON.1 ~ June 27
DEFQON.1 — DEFQON.1 Day 3 ~ Saturday
27 Jun 2026
Day 4 — DEFQON.1 ~ June 28
DEFQON.1 — DEFQON.1 Day 4 ~ Sunday
28 Jun 2026
Day 5 — June 29
Amersfoort → Amsterdam → Paris — Hotel Check-Out / Shuttle Transfer To Schiphol Airport / Train To Amsterdam Centraal / Eurostar To Paris / Le Marais Evening Wander / Paris Dinner
29 Jun 2026
travel

🚆 Netherlands → France

🇳🇱 Amsterdam → 🇫🇷 Paris
Eurostar into Paris.
29 Jun 2026
to
29 Jun 2026
Travel day
Amsterdam → Paris
29 Jun 2026
stay

🇫🇷 France — 4 days / 3 nights

June 29 – July 2, 2026
Elegant Paris interlude with icons, neighbourhood wandering, and classic city moments.
29 Jun 2026
to
2 Jul 2026
Paris
Paris stay · details private · 3 nights
June 29 – July 2
Day 1 — June 29
Paris — Eurostar Train Arrival / Hotel Check-In / Le Marais Evening Wander / Paris Dinner / Eiffel Tower Sparkle Show At Trocadéro
29 Jun 2026
Day 2 — June 30
Paris — Slow Paris Morning / Le Marais Cafés & Wandering / Rue de Rivoli Wander / Arc de Triomphe Tour / Champs-Élysées Evening Walk / Paris Dinner / Eiffel Tower Sparkle Show
30 Jun 2026
Day 3 — July 1
Paris — Louvre Museum / Tuileries Garden Lunch / Flexible Paris Afternoon (Sacré-Cœur, Montmartre & Place du Tertre Artist Square) / Seine River Cruise / Final Paris Evening Wander
1 Jul 2026
Day 4 — July 2
Paris → Barcelona — Slow Morning / Hotel Check-Out / Lunch / Airport Prep / Flight To Barcelona
2 Jul 2026
travel

✈️ France → Spain

🇫🇷 Paris → 🇪🇸 Barcelona
Flight into Barcelona.
2 Jul 2026
to
2 Jul 2026
Travel day
Paris → Barcelona
2 Jul 2026
stay

🇪🇸 Spain — 3 days / 2 nights

July 2 – July 4, 2026
Short Barcelona stop with Gaudí icons, tapas, and rooftop/beach energy.
2 Jul 2026
to
4 Jul 2026
Barcelona
Barcelona stay · details private · 2 nights
July 2 – July 4
Day 1 — July 2
Barcelona — Arrival / Hotel Check-In / El Born & Gothic Quarter Wander / Barceloneta Sunset / Tapas & Drinks Night
2 Jul 2026
Day 2 — July 3
Barcelona — Sagrada Família & Nativity Tower / Coffee & Reset / Park Güell / Gothic Quarter Evening / Rooftop Drinks & Dinner
3 Jul 2026
Day 3 — July 4
Barcelona → Rome — Final Barcelona Coffee & Pastry Morning / Check-Out / Airport Prep / Flight To Rome / Rome Evening Orientation Walk / Pre-Contiki Dinner & Drinks
4 Jul 2026
travel

✈️ Spain → Italy

🇪🇸 Barcelona → 🇮🇹 Rome
Flight from Barcelona into Rome.
4 Jul 2026
to
4 Jul 2026
Travel day
Barcelona → Rome
4 Jul 2026
tour

