Garma18
Traveller
7 comments
Posted 14 years ago
Hi im hoping to go interrailing for the 1st during the summer and could really use some help and/or advice! Im from Ireland so il be starting from London and getting eurostar to Paris!! From there its Amsterdam>Berlin>Prague>Vienna>Budapest>Bucharest>Sofia>Athens...from Athens i want to go to Zagreb!! Is this sort of travel achievable in a month spending maybe 2/3 days in each country. I no it would make more sense to see Croatia earlier but im leaving it til last because i want to go to Italy when my months train travel is up??? PLEASE GIVE ME SOME ADVICE! Also i will not be spending time in Paris!
Peter
Traveller
9332 comments
Hi ...
You can definitely travel your planed journey within ONE month.
About Croatia... if you travel down to Athens, you will have to travel back via Sofia, Beograd to Zagreb.
If you skip Zagreb or include it on your way down to Athens, you could use the ferry Greece-Italy as well to end up in Italy.
Some helpful links...
[b]London-Paris[/b]
Eurostar: [u]https://rail.cc/en/london-paris-eurostar-train/f1805[/u]
Ferry UK-France: [u]https://rail.cc/en/ferry-london-paris-england-france/f1222[/u]
Ferry UK-Netherlands: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/from-london-to-amsterdam-with-the-dutchflyer/[/u]
London-Amsterdam: [u]https://rail.cc/en/london-amsterdam-train/f3989[/u]
[b]Paris-Amsterdam[/b]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/train/paris-to-amsterdam[/u]
[b]Amsterdam-Berlin[/b]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/amsterdam-berlin-train/f2346[/u]
[b]Berlin-Prague[/b]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/berlin-prague-train/f3361[/u]
[b]Prague-Vienna[/b]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/prague-vienna-night-train/f1677[/u]
If you want, include [b]Krakow[/b] in Poland - worth to stay there for two nights.
[b]Vienna-Budapest[/b]
Use a direct free international train like Railjet - travel time: 3 hours. Otherwise if you have changes in Hungary, you will have to pay a supplement for their national IC trains.
[b]Budapest-Bucharest[/b]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/budapest-bucharest-night-train/f1605[/u]
[b]Bucharest-Sofia-Athens[/b]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/moscow-bucharest-sofia-night-train/f3417[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/bucharest-istanbul-night-train/f1639[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/sofia-athens-night-train/f3440[/u]
[b]Ferry Greece-Italy[/b]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/athens-to-patras[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/ferry-greece-italy-patras-bari-ancona-venice/f1348[/u]
Peter :)
Garma18
Traveller
7 comments
Thats great help thanks,because i really want to visit all those countries! The ferry crossing from grece to italy..do you no how much it costs and how long it takes?? Thanks!
Peter
Traveller
9332 comments
hi ...
the travel time of the ferry is about 18 hours. you will find the departure / arrival times and fares via the link mentioned above:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/ferry-greece-italy-patras-bari-ancona-venice/f1348[/u]
Peter :)
Garma18
Traveller
7 comments
This has been a great help thank you! I will probally go with the ferry option as it will be less time consuming and more relaxing! :D