anonymous
Traveller
2469 comments
Posted 11 years ago
Hey Peter or Flow, i was wondering if you could take a look at this and tell me what you experienced travelers think. I feel like i've broken it up pretty well, what do you guys think? (i have the 30 day eurrail)
9-Jun fly to croatia. 15:20-19:15 (spend the night in Split)
10-Jun All day in split
11-Jun FIRST EURRAIL USE. SPLIT TO Piltvice Lakes (830-12:52). Stay one night
12-Jun Piltvice Lakes all day. Leave to Zagreb 17:50-20:20. Hostel for Zagreb (maybe couch surf)
13-Jun Zagreb all day. Hostel another night
14-Jun 10:00 am leave to Budapest. Arrive at 16:34 (hostel for the night)
16-Jun Budapest all day
17-Jun Budapest all day
18-Jun Budapest to Vienna (9:10 to 12:12) hostel for the night
19-Jun Vienna all day
20-Jun Vienna
21-Jun Vienna leave to Munich (10:14 arrive at 14:30) Hostel in Munich for the night.
22-Jun Munich
23-Jun Munich to Prague (12:44-18:44)
24-Jun Prague
25-Jun Prague
26-Jun Prague to Berlin (14:29-19:15)
27-Jun Berlin
28-Jun Berlin
29-Jun Berlin
30-Jun Berlin to Cologne (19:47- 00:29)
1-Jul Cologne
2-Jul Cologne to Brussels 15:43 to 17:35
3-Jul Brussels
4-Jul Brussels to Bruges (9:17 arrive at 10:24)
5-Jul Bruges to Amsterdam (9:18 arrive at 13:32)
6-Jul Amsterdam
7-Jul Amsterdam to Zurich- Night train (20:31-8:34)
8-Jul Arrive in Zurich at 834
9-Jul Zurich (don't know if to go to paris- and fly to spain, or just to go to barcelona as my flight is back home to madrid on the 17th of july)
10-Jul
11-Jul
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hej!
Split to Plitvice :arr: [u]https://rail.cc/en/eurail/split-to-plitvice-lakes[/u] this is a connection by bus - not included in Eurail!
It might make more sense to travel to Zagreb first (by train), then got o Plitvice as a day trip (by bus) from Zagreb.
You could go Budapest - night train to Prague :arr: [u]https://rail.cc/en/night-train/munich-berlin-cnl1246/29[/u]
saving on accomodation costs. Downside: You miss out the scenic Elbe valley line between Prag and Dresden. Another alternative:
Budapest - Vienna - Salzburg - Munich - Berlin - Dresden (stopover) - Prague - night train to Amsterdam - Bruges - Bruxelles - Cologne - night train to Zurich
Just some suggestions, your original route is fine as well. ;)
Definitely think about the stopovers in Salzburg and Dresden, even if it is just for a few hours it is definitely worth it. :)
You could also visit Hamburg as a day trip from Berlin.
If you'd cut one day here and there it would be also easy to go to Paris and then finally to Barcelona by train.
To get to Madrid you could think about a regular ticket (as sooner you buy, the cheaper the ticket will be) that you can buy in our online shop.
Flo 8)
anonymous
Traveller
2469 comments
thanks for the suggestions Flow. Another question- so when i bought my pass, i prematurely said i'd start the 11th of June. now knowing i'd be taking the bus from split to piltvice lakes, and another bus to zagreb, i wouldn't need to start until the 13th or so. is there anyway to change the starting date- or have i just lost out on 2 days?
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi.
The date you filled in at your purchase is only the first possible date to activate your pass. You have to activate your Eurail pass from this date within 6 months. So NO days lost! :)
Just activate your Eurail pass in Zagreb main station: [u]https://rail.cc/en/how-to-eurail[/u]
Zagreb station: [u]https://rail.cc/en/zagreb/zagreb-central-station/l99[/u]
Peter :)
anonymous
Traveller
2469 comments
Yay!!!! Let's gooooo!!! Thanks flow!
anonymous
Traveller
2469 comments
hey flow- can you clarify what you mean by stopover? Ex. from Berlin to Prague, you recommend a stopover in Dresden.
so i'd take the train from berlin to prague, stop in dresden for a couple hours, and then back on a train to Prague?
Thanks!
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hej,
no I mean that you could stay there on your way from Berlin to Prague:
From Berlin take a train to Dresden, have a look around the city (if you want, put your backpack in a locker at the station, depending on how much luggage you have and how long you want to stay in the city), then continue your journey to Prague.
Similar with Vienna - München: There are frequent trains to Salzburg from Vienna as well as hourly connections from Salzburg onwards to Munich. :)
Flo 8)