It’s possible to touch ground in all of those cities on your schedule but actually seeing very much will be harder.

When you have a workable itinerary (I agree with traveler — this covers way too much ground for 2 weeks) use railsaver.com (check "use a railpass only if it saves me money&quot to get an idea of the best railpass. It will probably recommend a 4 country select pass (maybe 3 country and point to point in Italy) for the longer trips and point to point tickets for the shorter ones.

As others have said, you will be exhausted and not in a good frame of mind to see places if you try to cram all this into a 2 week trip. Given location, I’d recommend cutting Prague and Berlin. Not because they aren’t great places to go, just given where they are and your time frame. Another possibility would be to cut Italy out and just stick to relatively more northern locations. You’ll have a much better time if you’re not running around everywhere. Plus, this will leave you more time to visit small places or break from your itinerary if you meet some interesting people you want to travel with. As for hostels, you shouldn’t need to book any well in advance. But if you know somewhere you want to stay, try calling a couple days in advance so they’ll hold a bed for you.

On top of the fact that you are flying into Amsterdam 1st you will be in a different sate of mind period! I think it is too much for a two week trip unless you plan on sleeping on trains, no hostels, no showers, and not seeing too much.

Somewhere in your post must be a typo.

Can it be that you plan a 2 months trip and not a 2 weeks trip?

With starting in early August and Oktoberfest from 18. September till 3. October 2 weeks – this really won’t work with just 2 weeks.
With 2 months your itinerary would be also much more realistic.

You are correct with booking in advance for the Oktoberfest. However now it’s already really late to do this.

Hello Big Bri, My 2 cents worth, one week in Amsterdam and one week in Munich.
William

Thank you all for your imput! I glad I asked the question before heading over to realize that this type of itinerary was unrealistic time-wise. Abalada, there was a typo in my original log, I am arriving in early September… looks like I have some decisions to make now!

One more question… I imagine trains into Munich during Oktoberfest must be pretty full, is a reservation a necessity here?

Train to Munich.
This depends on your starting point and your travel date.
For places (and tickets) in a night train from Venice or Rome you have to call +49 1805 141514
Places in the night train to Amsterdam can be checked (and booked) at
https://www.elca-ser…
(Fill in the date and the from an to fields and press the button <Refresh> at the bottom of the page. Than the available places and prices are shown. There seems to be even cheap SparNight tickets still available (seated EUR 29,- couchette EUR 39,/49, Economy double (nice for a couple) EUR 69,-; these prices are for journey+accommodation+reservation for 1 person; also in principle available for the night trains to/from Italy)

If you won’t get a place to stay in Munich but in one of the cities near Munich: no reservations possible on local trains

If you travel from somewhere else in Germany: ICE trains are always full at Friday or Sunday afternoon and evening. Generally you should avoid Munich at the weekends of Oktoberfest as these are the most crowded days.
You can buy domestic tickets directly from the[url=‘http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/english.html’]DB timetable[/url] and print them on your own printer. If you buy online seat reservation is free. Don’t forget to increase the number of travellers to 2 – the 2nd person pays only 50% of the normal price.
Even without a reservation you can always get on board a train in Germany – probably you won’t be able to sit together or you may even have to sit on the floor. But you’ll make your journey.

Generally: transportation if far less a problem than accommodation during Oktoberfest.
Munich has anyway the biggest railway station in Europe (most tracks).