Interrailing Help - Europe

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Hi guys,

This summer I am going around Europe interrailing for around 5 weeks! Never done anything like this before. Quite scared tbh lol :)

I have already booked my flight from London to Barcelona and am spending 3 days in Barcelona.

So I have to start in Barcelona


I am stressing out on planning my route and could really do with some help in which order to visit the countries.

This is where I want to visit. (It may change when I am out there).

Spain - Barcelona

Italy - Venice, Florence, Naples, Amalfi Coast

Hungry - Budapest

Austria - Innsbruck

Czech Republic - Prague

Germany - Munich, Berlin

France - Paris, but I'm sure there is more to France to see?

Netherlands - Amsterdam


I was thinking after Barcelona to visit Italy. Maybe go along the French Coast line? But then I would start at the top of Italy, I want to then go down South to the Amalfi Coast, then I will have to go back up North?

Will it be best to leave Italy to the end and fly home from Italy?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance
 
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I would start in Amsterdam and make my way down to increase the heat. In fact I've done that several times.
 
In France you have a lot more than Paris. Lyon, Dordogne region, Montpellier just to name a few
 
Have you already found www.seat61.com ? - lots of tips for traveling by rail there.
 
I've done some touring of europe by train in the past, my advice when you're done in Barcelona, get the ferry to Sardinia, and see some of that island by train, it's a beautiful place, then on to Rome and then do the rest via train.
 
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Alastair said:
Have you already found www.seat61.com ? - lots of tips for traveling by rail there.
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Hi yes I have :)

It's just the 1st part of my trip, after Barcelona, that is stressing me out. Not sure whys route to take :/

Maybe I shouldn't of booked Barca up, but too late now. That's where I have to start
 
Myself and a mate did Europe by Interrail over thirty years ago in 1982, I don't know if it's exactly the same system now but it was fairly simple to do back then. We didn't set much of an agenda, preferring to go where we felt like on the day and that worked really well. We'd book sleepers and travel overnight to get as many countries/destinations in as possible in the two weeks we had. The only downside was now and again being ripped off by ticket collectors insisting our tickets weren't valid for that specific train but the people we met made and places we got to see made up for that in spades.
Our trip was all Northern Europe and before the wall came down so I can't help with most of your destinations.
If travelling in the North you probably can't avoid Hamburg as it's a major rail hub but maybe miss out Munich/Berlin and go to the tiny countries instead, Lichtenstein and Luxemburg.

Belgium was a s***hole but we were there the night Italy won the world cup and for some reason it seemed to be full of Italians... :)
 
Munich could be a an odd leg, but I wouldn't miss out Berlin.

Barcelona - Marseille/Nice - Italy leg - Budapest - Vienna - Prague - Berlin - Amsterdam - Paris - Dijon - Frankfurt

I must admit to having only visited half of these (but the other half are on my "to see" list), but looking at this map it's a spiral route and Frankfurt gives lots of options for flights back.
 
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