james_g_c
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 16 years ago
Hi,
I am planning on interrailing, setting off at the back-end of may, depending on exam dates.
For the journey, I am travelling with a friend, but when going over the route, we found that we were mainly wanting to tour Italy, and still wanted to also travel up to Denmark, Sweden and Norway, so what we are thinking now is...
Spend around two weeks in Italy, using the 30 day, one country pass, with 6 travel days. Then get ferry over to greece, and travel South, using a 22 day global pass.
Our planned route is:
Fly to Turin
Milan
Florence
Rome
Naples
Bari
Ferry to Patras
Athens
Sofia
Belgrade
Budapest
Bratislava or Wien
Prague
Berlin
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Oslo
What I'm wanting is past experiences of anything like this, and is it viable? This is our first interrail trip, and was worried it may be too tiring by the end, but we've decided to stay in hostels, rather than camp, so that may ease the journey somewhat. Any thoughts on this?
Thanks a lot,
James
Miro
Traveller
65 comments
I think the first part is ok, the second part is maybe a bit busy. You're doing 10 cities in 22 days, that's about 2 days per city, traveltime included. I should leave some cities more out and stay longer in each city, so you can get to know each city a bit better...
james_g_c
Traveller
1 comments
Ahhh, thanks! Over the past day we've had a re-shuffle of the plans, as we were thinking the same as you! The new route is for the 30 day pass, so we don't get too exhausted. Here goes...
A couple of days in Rome before the pass starts, then...
Florence
Milan
Venice
Budapest
Bratislava
Vienna
Prague
Berlin
Copenhagen
Stockholm
Then arrive in Oslo for the pass finishing, and spending an extra couple of days there, before flying back.
Does this sound better? Still a fair amount to pack in, but more managable, especially for a first Interrail trip?
Thanks a lot,
James