A blog full of guidance and inspiration for your European rail trip.
The journey of the Game Of Thrones franchise over the past several years has been a remarkable one. The original book was published in 1996 and received relatively little attention outside of a specific fantasy novel community (which, that said, is no small community). Just over 20 years later, that book and its sequels have…
There’s nothing quite like a Eurail through Europe in summer; whether you end up joining local people enjoying cold beers and glasses of wine at terrace bars and cafes in continental cities, hiking through sundrenched Alpine mountains or lounging on Mediterranean beaches. We bet you haven’t even thought about going to a music festival while…
Good travel writing makes for the ideal travelling companion. Its kaleidoscopic blend of history, politics, and personal experience creates a truly interdisciplinary, and, in my opinion, highly rewarding, genre. Here is a selection of Europe’s best: Border, Kapka Kassabova Border concerns the author’s journey around the border territory between Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey. It explores…
Europe has a huge variety of amazing national holidays to dive into to really make the most of your time on your Eurotrip, connecting with authentic sides of the culture and history of some of the most enchanting European nations. Are you ready to discover what dates to mark your calendar for? Let’s get started!…
Can’t wait to go on your Eurotrip adventure and want to get yourself in the mood for Eurailing? Watch some classic films you haven’t got around to seeing yet, and enjoy good cinema as well as the prospect of your European travels. The four films chosen below are set in four popular European destinations, which…
It would be wrong to judge anyone for thinking first of Amsterdam when planning an Eurorail adventure across Europe. After all, it’s without question one of the continent’s most beautiful cities and a destination that should be on everyone’s bucket list. The real shame would be to not consider stopping off on your journey through…
I first visited Madrid on my first ever European rail trip, as a stopover on the way to Pamplona (where we watched the famous bull run). Through a combination of spending only a short amount of time there and eating some extremely salty calamari, I didn’t really have the best time there and wasn’t too…
Railway stations are often easy to ignore. They are understandably considered both as gateways to more exciting destinations and as spots for unavoidable layovers. And yet… Europe has some of the world’s best train stations, interesting in their own right for their history, architecture and, sometimes, for the views they offer. When you next find…
Julie Goffredo lived in Vienna while on a year abroad from university. She shares her favourite and secret spots from all around Vienna in what’s a very comprehensive guide for anyone who’s passing through Vienna on their Eurail trip. Read more from Julie on her blog. For a small city, Vienna has a surprising amount…