UK-Bruges-Paris-Interlaken-Rome-Florence-Croatia-Nice-Vienna

Peter
Traveller
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Hi.

To bring it a bit in a order...
Maybe travel this way:

[b]UK - Bruges - Amsterdam - Berlin - Krakow - Budapest - Zagreb - Rijeka - Ljubljana - Venice - Rome - Bern - Nice - Paris[/b]


First of all the [b]schedule planer[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/search-train-route[/u]



[b]UK-Bruges:[/b]
[u]https://rail.cc/blog/from-london-to-amsterdam-with-the-dutchflyer/[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/london-brussels-bruxelles-eurostar-train/f3988[/u]
Use the free IC trains in Belgium, avoid the Thalys trains.

[b]Bruges-Amsterdam:[/b]
Again by free IC trains.
[u]https://rail.cc/en/brussels-bruxelles-amsterdam-train/f3994[/u]

[b]Amsterdam-Berlin:[/b] [u]https://rail.cc/en/amsterdam-berlin-train/f2346[/u]

[b]Berlin-Krakow:[/b] [u]https://rail.cc/en/berlin-krakow-gdansk-night-train/f1407[/u]

[b]Krakow-Budapest:[/b] [u]https://rail.cc/en/krakow-budapest-night-train/f3305[/u]

[b]Budapest-Zagreb:[/b] [u]https://rail.cc/en/budapest-zagreb-train/f4053[/u]

[b]Zagreb-Rijeka:[/b] free day trains for example. And then continue by cheap buses. For example the islands of KRK or CRES. Close to Rijeka and a lot of camp sites.
[u]https://rail.cc/en/croatia-bus-connections/f2875[/u]

[b]Rijeka-Ljubljana:[/b] back via Zagreb. And then by free day train to Ljubljana.
In Slovenia you have a lot of beautiful nature.
Lake Bled, Skocjan caves, ...
[u]https://rail.cc/en/ljubljana-venice-train/f3663[/u]

[b]Venice-Rome:[/b] [u]https://rail.cc/en/naples-rome-venice-night-train/f1514[/u]
Or by day train. Pay attention to the supplements in Italy:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/train-type/italy/it[/u]

[b]Bern[/b] is a bit out of the route ... but maybe add it now. Rome-Bern, Bern-Nice.

[b]Nice-Paris:[/b] [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train/france/fr[/u]

[b]Paris-UK:[/b]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/paris-london-eurostar/f1806[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/paris-london-ferry-calais-dover/f1442[/u]


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Thank you. :)

Peter :)

Natalie
Traveller
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Wow! This is such a great help, thanks!

There's just a couple of places I'd rather avoid - such as Budapest.. simply because I have been there before. As beautiful as it was, on this trip I'd rather exerience new places.
Can you recommend something to replace it in the itinerary?
As for Croatia - I was hoping it would be a nice place to take a break from the big cities. Do youthink I should consider Greece, or somewhere else to have a nice dip in the water before I carry on with the trip?

Thank you in advance - and of course I can buy the ticket from the site..

Natalie x

Peter
Traveller
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I definitely recommend Croatia, as it is on your way.
The islands close to Rijeka - or travel a bit down in direction of Dubrovnik by a cheap bus.

As traveling to Greece is still a long way. Via Belgrade, Sofia, Thessaloniki down to Athens.
From there you have access to the islands. But you will loose a lot of time.
[u]https://rail.cc/en/athens-cyclades-santorini/f2456[/u]

Then you could take the free ferry from Patras to Italy:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/athens-to-patras[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/ferry-greece-italy-patras-bari-ancona-venice/f1348[/u]



To [b]avoid Budapest[/b], maybe do it this way.

[b]Berlin-Prague:[/b] [u]https://rail.cc/en/berlin-prague-train/f3361[/u]

[b]Prague-Krakow:[/b] [u]https://rail.cc/en/prague-krakow-night-train/f4027[/u]

[b]Krakow-Vienna:[/b] [u]https://rail.cc/en/krakow-vienna-night-train/f1903[/u]

[b]Vienna-Zagreb/Rijeka:[/b]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/vienna-rijeka-split-night-train/f1908[/u]

If you want, have a stop at [b]Lake Balaton in Hungary[/b] (it is on the way Budapest-Zagreb).



