Another interrailing question...!!

milkado

Hi, I'm going interrailing in June and the route at the moment is

Krakow (5 days)
Zakopane (2 days)
Zdiar (2 days)
Budapest (3 days)
Bled (4 days)
Ljubljana (1 day)
Hvar (4 days)
Dubrovnik (6 days with excursions to Bosnia and Montenegro)

What do people think of that route?!

Also only gonna be getting the train between Zdiar to Budapest, Budapest to Bled and Ljubljana to Hvar, is it worth paying for a ten day pass (€160) or buying 3 separate tickets, 2 of them being for night trains!!

Thanks for the help!!

milkado

nobody??

WanderlustQueen

I was interrailing last summer, and we did visit Krakow. I dunno if you'd get a whole 5 days out of it, it was one of my favourite places and it is amazing and cheap, but 5 days is a long time. If i were you I'd shave 2 days off that and go see somewhere else, like Prague since its in the vicinity, Chesky Krumlov in the Czech republic is amazing, and Split in Croatia is absolutely unmissable.

We got a train from Ljubljana to Budapest and it was HELLISH, the trains get worse the more east or south you go. We had to sleep on the floor of a smoking carriage, the toilets didnt work and were overflowing. horrible is not the word! I'd advise you to get the interrail pass cos its good value, and you can change your plans as you want to. on saying that if you have the pass and want to try and get a cabin or book seats you have to pay extra. Either way its a bit of a scramble, be prepared for madness on the trains to or from budapest and avoid the area during the sziget festival!

milkado

Hey thanks for the reply!! We were thinking of doing Krakow for 5 days cause we want to visit Auschwitz and the salt mines as day trips but we might change it around a bit!! Not looking forward to that train at all after what you described!!! Think we'll get sleepers, any idea how much they would cost on top of the interrail ticket? We were originally gonna be there during sziget but changed our dates, i'm glad now haha!

Patrickisperfec

milkado wrote: »

Hey thanks for the reply!! We were thinking of doing Krakow for 5 days cause we want to visit Auschwitz and the salt mines as day trips but we might change it around a bit!! Not looking forward to that train at all after what you described!!! Think we'll get sleepers, any idea how much they would cost on top of the interrail ticket? We were originally gonna be there during sziget but changed our dates, i'm glad now haha!

10euro, not worth it though because the beds are tiny

milkado

Patrickisperfec wrote: »

10euro, not worth it though because the beds are tiny

would you get a private compartment too for that price though? cause wouldn't have to worry about bags getting stolen then!!haha

WanderlustQueen

I can't really remember how much the cabins were, but they were SO worth it, about €20 or €25 each depending on where you go. I was travelling on a tiny budget but i still found the cabins to be totally worth it, you just wake up and you're in a new place. Its really tough trying to sleep on those chairs no matter how tired you are.
We found cabins harder to get as we went along, so try book them in advance! There are 2 types from what I can gather, a shared cabin with 8 people, and a private one with 3 beds.
As for stuff getting stolen, people can still get into your cabin when you're not there, you can only lock it from the inside. So you gotta have someone in there but once you're all inside it grand! And I found them super comfortable, a bit cramped, but you get rocked to sleep which is kinda nice.

Oh yeah, Auschwitz and the salt mines take about a day each, although you may realise that you don't really want to spend an entire day in Auschwitz.