backpacking in europe
Posted on: Tue, 24/06/2008 - 20:07
hello…. i am planning a trip to europe (next summer may 09). here are the places i want to visit spain (madrid, barcelona), france (paris), italy (milan, rome and venice), greece (island hopping), switzerland (zurich), germany (berlin), netherlands (amsterdam), UK (london) and ireland (northern and dublin)... and possibly cairo egypt and morocco. what is the best/cheapest way to get from country to country…flying or train? thanks!!!!

Cheapest will probably be a combination — and impossible to tell without a lot of very detailed research knowing your exact dates of travel for every single city. With your itinerary, I’d start by looking at train for France, Italy, Germany Switzerland, Netherlands. Flights to UK and Ireland — although, IMO, Eurostar, the chunnel train is much preferable to flying to get to UK. Flights to Egypt and perhaps to Spain. Flight to Greece or ferry from Italy to Greece, flight or ferry from Spain to Morocco.
Remember to add all taxes, charges for checked baggage and overweight fees, and the cost to get between city center and both airports to the ultra-cheap advertised air fares. My 5 euro flight on Air Baltic ended up costing about 75 euros — still a good deal for my itinerary, but not cheaper than the train.
I would propably fly between uk and ireland and then catch a cheap ryanair ticket to mainland and travel with interrail. Busses are cheap but travelling with them is a hassle.
Holland
francespain-morocco- switzerland- italy from brindisi by boat to greece and maybe catch a flight to Egypt if u wanna then through eastern europe to BerlinHitchiking propably is the cheapest option for any travel.