Other possibilities are stops in [b]the Alps[/b] (on your way to Switzerland).

Or from Nice you could travel along the [b]French coast[/b] (possible to get out of the train - the rail track is close to the beaches) in direction of Perpignan, there you use the [b]Petit Train Jaune[/b] up in the [b]Pyrenees[/b] and from there by night train to Paris.
[u]https://rail.cc/en/petit-train-jaune-latour-de-carol/f1343[/u]

Peter :)

Natalie
Traveller
26 comments

So how about this

Uk -Bruges - Amsterdam - Berlin - Vienna- Zagreb/Rijeka - Llubljana - Venice - Rome - Interlachen - Nice -Pyrenees - Paris - UK

DO you think that this is not too muchfor a month ? I want to see as much as I can, but I don't want to rush it either

Thanks in advance for your wonderful help!

Peter
Traveller
9337 comments

Sounds good ... :)

It is good to have a route, to have some goals you want to travel to.
For example if you love Rome, stay some more days - skip Nice ... or whatever you want.
Get the feeling to be free with your railpass. :)

In general you can calculate 3 days per city - if you don't want to rus trough.

Natalie
Traveller
26 comments

Sorry for all the posts, but I'm finding it so difficult working out the best routes.

How do-able is this? And how many days should I allow ?

Many thanks

Rome - Interlachen - Nice/Southern France - Pyrenees - Paris

Flo
Traveller
10724 comments

Roma: 3-4 days
Interlaken: 1 day, but if you want to visit the surrounding areas you can stay there several days (Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen, Jungfraubahn) - we have an expert on this topic on the forum, TheFratellis is from Interlaken, he can certainly give you good information. :)
Nice/Cote d'Azur: 2 days is enough for a start, but if you want to explore the area a little more plan with 3-4 days
Pyrenées: Tough one...if you are interested in hiking etc, plan several days; if you just want to go by Petit Train Jaune, plan 2 days (ie day 1 Nice - Carcassonne/Toulouse, Day 2 Carcassonne/Toulouse - Latour de Carol - Perpignan and night train to Paris)
Paris: 3-4 days

Connections are good between the cities in this order; the only part where you have to be a little careful is Interlaken - Nice. There's only one direct TGV Genève - Nice during the day, if you dont get a reservation for this train, you have to go via Genève - Lyon - Marseille...have a look at the schedule planner or give me a hint if you need further help.

Natalie
Traveller
26 comments

HI Flo

Thanks for your help. I think based on your info on the Interlaken-Nice route, I would like to change my plans.

Can you recommend an interesting way to complete this trip between Bruges and Paris, which has good connections ? I think I will be travelling with a 10 days in 22 days pass.

Bruges - Amsterdam - Berlin - Prague - Vienna - Zagreb/Rijeka - Ljubljana ........XXXXX..... Paris.

Flo
Traveller
10724 comments

Maybe there's a small misunderstanding here: All other connections run also via Lyon - Marseille just like the direct TGV Genève - Nice does, but you would have to change trains.

About a route...umm...in my opinion you already have a quite nice schedule (esp if you want to go to the beaches in Croatia so I'd recommend taking the direct way from Ljubljana to Paris:
Ljubljana - München by day train and continue with CNL overnight to Paris.
Or, if you want to make a stopover in between, take the night train from Ljubljana to Zürich, spend one or two days in Switzerland (Zürich, Bern, Lausanne, Genève ie) and continue to Paris with TGV.

Natalie
Traveller
26 comments

Hi Flow

I'm looking for the night train from Ljubljana to Zurich, but I cannot find it on the Route Planner. Can you help me ?

Thanks

Natalie

Flo
Traveller
10724 comments

[u]https://rail.cc/en/belgrade-zurich-night-train/f1897[/u] ;)

Natalie
Traveller
26 comments

Thanks Flow!
Don't know what I'd do without this forum!!

Nat x

Flo
Traveller
10724 comments

You're welcome. :)