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Hi. I'm wondering if anyone can suggest a decent interrailling route in Europe for two weeks. It should exclude Ireland, as i live there.
Also is there any company that you can purchase the whole itenerary from, eg: trains, hostels, suggested itenerary ???
Any advise or alternative suggestions would be really appreciated.
Clo :-).

My first advice is that you will be able to do this more cheapkly if you a) avoid buying any sort of interrail pass until you have checked the total of your point-to-point fares and b) organise your own accommodation etc.

If you want hostel accommodation, look at www.hostelbookers.com and www.hostelworld.com If you want hotels, start with www.venere.com and www.booking.com (both reliable sites).

Inetrrail (and Eurial) passes are only good value if you intend to do a great deal of train travel. Neither re train-operators.they are simply ticketing agencies. You will still have to pay supplements for seat reservations, sleepers/couchettes and to travel on the faster trains.

Railways are heavily subsidised in much of Europe, and fares are extremely reasonable.

Where do you want to start from? Where have you already been? What are your interests? How will you get to your start point?

All these questions are relevant if we are to suggest itineraries for you, so it would help if you could add a bit more detail.

You could fly to Rome, then train through Florence, Venice, into France and up to Paris. Or vice versa.

Or fly to Berlin and visit Prague and Budapest (and maybe Vienna).

Or fly to London, then Eurostar to Paris, then maybe Brussels, then Amsterdam.

It all depends on what you want to see and do.

If you want an organised tour you might be interested in www.busabout.com which runs 3 itineraries through Europe, offering a hop-on service to hostels.

hi,

Seat61 is an excellent website for planning a rail journey which you might find useful. Its not a travel agency site selling you trips but has many suggestions and links. Loads of info on the home page or select a country on the left hand side of the page for route maps and more specific info. Whenever I've used it for planning, the information has been spot on.

www.seat61.com

Suggest you first buy a Thomas Cook European Railway Timetable.

Difficult to make concrete suggestions until you can come up with a list of preferred countries.

Just one of a nearly infinite number of possibilites:
Budapest - Sibiu - Brasov - Sinaia - Veliko Tarnovo - Istanbul.

I wouldn't use an Interrail pass for that particular route though, just buy tickets as you go along.

http://www.interrailnet.com/interrail-example-trip
If you want an organised tour, see suggestions on http://www.seat61.com/holidays-by-train.htm.

Another of the infinite number of possiblities:
Naples-Rome-Florence-Bologna-Venice-Milan-Geneva-Lyon-Paris-Brussels-Amsterdam