36 Days | Explore Europe’s greatest cities, from Barcelona to Rome
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Saunter through some of Europe’s finest cities and landscapes on this memorable trip from sultry Spain to ever-alluring Italy. Be romanced by enchanting scenery, seduced by stunning sights and beguiled by wining and dining experiences that know no rival. Crossing 12 countries in an easily paced 36 days, this trip will suit both those looking to discover Europe for the first time and veterans of the region just wanting to revisit their favourite haunts. Steeped in history, with regional cuisines to die for, this classic and quirky adventure is the ultimate foray into the European heartlands.
Trip overview

- Start
- Barcelona, Spain
- Finish
- Rome, Italy
- Theme
- Explorer
- Destinations
- Italy, France, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Spain, Poland, Germany, Czech Republic, Belgium, Netherlands, Austria, Hungary
- Physical rating
- Indicates how physically exerting a trip is, and how fit you will need to be to enjoy it. More info on physical ratings
- Style
- Basix
- Ages
- Min 15
- Group size
- Min 1 - Max 16
- Trip code
- ZMRFC
- Gaudi's modern cathedral, La Sagrada Familia, is like no other building you've ever seen. Still under construction after over 130 years, this Gothic masterpiece embodies Barcelona's artistic and progressive heart.
- Now one of the world's most artistic and exciting cities, Berlin has a complex history. See remaining fragments of the famous wall that once divided the city in half.
- Immerse yourself in the history, architecture and bohemian vibes of the Czech Republic. Soak up the smooth sounds of jazz at a low-lit bar in Prague before stepping right into a fairytale in the World Heritage-listed town of Cesky Krumlov.
- Enjoy a scenic walk along the banks of the River Danube in Budapest. Threaded with bridges and hemmed in by castles and historic city buildings, Europe’s second longest river is also one of its most beautiful.
- Feast on mouth-watering seafood along Italy's coast, drink fine wine in Tuscany and indulge in the endless pasta dishes on offer in Rome.
- This trip is made for travellers who value their independence but also want the benefit of a local leader and a group of like-minded travellers. The itinerary includes lots of free time when your leader will offer suggestions. Please budget spending money for optional activities you want to partake in.
- As accommodation on this trip is twin or multi-share, you will share a room with other travellers of the same gender. This trip is a great opportunity to get to know other like-minded people, so embrace it while you can. Also, hotels in Europe often don't have double beds, but rather two single beds that can be pushed together/apart. Rooms can be rather small, especially compared to American or Australian standards, and in most cases bathroom facilities will be shared rather than ensuite. A single supplement is not available on this trip.
- Summer temperatures can be very high in many of the regions visited (over 40°C), which can be uncomfortable. It’s important to use sun protection, wear layers to combat the heat, and drink plenty of water. Please keep in mind that many European hotel rooms are not equipped with air-conditioning. Carefully consider the time of the year you wish to travel and your suitability to that season.
- The primary means of transportation on this trip is by train. Trains are a fast way to cross long distances, allowing you to avoid traffic jams and arrive right into the city centre. They are comfortable and all have toilets; however, can sometimes be quite busy. You will have to carry your own luggage on and off the train, as well as some short distances to the hotel (no longer than 30min). It’s recommended that you leave any wheelie bags/cases at home and bring a backpack instead, but please make sure it doesn’t exceed our weight and size recommendations listed in the 'Packing' section of the Essential Trip Information.
- In many of these locations, we will be using different modes of local transport; trams, buses or metro. As this is often an adventure in itself, it may also bring some challenges. Prepare yourself for the rush of the metro stations and the busy bus rides with local commuters!
Itinerary
View the itinerary for departures between 01 January 2024 - 31 December 2024
Inclusions
22 breakfasts
Train, Public bus, Metro, Private vehicle, Tram
Hotel (20 nights), Hostel (12 nights), Guesthouse (2 nights), Pension (1 night)
- Lyon – Vieux Lyon
- Berlin - Bratwurst Snack
- Budapest - Market Visit and Snack
- Venice - Orient Experience Snack Stop
- Venice - