Backpacking acorss europe, why not?

Sunny Squash · 8 Sep 2011 at 17:38

Me and some close friends are buying a Euro ticket and going backpacking across europe before we go our separate ways next August for 22 days. We are going through

Austria
Benelux
Czech
Republic
Denmark
Finland
France
Germany
Italy
Portugal
Russia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland

Now these are some truly amazing places there are the obvious places to visit. Now these places will obviously be full of touristd but has anyone been to these countrys and found some amazing places also have anyone done a trip around Europe if so what was it like ? proberly wrong forum to ask in but its a start

daz · 8 Sep 2011 at 17:44

Sounds like you'll be spending too much time travelling, ticking countries off your list and very little time actually enjoying yourself?

I'd pick 4-6 of those on that list and do them.

Save the others for another trip.

Sunny Squash · 8 Sep 2011 at 17:50

that is very true we are deciding where each of us want to go most then get rid of a thew

mattjd · 8 Sep 2011 at 17:53

Sunny Squash said:
that is very true we are deciding where each of us want to go most then get rid of a thew

few*

Make sure Sweden is on there for the fitties

rexehuk · 8 Sep 2011 at 17:54

Been there, done that, same amount of days (Choose 10 days within 22 days maybe)

Enjoy yourself.

We managed to do:

Northern France (Arras Festival)
Brussles
Bruge
Berlin
Prague
Hungary
Vienna
Rome
Lucerne

It also cost me £3k+, depends on what you're doing. We stayed in 4/5 stars instead of hostels and blew 1k on cocktails in 2 nights... if you are more conservative you'll go far.

Sunny Squash · 8 Sep 2011 at 17:59

nothing fancy like that will be in hostels through out the trip

rexehuk · 8 Sep 2011 at 18:00

I recommend:

Berlin (Circus Hostel)
Hungary (Bubble Hostel)

If you go there. Circus also have a hotel which we used, Bubble was a fantastic little place.

http://www.hostelworld.com/hosteldetails.php/Budapest-Bubble/Budapest/20989

I bet you £500 you'll get stuck in Rome because it's too awesome to leave. I also highly recommend the New Europe tours which are free and run bar crawls in the evenings... prepare to die.

scorza · 8 Sep 2011 at 18:00

Couple of ideas - been to the first, want to go to the second:

Rocamadour (France-Lot)
Santiago de Compostela (Spain-Galicia)

Sunny Squash · 8 Sep 2011 at 18:05

wow Rocamadour looks amazing!

Tummy · 8 Sep 2011 at 18:06

Scandinavia is amazing :cool:

Make sure you give Denmark / Sweden a go

ZG002 · 8 Sep 2011 at 18:12

Only advice I can give is on a Hostel in Rome,

http://www.plushostels.com/pluscampingroma

Cheap close to Rome centre and bloody good fun (has everything on site like a bar etc)

uvarvu · 8 Sep 2011 at 18:12

Whereabouts in Italy? Try to include the Walk of the Gods if you can.

Sunny Squash · 8 Sep 2011 at 18:15

uvarvu said:
Whereabouts in Italy? Try to include the Walk of the Gods if you can.

not sure yet we decided on this trip today we have worked out the cost. we have plenty of time to research

rexehuk · 8 Sep 2011 at 18:20

Sunny Squash said:
not sure yet we decided on this trip today we have worked out the cost. we have plenty of time to research

Haha we did a bit of research but mostly on the trains on the way to the next destination with the europe on a shoestring guide.

Also booked all the hotels/hostels via my blackberry while we were on the train. Make sure you have a smartphone along with you, really handy.

Good guide for you

Some good restaurants to visit etc in it.

Sunny Squash · 8 Sep 2011 at 18:42

Thats looks like a good idea thank you

Trifid · 8 Sep 2011 at 18:53

Over 16 nights I did the following trip in August.

1 Night in Brussels (left straight from work!)
2 Nights in Amsterdam
2 Nights in Prague
1 Night in Vienna
1 Night in Salzburg
3 Nights in Budapest
2 Nights in Zagreb
Dinner in Ljubljana
Breakfast and lunch in Venice
3 Nights in Milan

Some places you don't really need to spend long in and others (Budapest) there is so much to see and do that you want to stay longer, we only initially booked 1 night in every place so we could move on if we wanted. I doubt you will manage to see all those places as you will want extra nights and a chance to rest for a couple of days at certain points.

rexehuk · 8 Sep 2011 at 19:40

I'll pay you money to courier some crates of Dreher back to me OP if you go to hungary

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Best place in hungary was some industrial rooftop bar, bloody awesome place.

Sunny Squash · 8 Sep 2011 at 22:12

rexehuk said:
I'll pay you money to courier some crates of Dreher back to me OP if you go to hungary .

Best place in hungary was some industrial rooftop bar, bloody awesome place.

Industrial bar sounds fantastic

Dreher that good? looks intresting

Ahleckz · 8 Sep 2011 at 22:16

I stayed in hostels in Western Europe (Amsterdam - Luxembourg - Brussels - Geneva - Paris - Nice - Rome - Venice - Interlaken - Munich - Berlin - Amsterdam) for 4 weeks or so and I spent over £3k. Best advice? Do a fair bit of your own cooking in the evening. Most hostels have decent enough kitchens and usually have a heap of food for free that people have left. Nice way to do it on the cheap.

Plenty of people on here have gone backpacking, any questions just ask.

Flare · 8 Sep 2011 at 22:17

Looks awesome although as others have said that is too many places. If I was you I would keep it open so once you are in each place you can then decide how long to stay in each place.

I have decided that im going to do a bit of a euro-trip in October/November because there are a few things i am going to various countries to see and do and to see friends I have met over the past 2 years of travelling (in no order):
Belgium for I Love Techno festival
Sweden
Berlin for Rammstein
Vienna
Netherlands
Germany again
and maybe a few other places