2 month interrail trip

[DBusby]

Hi,

Me and a friend are setting off on a 2 month interrail tour of Europe at the end of May before we start university, and were looking for some advice on where to go and what to see. We have come up with a itinory and some things we would like to do (other than the usual sightseeing).

It would be really helpfull if you could comment on our itinary and give us any suggestions or advice you have.

Thanks.

Paris (4 nights) ---- Go to Parc Asterix theme park
Madrid (2 nights) ---- Go to a bullfight
Barcelona (2 nights) ---- Watch match at NouCamp
FLY TO IBIZA
Ibiza (7 nights)
FLY TO BARCELONA
Barcelona (1 night)
Nice (2 nights) - visit Monaco?
Lausanne, Sion and Interlaken (7 nights)
Venice (2 nights)
Rome (3 nights)
Florence (3 nights) - visit Pisa?
Milan (2 nights)
Vienna (3 nights)
Budapest (3 nights) ---- Use Budapest baths
Krakow (2 nights) ---- Visit Auswitch concentration camp
Prague (3 nights)
Berlin (3 nights)
Copenhagen (2 nights)
Amsterdam (3 nights)
Brussels (2 nights)

Leaving 2 or 3 days as backup.

Any thoughts?

[cassimer]

I would firstly not bother visiting the parc asterix - meant to really not be very good. However i had a great time at disney so if you really want a theme park head there instead.

Secondly you need more than a day in barcelona - so much to see - make sure you take a leisurely stroll down les rambles, visit the parc guell (the gaudi gardens) and the sagrada familia is an absolute must. Pay at bit extra there to go up the tower.

Vienna is beautiful but hideously expensive, so consider how long you want to stay.

I love prague - make sure you visit the castle, THE bridge and the old quarter. Great bargains to be had. Stay in the old quarter if at all possible. Great opera house if you like that kind of thing.

Have a great time!

[KebabMeister]

Hey, there's no M�nich listed! :)  Visit the world famous Hofbr�uhaus and sample a Ma�! (can hold 4000 people).  Plenty to see and plenty to drink!

Also, since you mentioned concentration camp, visit the Dachau concentration camp.  Also visit places where Hitler went and formed the Nazi party.

[spudqueen]

You might want to check ahead on getting tickets for the NouCamp, will the season not be over?

Go to a bullfight? Yeuk.

[dosset]

Rome visit the catacombs

Venice most wonderful city ,most things are touristy though

[luckystrike]

I've Inter-railed twice, and really loved it.

Paris to Madrid is a long trip, we broke it up by stopping in Bordeaux and San Sebastian.  We then went on to Seville and Granada, both of which were super, before hitting Barcelona.  We saw a bull fight in Seville, which was something that seemed to be quite enjoyable at the time, but not to be repeated!

There is very little to do in Nice, and as you suggested, we spent a full day in Monte Carlo.

I don't know about Lausanne, I only changed trains there on the way from Montreux to Geneva.  Interlaken was good, but I prefered both Innsbruck and Salzburg.  And KebabMeister is spot on about Munich.

Venice is worth more than 2 nights, and as cassimer said, Vienna is probably only worth one full day.

Florence is brilliant, Pisa is only worth a morning train out to see the tower.  Apart from that, there is nothing to do.

I didn't make it to Budapest or Krakow, but Prague is a fantastic city.

I loved Copenhagen, and would recommend more than two nights.  We intended to stay for three, and ended up staying for six.  It is also very easy to get to Malmo under the Oresund Tunnel, so you could also add Sweden to your long list of countries.  There's not a pile to do, but old town centre is nice for drinks and lunch.

Amsterdam was good, Brussels was not a highlight.

I would also recommend having a single day set aside in every ten to do absolutely nothing, as Inter Rail is very tiring!

Have a brilliant time.

[ICEMANSAV]

Red Light district, fun watching people on stag do's skulk into a parlour/booth trying not to get noticed and then emerge about 5 mins later! Hilarious!

[FastBarry]

Sounds like quite a hectic schedule, wish I was coming with you. All I would add is that maybe you would want to consider shortening your stay or deleting the Ibiza leg of the journey and use the extra time to visit Munich as KMeister suggests. From Nice you could also visit Cannes, same distance as it is to Monaco. 

[fairy!]

Sounds fantastic to me... the only thing I would change is the 7 nights in Ibiza, as you can go there any time on a package holiday!  I assume you'll be on a tight budget & imagine that you'll be tempted to party 24/7 & spend all your sightseeing money!  There are so many amazing places to see in Europe... I'd concentrate on them :-)

[Xollob]

I agree with much of what has been said already, in particular about Ibiza. And Paris is also quite feasible without InterRail. In fact, check out the destinations you can do anytime with Ryan Air or easyJet, for example, and be a bit more adventurous. You can have a long weekend in Venice or Rome anytime, but places like Slovakia or Poland are (still) off the beaten track.

Forget the hideously expensive Vienna, try Bratislava just down the river instead. Wonderful city.

Budapest is well worth a visit - you must do the Market Hall and the Gellert Baths, but consider some of the Czech spa towns as well if you're into that kind of thing. I can personally recommend Carlsbad.

I've always found Brussels a bit grim - consider some of the smaller Flemish cities such as Gent or Bruges.

Enjoy!

[suzanne1982]

I interrailled around France last summer - I'm sooo jealous!!! Your plan sounds cool but very busy. Make sure that you don't become stressed trying to do everything I had plans but I met people and ended up going on random trips that I hadn't planned and these were the best parts of my trip. Also if you are going south from Paris to Spain I would really recommend stopping in Bordeaux, its not an amazing town but I met some cool people at the yh - it has a really good social area. Also, you have to go to Toulouse - it's amazing!!

Have fun!

[pinky_200uk]

im only 17 but wouold absololtly love to come with you im a decent girl who just loves travelling and needs to get away fom the uk for a bit obvioulsly on a mor serious note we would have to get to no eachother ! my email addres is [email protected]

[KebabMeister]

If you do manage to visit M�nich then lemme know - email Could meet up for a beer!

[jno]

I'd cut down on the Swiss section - pretty scenery but not that much to see and do apart from ski - and spend more time in Venice, Florence and Rome (unless you're really not into art or history).

The idea of taking a day off every week or so is a good one. So is Gent or Bruges rather than Brussels. One concentration camp will probably be plenty; for similar reasons, so will one bullfight.

And with all respect to KebabMeister, Munich is interesting but not a must. On the other hand, if you should find yourself in the south of Spain, don't miss the Alhambra in Grenada, a real must.

Personally I thought Parc Asterix enjoyable, simply because it wasn't exactly like Disneyland (which you can see anytime in a long weekend out of the UK), but that was years ago.