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Need help getting from Rome to Istanbul
Sun, 06/28/2009 - 05:58
I’m so glad I found this forum. This is my first trip and I’ve found the hardest part is deciding how I’m actually going to reach these locations. Looking at a map is fine, but in practice I’m clueless. So, eurotrip members, please help me reach the following locations. I’m open to any suggestion. I’m backpacking and I don’t have a ton of money, but I don’t want to lose days of my trip taking a route that would have been faster, but slightly more expensive.
I’ve already got my round trip plane ticket from the states to Rome and in 30 days I want to visit the following:
Rome
Pompeii (via train to Naples?)
Ithaki, Greece
Olympia, Greece
Athens, Greece
Istanbul, Turkey (the black sea?)
What would you recommend?
I should add that I was thinking of taking my time from Rome to Athens, by train and then ferry, but then getting a one way in advance from Athens to Rome. That way I could save some travel time, but still see the Italian countryside on the way there.
I was also considering taking a boat from Naples to Tunisia just for a few days. Mainly because I’d like to go on a camel trek. If you’ve done this I’d appreciate any feedback, especially about how long the boat ride is and how much it cost.
Getting from Athens to Istanbul will be difficult and/or expensive. I’d look for a cheap flight. Use www.whichbudget.com to see which budget airlines fly which routes and check our “cheap flights” forum for more tips and help.