🇮🇹 Italy — 16 days / 15 nights

July 4 – July 19, 2026
Rome pre-night followed by Contiki: Simply Italy across Rome → Siena → Florence → Lucca → Pisa → Cinque Terre → Como / Milan → Verona → Venice / Treviso → Bologna → Rome → Pompeii → Naples → Capri → Amalfi Coast / Positano → Rome.
4 Jul 2026
to
19 Jul 2026
Rome
Rome stay · details private · 1 night
July 4 – July 5
Contiki: Simply Italy
14 nights · Start & Finish: Rome
July 5 – July 19
Day 1 — July 4
Rome — Final Barcelona Coffee & Pastry Morning / Flight To Rome / Hotel Check-In & Refresh / Rome Evening Orientation Walk / Pre-Contiki Dinner & Drinks
4 Jul 2026
Day 2 — July 5
Rome — Slow Rome Morning & Breakfast / Rome On Foot Orientation / Long Italian Lunch Reset / Included Dinner At La Trattoria de Gli Amici / Contiki Welcome Dinner & Rome Orientation
5 Jul 2026
Day 3 — July 6
Rome → Siena → Florence — Rome Hotel Breakfast & Coach Prep / Tuscany Countryside Coach Views / Get To Know Siena / Siena Lunch & Piazza Wandering / Florence Arrival / Florence Dinner & Night Wander
6 Jul 2026
Day 4 — July 7
Florence — Florence Walking Tour / Duomo / Giotto’s Bell Tower / Basilica Santa Croce / Piazza della Signoria / Florence Free Afternoon / Florence Golden Hour Walk / Tuscan Risotto Evening
7 Jul 2026
Day 5 — July 8
Florence → Lucca → Pisa → Cinque Terre — Florence Departure Morning / Explore Lucca / Lucca Wandering & Café Stop / Pisa Tower Photos & Gelato Stop / Visit Pisa For The Epic Selfie / Cinque Terre Sunset Dinner
8 Jul 2026
Day 6 — July 9
Cinque Terre — Coastal Breakfast / Full Cinque Terre Exploration Day / Cinque Terre Village Hopping / Coastal Villages & Cliffside Views / Italian Riviera Sunset Drinks
9 Jul 2026
Day 7 — July 10
Cinque Terre → Como → Milan — Northern Italy Scenic Drive / Lake Como Stop / Lake Como Cruise / Milan Free Night / Milan Night Out & Aperitivo
10 Jul 2026
Day 8 — July 11
Milan → Verona → Venice Area / Treviso — Verona Wandering / See Juliet’s House / Venice Area Arrival / Traditional Tastes Of Treviso Dinner
11 Jul 2026
Day 9 — July 12
Venice — Venice Coffee Morning / Cruise On A Motoscafo To Venice / Venice Exploring / Canal Wandering / Gondola Ride / Burano Island Cruise & Dinner
12 Jul 2026
Day 10 — July 13
Venice → Bologna → Rome — Bologna Food Stop / Bologna Food Wandering / Return To Rome / Dinner La Dolce Vita
13 Jul 2026
Day 11 — July 14
Rome — Emperors & Gladiators Including Colosseum / Colosseum & Ancient Rome Morning / Free Rome Afternoon / Free Time Laundry Recharge & Gelato / Included Rome Dinner
14 Jul 2026
Day 12 — July 15
Rome → Pompeii → Naples — Mount Vesuvius Views / Guided Pompeii Tour / Naples Arrival / Naples Street Food Tour
15 Jul 2026
Day 13 — July 16
Naples → Capri → Amalfi Coast — Capri Day Trip / Capri Island Cruise / Amalfi Coast Arrival / Amalfi Coast Sunset Dinner
16 Jul 2026
Day 14 — July 17
Amalfi Coast / Positano — Sail Along The Amalfi Coast Ferry / Visit Dramatic Positano / Coastal Lemon Tour / Positano Beach & Wandering / Amalfi Coast Final Night
17 Jul 2026
Day 15 — July 18
Amalfi Coast → Rome — Coastal Drive Relax Day / Return To Rome / Rome Pasta Cooking Class & Dinner / Final Contiki Night
18 Jul 2026
Day 16 — July 19
Rome — Final Contiki Breakfast & Goodbyes / Farewells & Airport Transit / Flight To Zurich / Train To Interlaken / Switzerland Arrival
19 Jul 2026
travel

