Inter Rail - via Northern Europe

Inter Rail - via Northern Europe

Explore Northern Europe via train and experience the delights that this exciting continent has to offer. Travel to the top of the Eiffel Tower and gaze across the city of romance; enjoy the buzzing nightlife in Berlin, soak up the historic atmosphere in Rome and indulge in Italian cuisine.

  

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Explore Northern Europe via train and experience the delights that this exciting continent has to offer. Travel to the top of the Eiffel Tower and gaze across the city of romance; enjoy the buzzing nightlife in Berlin, soak up the historic atmosphere in Rome and indulge in Italian cuisine.

Countries you can visit in this region:
Austria - Belgium - France - Germany - Great Britain - Holland - Italy - Luxemburg - Republic of Ireland - Switzerland

POPULAR ROUTE:

Lille [France] - Brussels [Belgium] - Munich [Germany] - Fussen [Germany] - Bologna [Italy] - Rome [Italy] - Nice [France] - Barcelona [Spain] - Madrid [Spain] - Tarifa [Spain] - Marrakech [Morocco] - Valencia [Spain] - Bunol [Spain] - Paris [France]

BUILD YOUR OWN INTER RAIL ROUTE:
3 easy steps

1. Find out what you can do and where.
2. Decide whether to build this region into your Inter Rail ticket.
3. Contact the Inter Rail team to book.

When you're ready to compare the routes you like, or if you're struggling & need assistance, simply call 0845 3 447 667 or enquire through our online system & we'll help you with the rest.

THINGS TO SEE AND DO IN Northern Europe

Austria:

1. Visit the famous composers' houses including Ludwig Von Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and John Strauss
2. Explore the legendary palaces in Vienna
3. Enjoy the Òsterreichische Galerie (Austrian Gallery) displaying works by Klimt & Kokoschka.
4. Sip coffee in an old-fashioned coffee house
5. Party at the Bregenz Music Festival (July/August)

Belgium:

1. Go to a street Parade in Brussels
2. Admire the Grand' Place in Brussels
3. Walk along the canals in Bruges
4. Atomic model, Brussels
5. Pay homage to chocolate with a visit to the Museum of Chocolate and Cocoa

France:

1. Go designer shopping in Paris
2. Travel to the top of the Eiffel Tower
3. Watch the sun set in picturesque Lille
4. Capture the magic of the Moulin Rouge
5. Hear the bells ring at the Notre Dame

Germany:

1. Journey into the dark forests of Bavaria
2. Visit the Marienplatz and Felderherrnhalle in Munich
3. Party at the Kit Kat Club in Berlin
4. Learn more about the Reichstag and Berlin's complex history
5. Join in the Love Parade street party activities in Bochum (July)

Great Britain:

1. Visit the Houses of Parliament
2. Ride on the London Eye
3. Go shopping in Oxford Street
4. See Edinburgh Castle
5. Walk along the Royal Mile (Edinburgh)

Holland:

1. Be shocked at the Red Light District in Amsterdam
2. Smell the flowers in an Amsterdam market
3. Visit a diamond factory
4. Visit the sex museum in the capital
5. Hire a bike and experience the traffic in the city

Italy:

1. Take a walk around Rome's magnificent Coliseum
2. Florence's Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore is a hot spot for explorers
3. The ruins of Pompeii are not to be missed
4. Pay the pope a visit at The Vatican
5. Explore the Hadrian's temple to the gods, the Pantheon in central Rome

Luxemburg:

1. Look up to Vianden's silver-turreted hilltop castle
2. Admire Echternach's Benedictine Abbey
3. Get on your bike to explore the Valley of Seven Castles
4. Be inspired by Clervaux, a world-famous photographic exhibition.
5. Visit the main Christmas market in the capital (Place d'Armes)

Republic of Ireland:

1. Explore the Guinness Store House
2. Admire literary genius at the Dublin Writers' Museum
3. Unwind in Dublin's Temple Bar
4. Take a look around Dublin Castle
5. Stroll around Trinity College

Switzerland:

1. Sit and admire the famous flower clock in Geneva
2. The Jet d'Eau water fountain is Geneva's most visible landmark
3. Enjoy a relaxing soak in Yverdon's outdoor mineral water baths
4. Find Schipfe, one of Zurich's oldest districts
5. Visit Höllgrotten, Switzerland's most impressive dripstone caves

I did this... Jess Fitch

My Trip

Paris [France] - Geneva [Switzerland] - Sion [Switzerland] - Stresa [Italy] - Venice [Italy] - Lecce [Italy] - Sorrento [Italy] - Rome [Italy] - Antibes [France]

