How did people travel long distances during the 17th century?

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Would an aristocrat travel on a ship? Would a trades man travel by sea? The people I'm speaking of are of the upper class and have aristocratic background.

By long distances I mean from country to country. For instance from Bordeaux, France to Rome, Italy. How would they travel? How long would it take?
 
Really depends on where their point of origin is in relation to their destination. Whichever form of travel was quicker/safer, was the preferred form of travel, obviously. If their trip was land-based, they wouldn't take a boat, obviously.

The most common form of upper class travel was most likely that of personal hired horse and carriage. These carriages were of better quality. Some had steel plating for higher priority passengers. Etc.

Try a simple google search on '17th century forms of travel'. Such a search turned up a few sites. See source.
 
Martin Luther walked from Northern Germany to the Vatican and it took 2 months.
 
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