A full list of the places I visited while Interrailing, the amount of days spent in each place and the type of ticket I bought...
So, I know a lot of people go interrailing for the freedom and spontaneity of it (I was one of them...especially the freedom part)...however I did want to have some organisation sorted for it all too. One reason was because I'm a fan of planning. It means I can get excited for what's to come...I'm one of those people that like to book something, so they have something big to look forward to...and have time to do a bit of research. The second reason was for piece of mind for the people around me...what with me travelling alone for a month.
I decided pretty early on which type of interrail ticket I wanted. I wanted to see as many countries as possible, for as long as possible (or for as long as I could get time off work). I managed to get a month off work, so I bought a 'Global Pass' which allows you to travel on trains in 30 countries, and because I'd already planned out some sort of my route, I could estimate how many travel days I needed...so I opted for the '15 days within a month' ticket (ticket options may have changed slightly now). I bought this from https://www.myinterrail.co.uk however you can also buy it from https://www.interrail.eu/en (they tend to have similar prices and deals throughout the year).
Onto the route. I decided on countries, dates, and then later on I added hostels which were flexible with bookings in case I chose to change my route at any point. For dates I picked June to July because I knew it would be warmer meaning I would have smaller clothing items to carry to help with packing, and also because it would land just before the summer holidays began for England...meaning that it would be hopefully quieter for some places (this didn't always work out).
In regards to any of the hostels I stayed in, I booked most of them through the hostelworld app (highly reccomend). Some of them I chose to book through the hostels own websites due to getting a cheap price or a better deal (It's always a good idea to check their own website). But for all the hostels, I read through reviews. I started with the lowest ratings so I knew about the downfalls and wether it was the right place for me to stay, in terms of location too.
Just a side note - Some of this route was adapted and changed while I was actually travelling, so I was in no way completely prepared before I left...this is really just the finished list.
7th of June - 5th of July
7th/8th June - Brussels (Belgium) - Sleep Well Youth Hostel
8th/11th June - Berlin (Germany) - Wombat's City Hostel
11th/13th June - Prague (Czech Republic) - The Madhouse Prague
13th/15th June - Budapest (Hungary) - Aventura Boutique Hostel
15th/17th June - Salzburg (Austria) - YoHo International Youth Hostel
17th/19th June - Venice (Italy) - San Marco Experience Guest House
19th/21st June - Verona (Italy) - The Hostello
21st/24th June - Florence (Italy) - Plus Florence
24th/27th June - Rome (Italy) - The Rome Hello
27th/28th June - Pisa (Italy) - Hostel Pisa
28th June/2nd July - Cannes (France) - Hotel PLM
2nd/5th July - Paris (France) - Generator Paris
In 28 days, I travelled to 12 cities in 7 different countries...and it was amazing! I will be writing individual posts on each of the countries and cities with my opinions on the hostels and what I actually did in each place. So if your interested at all in any of these countries, or my opinions on them, I shall link them just below. Thanks for reading, if you have any questions be sure to leave me a comment!
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