✈️🚆 Italy → Switzerland

🇮🇹 Rome → 🇨🇭 Zurich → Interlaken
Flight to Zurich, then train into Interlaken.
19 Jul 2026
to
19 Jul 2026
Travel day
Rome → Zurich → Interlaken
19 Jul 2026
stay

🇨🇭 Switzerland — 5 days / 4 nights

July 19 – July 23, 2026
Interlaken alpine reset with Jungfraujoch, paragliding, Lauterbrunnen, spa recovery, and Harder Kulm sunset.
19 Jul 2026
to
23 Jul 2026
Interlaken / Swiss Alps
Interlaken stay · details private · 4 nights
July 19 – July 23
Day 1 — July 19
Interlaken — Flight To Zurich / Scenic Train To Interlaken / Hotel Check-In / Swiss Alps Dinner
19 Jul 2026
Day 2 — July 20
Interlaken / Jungfraujoch / Grindelwald — Breakfast / Train Station Prep / Jungfraujoch “Top Of Europe” Alpine Journey / Glacier Peaks / Sphinx Observatory Photos / Hot Chocolate & Snow Break / Grindelwald Village Wander / Swiss Alps Dinner / Interlaken Golden Hour Walk
20 Jul 2026
Day 3 — July 21
Interlaken / Lauterbrunnen — Breakfast / Paragliding Over Interlaken / Lauterbrunnen Valley Lunch / Swiss Gelato Riverside Reset / Lauterbrunnen Valley Of 72 Waterfalls & Mürren Scenic Wandering / Interlaken Dinner & Drinks
21 Jul 2026
Day 4 — July 22
Interlaken — Breakfast At Hotel / Slow Swiss Morning & Brunch / Spa Nescens Recovery Ritual & Massage / Early Swiss Alps Dinner / Harder Kulm Sunset & Night Views
22 Jul 2026
Day 5 — July 23
Switzerland → Belgium — Final Swiss Coffee & Bakery Morning / Train To Zurich Airport / Zurich Swiss Chocolate Stop / Flight To Brussels / Antwerp Arrival
23 Jul 2026
travel

🚆✈️ Switzerland → Belgium

🇨🇭 Interlaken → Zurich → 🇧🇪 Brussels / Antwerp
Morning train back to Zurich, then flight to Belgium.
23 Jul 2026
to
23 Jul 2026
Travel day
Interlaken → Zurich → Brussels / Antwerp
23 Jul 2026
festival

🇧🇪 Belgium — 6 days / 5 nights

July 23 – July 28, 2026
Tomorrowland hotel package with Antwerp base, three festival days, and a Brussels/Bruges recovery buffer.
23 Jul 2026
to
28 Jul 2026
Tomorrowland Festival Stay
Tomorrowland accommodation · details private · 5 nights
July 23 – July 28
Day 1 — July 23
Switzerland → Belgium — Final Swiss Coffee & Bakery Morning / Train To Zurich / Zurich Airport Snacks & Swiss Chocolate Stop / Flight To Brussels / Train To Antwerp / Hotel Check-In & Refresh / Tomorrowland Bracelet Pickup / Belgium Dinner & Drinks / Slow Antwerp Night Wander
23 Jul 2026
(Day 2) Tomorrowland Day 1 — July 24
Tomorrowland Belgium — Tomorrowland Belgium Day 1 ~ Friday
24 Jul 2026
(Day 3) Tomorrowland Day 2 — July 25
Tomorrowland Belgium — Tomorrowland Belgium Day 2 ~ Saturday
25 Jul 2026
(Day 4) Tomorrowland Day 3 — July 26
Tomorrowland Belgium — Tomorrowland Belgium Day 3 ~ Sunday
26 Jul 2026
Day 5 — July 27
Belgium — Sleep-In Recovery Morning / Belgian Waffles & Coffee Morning / Flexible Belgium Day Trip (Brussels Or Bruges) / Chocolate Shopping & Café Stop / Hotel Recharge & Packing Reset / Final Belgium Dinner & Drinks
27 Jul 2026
Day 6 — July 28
Belgium → Greece — Final Belgium Coffee & Breakfast / Hotel Check-Out / Train From Antwerp To Brussels Airport / Flight To Athens / Athens Hotel Check-In & Refresh / Slow Athens Wandering / Athens Rooftop Drinks & Acropolis Views
28 Jul 2026
travel

