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savy4 Feb 20th, 2010 04:19 AM

Could you please tell me if the following itenary is sensible?
Austria(6 days)-- to cover Vienna,Salzburg and Innsbruck
Innsbruck to Budapest
Budapest and surrounding areas(5 days)
Budapest to Prague
Prague(3 days)
Prague to Krakow
Krakow(4 days)
back home!
THANK YOU,

Aramis Feb 20th, 2010 05:41 AM

To The Grammar Nazis - Give it a rest, please.

Savy4 - I answered your other thread which had the same essential itinerary proposed - see below. Like Palenque, I thank you for making the effort to communicate in my language;

Going from Vienna to Innsbruck, backtracking to Salzburg, then backtracking past Vienna to Budapest does not make good use of time or energy. Do you have to start in Vienna?

The most direct route (with driving times) would probably be;

Budapest - Vienna (2.5 hours) -> Salzburg (3 hours) -> Innsbruck (2 hours) -> Prague (6 hours) -> Krakow (6 hours)

If you leave out Innsbruck, its 5 hours from Salzburg to Prague.

Train times are likely to be a fair bit longer execpt for Budapest - Vienna - Salzburg ,as the Czech and Polish rail systems have fewer fast/direct trains.

Check www.bahn.de

annhig Feb 20th, 2010 06:42 AM

ditto me, Savy - if you don't mind my saying so it gets confusing if you post multiple threads about essentially the same query.

are you now going to amsterdam? how long do you actually have?

regards, ann

savy4 Feb 21st, 2010 01:26 AM

Sorry for the confusions.Have been working out various possibilities.Thank you for your inputs Aramis.
So in your opinion it would be good if I started with Budapest,but I do not have convinient flights to land there.I have flights that land in Vienna at a good rate and so am opting to land in Vienna.I will be using public transport and will go for individual country passes(since the east european pass is working out more expensive)So in the light of what I have said,does my itenary make sense?The one change that I could make is go to Innsbruck from Vienna, then come to Salzburg and then go Budapest.(?)
It is a long trip for me and am trying to make a sensible plan.Thank you for all your inputs.

Palenque Feb 22nd, 2010 08:01 AM

will be using public transport and will go for individual country passes(since the east european pass is working out more expensive)>

Have you checked out the new Central Europe Triangle Pass - cheqper than Eastern europe pass - a triangle pass with two options

1- Vienna-budapest-Prague

2- Vienna-Salzburg-Prague

and then supplement it with individual tickets - not sure if of use but since it is new in 2010 i'd thought i'd throw it into the mix. I have to track down some pricing so i could know if it were a great deal or not

Palenque Feb 22nd, 2010 08:11 AM

RAILSCOT | West Highland Railway
An illustrated guide to a line, now part of the Scotrail network, running from Glasgow through to Mallaig. Includes a chronology.
http://www.railbrit.co.uk/West_Highl...lway/frame.htm

West Highland Railway - Wikitravel
The West Highland Railway is a scenic railway in Scotland running from Glasgow to Fort William and Mallaig, with a branch to Oban, claimed by many to be the ...
wikitravel.org/en/West_Highland_Railway


Rannoch Moor Feature Page on Undiscovered Scotland: The Ultimate Online Guide.
http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.u...oor/index.html

Moor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rannoch Moor (Scottish Gaelic: Mòinteach Raineach/Raithneach)is a large expanse of around 50 square miles (130 km²) of boggy moorland to the west of Loch ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rannoch_Moor - Cached - SimilarRannoch - Moor of Rannoch Hotel, Rannoch, Perthshire
En-suite accommodation and restaurant. Includes details of the rooms, menus and photo galleries.

Reservations - Restaurant - Openings - Bedrooms
www.moorofrannoch.co.uk/

And staying on the Rannoch Moor to me would be awesome - in some remote B&B or hotel

Palenque Feb 22nd, 2010 12:14 PM

Sorry for the above mix-up with something i wanted to post on another thread and thought i was.

savy4 Feb 23rd, 2010 04:28 AM

thank you palenque.


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