basso96
Traveller
5 comments
Posted 8 years ago
Hello everyone,
This summer, me and 4 friends will travel through central Europe with interrail for the first time. Our plan is to get the 10-travel-days-within-a-month pass. We will start in Arnhem (NL, where we live), and go via Cologne to Munich where we stay 1 day. From there we will go to Ljubljana, and stay there 1 day as well. The next step is to go to Budapest, where we stay 4 full days, until we move to Bratislava where we have another full day. Prague is our next stop, where we will stay 2 full days. We basically end our trip in Krakow, where we have 3 complete days, from where we go to Berlin. The reason we do this is to not sit 15 hours in a train. We'll have dinner and a night rest here, and on the next day take the train back to the Netherlands.
It looks like we are really short in some cities, but by travelling early we arrive around noon in most cities, so that we have the most of these traveldays as well.
Does anyone have any remarks/tips/things we should totally do/do not/anything else for us? Are there any cities nearby that are more worth visiting than the ones we have now? Please let us know, I'd like to make the trip as perfect as possible!
anonymous
Traveller
2469 comments
If you'd have some more time to explore Bratislava, I'd recommend hopping on the train to Vienna, which is only an hour away and you'd definitely see more stuff there. :D
But I see in your profile that you're interested in architecture, so once in Bratislava, maybe you can check out the Slavin memorial.
You'll get a nice view of the city and if the weather is nice, it is a good place to chill out with friends, perfect to spend just couple of hours before heading to the next train. If you go by foot, it is aprox. 30 minutes from the railway station a little bit of hike up the hill.
For food, check out this traditional www.slovakpub.sk Slovak Pub, have some Halusky and you're good to go. 8)
basso96
Traveller
5 comments
Alright, thanks for your tips! As you might have seen by the amount of days we stay in some cities, Bratislava isn't one of our primary destinations, but it was on our route and we got curious of it. I don't know about Vienna, I've heard it's really expensive, and we all kind of got the feeling that it is more a city for older people, not some 20 year olds :D Our impression could be very wrong of course.
The view of the memorial sure seems to look good, and I'll definitely be trying some Halusky. All this planning got me so worked up already, I can't wait till the summer! :D
anonymous
Traveller
2469 comments
That\'s true, Vienna is definitely more expensive. I think you made a good schedule in terms of the amount of time for given cities. For Bratislava, if you want something that is still in the city center, you can perhaps go to [u]https://rail.cc/en/bratislava/bratislava-castle/l5270[/u] the castle, but I think you\'ll get the better castle experience in Prague or Budapest - better views and more space to walk around. But maybe if you are into weird architecture, there is this [u]https://rail.cc/en/bratislava/new-bridge-bratislava/l252[/u] UFO bridge crossing the Danube - can be seen from the castle. :)
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hi!
I'd switch Krakow and Prague and go Bratislava (or Vienna, see below) - Krakow by night train - Prague by day or night train - Berlin - Amsterdam
Vienna is not that expensive IMO; you can get cheap (Margherita is 3,20€!!) pizza at Pizzeria Mafiosi or go to Wiener Deewan to get great Pakistani food and eat and pay as much as you like.
There's also plenty to see and do for young people...look out for the pubs and clubs along the Gürtel for instance, go to Donaukanal...Pratersauna is supposed to reopen as well until the summer.
Four days in Budapest is quite a lot so you could easily skip one day there and add one day in Vienna - it is just one hour from Bratislava and as I wrote above you could get the night train from there to Krakow.
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Thank you! :)
Flo 8)
basso96
Traveller
5 comments
Thanks for your advice! I think the change of order would be beneficial, since we can have a bit longer stay in Berlin or chose to do an extra day in Prague and go in 10-11 hours from Prague to Arnhem.