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What do you think of my Eastern Europe travel plan?

  • Hello, Me and a couple of buddies are leaving for a 22-day euro-trip this Friday, on train. We plan to visit Romania, Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Austria,Croatia and Slovenia. Our starting place is Athens, Greece. We were thinking of going to Thessaloniki for a couple of hours and then take the train to Sofia. After chilling in Sofia, we'll take the train to Bucharest. We'll stay in Romania for 2-3 days and we'll visit Burgas and Sighisoara en route to Hungary. I don't thing it's worth staying in Hungary, so we'll just pass it by on our way to Kosice, Slovakia. Then we'll head to Zilina (we'll skip Bratislava) as we make our way to the big thing: the Czech Republic! Our first station there is Brno. We'll also visit various locations on day-trips and we'll look to stay in Czech-land for some time. When we're finished with the Czech Rep. we'll head south, to Austria and Graz. Even though Austria is pretty, we'll save time to spend in Croatia and Slovenia -my personal favorites! In Slovenia we'll make our base in Maribor, often taking trips to Ljubljana and Bled. After that, we'll go to Croatia and Zagreb. After spending some time there, we'll take the train to Zadar and the awesome Split. On our way home we'll go to Italy to take the boat from Ancona to Greece. And that's it pretty much. I would like to see your suggestions! Thanks in advance!

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    Dude, that's cool plan but I think you are not doing good think by skipping some of the best places and capitals in europe. There is Vienna which you have to see and it's just a few minutes from Bratislava. I would recommend you to stop in Vienna and Bratislava (both great cities, one hour by train). Bratislava is really nice and great city, way better than Brno (if you need to save time do it in Košice and Žilina). Also Vienna is great, and at least you will see also a piece of western europe, not just east. Than go to Budapest. You can spend just one day in every city, buť I think it would be shame if you didn't visit them. Also I think best city in Croatia is Dubrovnik, much better than awesome(?) split. But understand it's quite out of hand. Still, I don't see big problem in visiting Bratislava and Vienna (and Budapest if you have time). But Slovenia and Croatia are also my favorite countries (just Slovakia except Czech). Hunagry is also nice place, you should do at least one city. Also, I would try to spend in Romania as little time as possible because those guys will even steal you underwear if you will not watch it. There is also one big gypsy ghetto in Košice, so if you really plan to visit Košice just try to stay as much away from them as possible. So dude, have a great time with your friends and watch out because more eastern you get, the more trouble you can get into. Especially in Romania. Nothing against romanians of course, I like Romania but there are many poor and desperate people. Hope this helps

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Burgas is not in Romania. As for "I don't thing it's worth staying in Hungary" I can't help you. What's the use of travelling if your views are so closed? You'll skip a country that has a lot to offer, like any other country for that matter, as they're all unique.

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It's a great plan, but everything takes longer than you think it will. Be prepared to cut something out. I'd say start with Brno.

tartu2222

l do not think that,it's a bad plan.Croatia is my favourite country and l also do like Slovenia. Slovakia is a beautiful country but l notice you wanna visit only towns...which is a pity,coz High Tatras in Slovakia are beautiful and breathtaking. Ljubljana is a great place to visit.l found Kosice a little bit boring. Why don't you wanna go to Hungary? Leave Brno its not a great place to visit anyways.Budapest is gorgeus!

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I will say rather stupid. I had traveled extensively through Europe, and I will find train rides over that long period tiring. Crossing over several countries will make you depended on unpredictable connections across the border. Beside you will not see much that you had been on the train and seen the countryside from your compartment. Years ago I took the train to Greece and Bulgaria from CZ and it was not worthy. This summer I took train ride to Poland and it was only 600km one way.. dealing 2200km one way is way too uncomfortable. Many things will work against you like lack of hygiene on the train; impossibility to obtain food; sleeping with homeless people while you waiting for connection that is available 2x per day somewhere on the platform; long distances since cities are not connected straightforwardly; often local overcrowding between cities.. this will all make your trip difficult. I would select only on destination per state and see local near by important sights by staying at one place and travel overnight to the next one. While in Brno.. you can go to Mikulov, Znojmo, Olomouc, Perstejn, Tisnov, in Banska Bystrica you can reach Bojnice, Kremnice or Banska Stiavnica, etc. Skipping Hungary for Slovakia and Romania does not make sense, since I consider Hungary as one the most charming country in Europe with excellent food, best service in Eastern Europe, and lovely capital that is more fun than Wien. There are couple interesting places like Eger, Debrecen, Pesc, Kescekemet, castles around Danube bend, Ostrihom... Jak... that are worthy to see than anything in Slovakia or Bulgaria. Kosice are rather unatractive city, Banska Bystrica is better, cleaner and well renovated, while Zilina is probably one of the ugliest and dirtiest cities in Central Europe. Some cities like Nitra or Trnava are better to visit in SK than Zilina. Brno in CZ is fine, but for tourist? It is a big city, but it is not something I will recommend to visit for tourists. Only places I would agree with your visit are Burgas, Graz and Ljubljana.

moravianhawk

Good. But you forgot the best European country of them all (Although there all wonderful) POLAND!. You should stay there for at least 2 days.

Rowan

yay 2 points! aww your not going to Ukraine??? shame shame.........

Deanna

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