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This is a tough question, and it depends a lot on how much stuff you are willing to haul, what kinds of photography you'll do, and what subjects interest you.
If I were starting with the gear you listed, my core kit would include the 6D, the 24-105, and the 16-35. Since I like using long lenses for some subjects, I'd be tempted to carry the 70-300, too. I probably would not carry two bodies — though I'll qualify this below — nor would I carry two large primes, despite their larger apertures. I probably would put a very minimal tripod in my luggage, though I'd let my usual tripod preferences go.
A few more thoughts:
If you carry the 16-35 and the 70-300, you might consider replacing the 24-105 with a small, large aperture prime like the EOS 50mm f/1.4. That would "fill the gap" between 35mm and 70mm and it would give you a single large aperture prime. It wouldn't cost much to get one of these, and you could even sell it after you return. (Unfortunately, your existing 35mm f/1.4 prime doesn't fill that gap and it is pretty big and heavy.)
I've carried a tripod on trips sort of like this one, including into areas that had some landscape prospects — but once I got there I was much less inclined to use a tripod than I might be in different circumstances. For this reason I tend to carry a very small and relatively flimsy tripod (also a Benro model, by the way) that is barely adequate in those rare situations where I might want one.
You have to decide for yourself how much you want to be loaded down with gear. For this kind of travel I prefer to go rather light — but you may feel differently. Last time I was "over there" it was for three weeks in London, Germany, and Austria, and I was very happy to be able to travel with only carry-on luggage — a decent travel backpack (from Osprey) plus a small messenger bag from Timbuktu.
Even if you don't mind checking bags and schlepping them between airport and lodging, you may (or may not) feel like I do about what I carry when out and about. I don't want to carry a lot of bulky and heavy gear — I want it all to fit in a very small and relatively light bag, probably because I like to get out and walk a lot in these places. (Throwing a very tiny minimalist backpack into your luggage can be useful — I have a little one from REI that only weighs about a pound, but which was just enough for some hiking in the Bavarian Alps.)
Finally, a radical thought. My usual photography involves large and heavy equipment — big DSLR, typically four large L zooms, a very big tripod and heavy head, and more. I now go in a completely different direction for travel. I use a small mirrorless system with a small set or tiny AF primes and a single telephoto zoom. The entire system — camera, lenses, batteries, etc — fits inside my carryon small messenger bag. (The system I use has a 1.5x cropped sensor...)
Dan
http://gallery.gdanmitchell.com/gallery/var/resizes/HumanWorld/Cities/UnitedKingdom/PrioryChurchStBartholomewTheGreatMain20130706.jpg
Priory Church of St. Bartholomew the Great, London, England
(Fujifilm XE1 with 14mm f/2.8 lens, handheld)
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