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Austro-Hungarian/Roman Eurorail Holiday Advice and Recommendations
RMS Oceanic
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So for my thirtieth birthday my family gave me a small pile of cash on the proviso that I go on holiday with it. It's been four months and I've had trouble thinking of where to go, but a conflux of dates and commitments between now and October mean that early July is the optimal time to go, including the weekend of the Twelfth.
So I've been thinking long and hard about this, and an old idea came up into my head. Several years ago I had a holiday in Poland where I spent a few days in Warsaw, then took the train south to Krakow. I'm interested in repeating that on a larger scale, and the first thing that popped into my head were notable cities of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and/or for notable Roman things. Cities like Vienna, Prague, Budapest and Bratislava for the A-H part (I mainly include Bratislava because I think travelling on the Danube from Vienna is something to add to the bucket list) and Split with Diocletian's Palace for the Roman part.
Obviously five cities are a lot to try and squeeze into a holiday of uncertain length (1-2 weeks), so I was wondering if I could get help planning out a reasonable itinerary for a Eurorail holiday in that area. Don't be afraid to list different sets of cities, and cities I haven't mentioned, along with what there is to see in them.
So I've been thinking long and hard about this, and an old idea came up into my head. Several years ago I had a holiday in Poland where I spent a few days in Warsaw, then took the train south to Krakow. I'm interested in repeating that on a larger scale, and the first thing that popped into my head were notable cities of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and/or for notable Roman things. Cities like Vienna, Prague, Budapest and Bratislava for the A-H part (I mainly include Bratislava because I think travelling on the Danube from Vienna is something to add to the bucket list) and Split with Diocletian's Palace for the Roman part.
Obviously five cities are a lot to try and squeeze into a holiday of uncertain length (1-2 weeks), so I was wondering if I could get help planning out a reasonable itinerary for a Eurorail holiday in that area. Don't be afraid to list different sets of cities, and cities I haven't mentioned, along with what there is to see in them.
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I stayed at this hostel, http://www.wombats-hostels.com/budapest/ it was really good for a hostel, wifi, breakfast tokens, you can rent a room for yourself, warm, clean, cheap, very helpful staff etc, heart of the city.
To get to the city centre its a bit of a trek from the airport, not sure about the train as I didn't travel that way, but Budapest in general is very cheap compared to sterling/I would guess most other currency so travel is cheap, the metro is old but functions fine - but keep in mind that if you're on the metro the doors close and will not open if you get in the middle of them! The city is generally quite easy to navigate around.
As I went for a university trip a lot of what I did was looking at study related things, but I would recommend climbing Gellert Hill, visiting the the palace and its extensive gardens and do a tour, there's also an art museum there, do the baths, there are also some old Roman bits still kicking about, beautiful buildings, the houses of parliament are also worth looking at! The history of the city is amazing, and I wish I could go back for another week.