giggs03
Traveller
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Posted 14 years ago
hello,
me and some friends from university are planning on going interrailing this summer, all over europe.
we have outlayed an ambitious plan, the trip is called 'The Mitten Plan' simply because our route is shaped like a mitten!
although, as we are first time interrailers, we would kindly like some advice, mainly as towards if our planned route is too ambitious or not..
the idea is that we start in prague, spending a few nights there before commencing our trip (and 30day global interrail pass), finishing in geneva, where again we would no longer need the use of trains, and the interrail pass can be used up upon arrival there.
our route is: (the 30day pass would be used in countries coloured in red, spending 2-4 nights in each place)
-Prague.
(starting interrail pass from prague to budapest)
-Budapest
-Bucharest
-Constanta
-Sofia
-Belgrade
-Sarajevo
-Mostar (1 Night)
-Split
-Zagreb
-Zurich (getting here from Zagreb via Ljubljana, but not staying in Slovenia - just for connection)
-Interlaken
(ending interrail pass from interlaken to geneva)
-Geneva
is this possible at all? or far too ambitious, in need of trimming?
we are 1st time interrailers so like the idea of 'hopping' between places and getting to see as many places as possible.
Thanks for your help!
Peter
Traveller
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Hi.
This route is definitely possible within 1 month.
Here some helpful links for night trains and other connections which might be useful for you. Just as examples, there are as well other connections available ...
[b]Prague-Budapest:[/b] [u]https://rail.cc/en/prague-budapest-train/f1468[/u]
[b]Budapest-Bucharest:[/b] [u]https://rail.cc/en/budapest-bucharest-night-train/f1605[/u]
[b]Bucharest-Constanta:[/b] by direct day train
[b]Constanta-Sofia:[/b] back to [b]Bucharest[/b], then continue by night train: [u]https://rail.cc/en/moscow-bucharest-sofia-night-train/f3417[/u]
[b]Sofia-Belgrade:[/b] [u]https://rail.cc/en/sofia-belgrade-vienna-night-train/f1847[/u]
[b]Belgrade-Sarajevo:[/b] [u]https://rail.cc/en/belgrade-sarajevo-train/f3383[/u]
[b]Sarajevo-Mostar:[/b] 2 day trains (leaving ~0700 and ~1800, journey time 2:30 hours, fantastic route with beautiful nature - so I recommend the train in the morning!)
[b]Mostar-Split:[/b] continue in direction of [b]Ploce[/b] (same day trains - journey time: 1:30), then [b]Split[/b]: [u]http://www.hznet.hr/iSite3/Default.aspx?sec=80[/u]
[b]Split-Zagreb:[/b] [u]https://rail.cc/en/night-train/zagreb-split-b821/129[/u]
[b]Zagreb-Zurich:[/b] [u]https://rail.cc/en/zagreb-zurich-night-train/f1911[/u]
[b]Zurich-Interlaken:[/b] by day train
[b]Interlaken-Geneva:[/b] day train
[b]Train schedules[/b] are here: [u]https://rail.cc/en/search-interrail-route[/u]
Have a sunny traip and if you want to [b]support our work[/b], buy your official InterRail pass via [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux] ... thank you. Peter :)