My Top Tips:

1. Arriving in Calais, realising that people could actually understand me when I spoke French!
2. Hopping off the train spontaneously at Creil to escape some drunk English football fans and camping in an 'ordinary' French town (nearby Villers St Paul) - not touristy.
3. Beautiful walks along the Seine in Paris, watching skateboarders and bongo-players near the Eiffel Tower.
4. Staying in my uncle's remote chalet in the Alps - heated by a wood stove, with no flushing toilet - surrounded by the most amazing mountains, wildflowers, marmots (little gopher-like creatures that whistle!)
5. Just wandering the streets and bridges in Venice in the evening - beautiful.
6. Catching the night train all the way to Lecce (on the heel of Italy) and back again just to save on accommodation costs!
7. Fab campsite near the beach in Sorrento, jumping off cliffs into the sea, watching fireworks over Mount Vesuvius.
8. Pompei - eerie and fascinating. Finding an orange tree near Pompei (not sure why, but I'd always really wanted to see one! Chris climbed it and picked me an orange!)
9. Rome was amazing but a bit daunting - we didn't give ourselves enough time to see it.
10. Keep a journal and find a good book about the place you're going. I don't mean a guidebook (though you should have one of those) but a book to read for fun. I recommend the fantastic 'As I Walked Out One Midsummer Morning' by Laurie Lee if you're going to Spain, and 'Neither Here Nor There: Travels in Europe' by Bill Bryson is very funny

I did this... Jonathan Prince

My Trip

Barcelona [Spain] - Milan [Italy] - Rome [Italy] - Venice [Italy] - Zagreb [Croatia] - Split - Pag Novalja - Budapest [Hungary] - Vienna [Austria] - Prague [Czech Republic]

My Top Tips

1. Make a packed lunch before boarding any journey; if you eat even half as much as me you won’t regret it, buying food on the trains is either not an option or can be costly.
2. Party in Pag (Croatia) amongst all the crazy Croatian ravers; a beach with bars and clubs along its full stretch, overlooking the ocean and Croatian hills. A 24 hour party paradise for those in search of sun kissed inebriation with no limits. A two mile road into the main town has a shuttle bus running to the beach for a small cost, if you aren’t one of the many who bring their own mode of transport.
3. Explore the passages of Venice by night; I discovered a hidden court yard with live music and dancing; there is something different and fascinating around every corner!
4. Discover Rome by foot or jump on/off tour bus; the centre is nowhere near as big as you’d expect; besides its obvious attractions, if you are there on a Sunday, don’t miss the Popes Blessing of the people over St Peter’s Square, it is usually fortnightly.
5. During the summer months in Rome there is a night market/street entertainment on the bridges across the river; smoke a hookah pipe by the river on a warm summer night.
6. Pre book your hostel one city ahead, or aim to arrive during the day, many hostels will not check you in during the early hours of the morning.
7. Open a Nationwide bank account and use this for free cash withdrawals both around Europe and the world - the small charges can soon add up if not! (the same goes for online banking, making it easier to track your expenses).
8. Be wary of reservation fees; it costs to reserve a sleeper carriage - down a few shots, inflate your travel pillow and embrace a normal over night seat.
9. Local language - even though most Europeans understand, and speak English, it will serve in your best interests to at least make a small effort to say please and thank you in the local languages. Travelmarks by a company called ‘if’ now sell through Waterstones very handy fold out phrase bookmarks for a majority of the European countries. It at least prevents you from being bogged down with tonnes of phrase books!
10. Do your research before you set off and talk to other travellers on your way. Lonely Planet can be a life saver, but very much on the tourist trail. Straying onto the beaten track can lead to some of the greatest discoveries.

If I had 4 weeks I'd suggest:

Paris - Barcelona - Rome - Venice - Zagreb (catching a cheap bus down to the island of Pag), Budapest - Vienna - Prague - Berlin

If I had 8 weeks I'd suggest:

Same as the above, except instead of going to Budapest from Zagreb, instead, catch the train down to Athens going through Bosnia and Serbia (perhaps attending the famous music festival ‘Exit Festival’ if you time it right), island hopping around the Greek Islands for a couple of weeks, before catching the train from Athens - Bucharest - Budapest - Vienna - Prague - Berlin.

Inter Rail - via Northern Europe

Explore Northern Europe via train and experience the delights that this exciting continent has to offer. Travel to the top of the Eiffel Tower and gaze across the city of romance; enjoy the buzzing nightlife in Berlin, soak up the historic atmosphere in Rome and indulge in Italian cuisine.

  

or call:

0845 344 7667