preha18
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 8 years ago
Hi All,
I hope you can help me. My friend and I are preparing to embark on our first interrailing trip and needs some help planning our route. We both reside in the UK and are planning on leaving here at the start of October and buying one month continuous passes. However, we are struggling planning our route. We want to do approx 15 cities and Lisbon and Copenhagen have to be included. Some of the other countries that we are considering are France (Paris) , Italy (Rome and Florence, Croatia (Any) , Austria (Vienna), Hungary (Budapest), Czech Republic (Prague) , Germany (Berlin), Poland ( Warsaw). These are not set so any new suggestions will be appreciated. Also, we don't mind flying for some part of the trip if necessary
Thanks in advance :D
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hi!
I'd start or end the route in Lisbon (or Faro, or Porto, depending on available/affordable flights). From there, a possible route could be:
Lisbon - night train to Hendaye and onwards to Paris (or intermediate stop in Bordeaux) - night train to Nice and onwards to Italy (it is possible to get to Rome or Florence within one day or to make an intermediate stop for instance at Turin, the Cinque Terre or Lucca. I'd recommend to go to Florence first, then Rome, then night train to Vienna. From Vienna to Croatia (Zagreb, then by bus to Plitvice Lakes or by train to Split) and back to Budapest - night train to Warsaw - day train to Berlin and either night bus (operated by German Railways so Interrail is valid) or day train to Copenhagen.
An alternative would be to skip Paris at the beginning and take the Lisbon - Madrid night train, then continue to Barcelona and take the ferry from there to Civitavecchia (close to Rome). Then as described above, but travel from Copenhagen to Paris (with a possible intermediate stop in Germany or the Benelux countries).
Another alternative to the above route would be to travel from Rome or Florence to Ancona and take the ferry from there to Split, then travel to Zagreb - Vienna or Budapest and take the night train from either city to Warsaw.
If you have time, also consider Krakow in addition to or instead of Warsaw.
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Thank you! :)
Flo 8)
preha18
Traveller
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Thank you for such a detailed reply Flo, it's very helpful. Would you recommend we buy one month continuous pass or should we consider other options?
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
I am glad to help - support us too by getting your tickets through [u]http://rail.shop/interrail/[/u] :)
Personally I would get the 15 days in a month pass; you save quite a bit compared to the 1 month continuous pass and if you plan your route carefully it wont be a problem to get by with the 15 travel days and still manage to visit all cities that you want. Also, in case that you would need an extra travel day and need to buy a regular ticket to cover one trip, you certainly still will be better off compared to the 1 month pass.