bigpooz
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Posted 5 years ago
I want to see Riga - Vilnius - Warsaw - Gdansk - Copenhagen and maybe Stockholm in one trip (two weeks). There will be three of us. I have tried to set everything up on the internet, but there is a mind-numbing array of options. Does anyone have some advice? What is the best way to proceed? Perhaps a travel agency could help?
Peter
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Hi.
Do you start in Copenhagen and want to make a round trip?
First I recommend you this blog post of Flo which will answer you already a lot of questions: [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/baltics-train-bus-ferry/[/ux]
[b]Stockholm-Riga[/b]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/train/stockholm-to-riga[/u]
Direct ferry available. Journey time is about 16 hours. Ticket prices from Euro 100. Booking on [ux]https://rail.shop/tallinksilja[/ux]
[b]Riga-Vilnius[/b]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/train/riga-to-daugavpils[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/train/daugavpils-to-vilnius[/u]
Either by bus: [ux]https://rail.shop/infobus[/ux] for about Euro 19
Or by train:
Riga to Daugavpils in the morning for Eur 7. Buy at the station or online: [ux]https://rail.shop/ldz[/ux]
Short walk in the city.
Continue Daugavpils to Vilnius for Euro 9. Buy at the station or online [ux]https://rail.shop/lit[/ux]
[b]Vilnius-Warsaw[/b]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/train/vilnius-to-warsaw[/u]
By train a bit "complicate", but doable on weekends for the Lithuanian part. Polish part daily.
Vilnius with change in Kaunas to Bialystok for about 15 Euro at the station or online at [ux]https://rail.shop/lit[/ux]
Bialystok to Warsaw for about 7 Euro online at [ux]https://rail.shop/pkpic[/ux]
Or by bus daily and direct on: [ux]https://rail.shop/infobus[/ux]
[b]Warsaw-Gdansk[/b]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/train/warsaw-to-gdansk[/u]
Several direct trains with a journey time of about 3 hours. Calculate with a ticket price of 35 Euro.
[b]Gdansk-Copenhagen[/b]
Either by ferry: first travel by train from Gdansk to Świnoujście which is about 8 hours, depends on your connection. Tickets from about 16 Euro.
Polferries offer a ferry route from Świnoujście to Ystad (~ 6 hours) plus a bus shuttle to Copenhagen (~1:15h). Ticket prices from about 60 Euro [ux]https://rail.shop/polferries[/ux] - also overnight.
Or by train: from Gdansk to Berlin: journey time about 7 hours. Tickets from 29 Euro. Book on [ux]https://rail.shop/bahn[/ux] . Overnight stop recommended.
And from Berlin to Copenhagen with a journey time of about 8 hours and tickets from 39 Euro.
A good hotel (at least the one I always use) in Berlin close to the central station and Brandenburger Tor is the Intercity hotel: [ux]https://www.booking.com/hotel/de/intercityhotel-berlin-hbf.html?aid=350742[/ux]
[b]Copenhagen-Stockholm[/b]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/train/copenhagen-to-stockholm[/u]
Travel by direct train. Tickets available on [ux]https://rail.shop/omio[/ux] or [ux]https://rail.shop/sj[/ux] from about 20 Euro. The journey time is about 5:30h.
[b]Where to sleep:[/b]
For hotel bookings I recommend: [ux]https://rail.shop/bookingcom[/ux]
All in all, it is easy to book. No need to have a travel agency in-between! :)
If you have more questions, feel free to ask! :)
Pete :)