Itinerary: Amsterdam-Cologne-Frankfurt-Berlin-Croatia-Italy

Flo
Traveller
10724 comments

Hi!

Your draft itinerary looks good so far...just a few things I would add/change.
IMO you could skip one day each in Frankfurt, Salzburg, maybe also Munich, Milan and Lake Como. Instead I would think about adding a third day in Budapest and making at least a day trip to Switzerland, for instance to Bernina Railway: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/zurich-milano-albula-bernina/[/u]

From Salzburg you could make a day trip to Salzkammergut: Train to Attnang-Puchheim, then train to Gmunden - Bad Ischl - Bad Goisern - Hallstatt - Bad Aussee. Or take a bus from Salzburg in direction of Bad Ischl which stops at Wolfgangsee.

What would be really nice is the Budapest - Split summer season night train: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train/budapest-split-g1204-b15800/132[/u]
But it will be hard to get a reservation...best option would be to ring up Deutsche Bahn calling center, they are in theory able to book it.

Personally I would skip Pisa and visit Assisi, Perugia, Lucca, Siena or the Cinque Terre instead.

When travelling from Cologne to Frankfurt, invest a bit of time and travel the old route via the Rhine valley via Koblenz which is a quite scenic route - opposed to the direct high speed line. Sit on the left.

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Thank you! :)


Flo 8)

kaajsh
Traveller
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Hi Flo,

Thanks for your suggestions, we have altered the draft taking into account what you have said. Can you give some advice on the new itinerary.

Amsterdam 2 Days - cologne 2 Days - Frankfurt 1 Day - Munich 2 Days - Salzburg 2 days (Day trip to Bad Ischl) - Innsbruck 1 Day - Berlin 3 Days - budapest 3 Days - Split 2 Days - ancona straight on the train to rome 3 Days (Day trip to Cinqueterra - Perugia 2 Days (Day trip to Assisi) - Florence 3 Days (day trip to Siena) - bologna 2 Days - lake como 2 Days - Milan 4 Days with day trip on the Bernina Railway.

I wanted to ask about the connections if I were to buy point to point tickets from Amsterdam - Cologne, Cologne to Frankfurt and Frankfurt to Munich, how much would the connections cost roughly? Also regarding the night trains - Innsbruck to Berlin, Berlin to Budapest and Budapest to Split - how do we go about buying the reservations.

Another quick question - how do we get the discount for the ferry booking from Split to Ancona?

Is there anything else you can suggest about the itinerary?

Thanks in advance :)

Flo
Traveller
10724 comments

You can buy tickets for point to point tickets from our affiliate link from Deutsche Bahn (German Railways): [ux]https://rail.shop/bahn[/ux]
For Amsterdam - Cologne you can also check at our affiliate link from Dutch Railways at [ux]https://rail.shop/nsinternational[/ux]

There is no Innsbruck to Berlin night train; if you want you can use the München - Berlin train: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train/munich-berlin-cnl1246/29[/u]

Berlin - Budapest nigh train: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train/berlin-budapest-en-477/53[/u]

You can make reservations for both night trains online, follow the links for a how-to.

Budapest - Split night train reservations are not available online, you would have to buy them at a station. As explained above it should be possible to book through Deutsche Bahn booking centre as well.

There is no discount on Split - Ancona ferries.

I would not make a day trip to Cinque Terre from Rome - if you want to do this, go from Florence, which is a much shorter trip (4h vs 2h).