✈️ Belgium → Greece

🇧🇪 Brussels → 🇬🇷 Athens
Flight into Athens.
28 Jul 2026
to
28 Jul 2026
Travel day
Brussels → Athens
28 Jul 2026
tour

🇬🇷 Greece — 12 days / 11 nights

July 28 – August 8, 2026
Athens pre-night followed by Contiki Greek Island Hopping through Mykonos, Paros, Santorini, and Ios.
28 Jul 2026
to
8 Aug 2026
Athens
Athens stay · details private · 1 night
July 28 – July 29
Contiki: Greek Island Hopping
10 nights · Start & Finish: Athens
July 29 – August 8
Day 1 — July 28
Athens — Brussels To Athens Flight / Athens Hotel Check-In & Refresh / Slow Athens Wandering / Sunset Athens Wander / Acropolis Viewpoint / Rooftop Dinner / Early Night
28 Jul 2026
Day 2 — July 29
Athens — Trip Rundown / Athens Hotel Check-In & Refresh / Slow Athens Wandering / Included Welcome Dinner / Athens Rooftop Drinks & Acropolis Views
29 Jul 2026
Day 3 — July 30
Athens → Mykonos — Athens Breakfast & Ferry Prep / Ferry Ride From Athens To Mykonos / Mykonos Accommodation Check-In / Beach Swim & Cocktail Reset / Mykonos Beach Bars & Sunset Drinks
30 Jul 2026
Day 4 — July 31
Mykonos — Slow Greek Breakfast & Coffee Morning / Mykonos Windmills & Little Venice / Blue-Domed Streets / Beach Club Swim Afternoon / Explore Mykonos By Night
31 Jul 2026
Day 5 — August 1
Mykonos → Paros — Final Mykonos Breakfast & Coffee / Ferry Ride From Mykonos To Paros / Paros Check-In & Pool Reset / Beach Relax & Cove Swim / Explore Paros Like A Local
1 Aug 2026
Day 6 — August 2
Paros — Greek Bakery & Coffee Morning / Paros Sailing Adventure / Gelato & Poolside Reset / Sunset Seafood Dinner & Island Night
2 Aug 2026
Day 7 — August 3
Paros → Santorini — Paros Slow Morning & Checkout / Ferry Ride From Paros To Santorini / Santorini Caldera Wandering / Visit Fira / Included Santorini Dinner / Fira Night Wandering
3 Aug 2026
Day 8 — August 4
Santorini — Cliffside Breakfast Morning / Oia & Black Sand Beaches / Pool Relax & Free Time / Santorini Sunset Evening
4 Aug 2026
Day 9 — August 5
Santorini → Ios — Easy Santorini Morning / Ferry Ride From Santorini To Ios / Ios Beach & Pool Afternoon / Included Dinner / Final Island Arrival
5 Aug 2026
Day 10 — August 6
Ios — Recovery Breakfast & Smoothie Morning / Speedboat Safari / Free Beach Wandering Time / Chora Wandering / Night Out If Desired
6 Aug 2026
Day 11 — August 7
Ios → Athens — Ferry Ride From Ios To Athens / Athens Hotel Check-In & Recharge / Final Athens Afternoon / Goodbye Dinner At Psiri
7 Aug 2026
Day 12 — August 8
Athens — Final Greek Breakfast & Bakery Morning / Acropolis Hill & Athens Attractions Experience / Europe Reflection Time / Airport Transfer / Depart For Home
8 Aug 2026
travel

✈️ Greece → Australia

🇬🇷 Athens → Dubai → 🇦🇺 Melbourne
Homebound journey back to Melbourne.
8 Aug 2026
to
9 Aug 2026
Travel day
Athens → Dubai
8 Aug 2026
Arrival day
Dubai → Melbourne
9 Aug 2026