OscarLimaEcho
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 15 years ago
Hi, going for my first InterRail, and I have no idea of what to visit, and what not to. I am from Norway, I have visited Denmark and Sweden before. Also been to Berlin,Warsaw, Krakow, Lübeck and Hamburg. I planned to jump on a flight to any good starting point, no need to waste a buttload of traveldays on Denmark and most of Germany. Any suggestions on travel-routes? I am quite the hobby-photographer, and I am interested in history and hiking-trips. The topic is just a suggestion, anywhere is just fine. My perfect day; if only Machu Pichu was in Europe... If you catch my drift.
EDIT: Planning on spending the next 4 years in the UK, no no rush to visit that either.
Peter
Traveller
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Hi.
I don't know how many days you want to travel, but a good starting point is definitely Berlin.
If you want to avoid flying to Berlin, there is a good connection Oslo to Berlin via Malmö in Sweden using a night train (only available in summer):
[u]https://rail.cc/en/oslo-berlin-train/f2305[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/berlin-night-express-sweden-berlin/f1186[/u]
[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]
With a stop before in [b]Auschwitz[/b] - see link for details.
[b]Krakow-Budapest[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/krakow-budapest-night-train/f3305[/u]
From [b]Budapest[/b] you have different options...
Either via [b]Croatia[/b] (Zagreb) and [b]Slovenia[/b] (Ljubljana, Lake Bled) to [b]Venice[/b].
[u]https://rail.cc/en/budapest-zagreb-train/f4053[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/zagreb-ljubljana-train/f3919[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/ljubljana-venice-train/f3663[/u]
Or via [b]Vienna[/b] and then by night train to [b]Venice[/b] - or by day train if you want love to watch mountains.
[u]https://rail.cc/en/budapest-vienna-munich-train-railje/f4070[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/vienna-venice-night-train/f3671[/u]
Depends on what you prefer.
Of course there are much more connections and combinations available. Just check the country topic:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/countries[/u]
And the schedule planer: [u]https://rail.cc/en/search-interrail-route[/u]
In [b]Italy[/b] pay attention to the supplements. The best is to use the free IC trains (sometimes a reservation is recommended but not required).
Maybe think as well about adding [b]Switzerland[/b]...
[u]https://rail.cc/en/glacier-express/f1750[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/bernina-express/f1749[/u]
Peter :)