Anonymous241
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 7 years ago
Hi, so I\'m thinking of going interrailing around August and yesterday came up with some (very rough) ideas for routes I\'m interested in:
Warsaw(3), Krakow(3), Budapest(3), Ljubljana and Lake Bled(2), Split(3), Hvar(2), Dubrovnik(3), Mostar(1), Sarajevo(1), Kotor(2), Venice (from a ferry to ancona and train north)(3)
Budapest(3), Transylvania(3),
Varna(3), Veliko Tarnovo(2), Plovdiv(1), Thessaloniki(2), Belgrade(2), Sarajevo(1), Mostar(1), Kotor(1), Dubrovnik(3), Hvar(2), Split(3), Venice(3)
Lisbon(3), Seville(2), Madrid(3), Barcelona(3), Marseille(2), Nice(3), Venice(3), Florence(3), Rome(3), Naples(2), Athens (3)
Brussels(3), Amsterdam(3), Berlin(3), Warsaw(3), Krakow(3), Budapest(3), Vienna(3), Prague(3), Munich(3)
I would be travelling alone, and while safety doesn\'t really concern me, having a good time with other people does. I like the idea of travelling a bit off the beaten path, but if, for example, the balkans route would be to dull to do solo, please say so, and i\'ll swap out plovdiv for party hostels.
I still haven\'t decided on the 22 or 1-month path, depends on the route. Whichever route it is, I\'ll be flying out before my pass activates and staying in the last city after it runs out.
And any advice on how long to spend in certain places or if I\'m being impractical about transport between places or something, is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Flo
Traveller
10723 comments
Hi!
The last route definitely is most comfortable and straight-forward; you dont have to worry about reservations much and usually can simply just go to the station and hop on the next available train (reservations needed only for travelling to/within/from Poland).
Looking at the different routes, I would have some suggestions:
Two days in Warsaw is enough; as well as in Dubrovnik where you can see everything within one or two days max; better stay longer at Sarajevo. You would need only very few train travel days for this route (probably the 7 in one month pass would be enough), since you would have to cover all trips south of Split by bus (or ferry) up until you get to Ancona.
Getting from Romania to Varna can be a bit cumbersome too; since there is only one train from Bucharest to Sofia and you would have to change trains and stay most of the day on the train. Three days in Varna makes sense only if you want to hang out at the beach there. Again, from Belgrade onwards you will have to rely on buses mostly.
Route 3 works fine but you will have to get seat reservations for many connections.
Most of these places arent exactly off the beaten path, I\'d consider Romania (depending on where you go) and Bulgaria (Veliko Tarnovo/Plovdiv) as the lesser known/travelled to places.
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Flo
ardeeay
Traveller
99 comments
Plovdiv is the best-kept secret for first time travellers - I woulkd say "Go there"
Mimara
Traveller
42 comments
Hello,
from Romania to Varna you have the option to take the seasonal train "Nesebar" which comes from Budapest and goes through whole Romania every Tuesday and Friday in summer:
[ux]https://rail.cc/de/nachtzug/budapest-warna-g-1471-1481/296[/ux]
The train will have a seating car and probably a couchette car. Sleeping car likely will be available until station Sindel (one station before Varna) to continue to Burgas.
You can reach the train for example from Sibiu (departure 16.50) and change at Craiova.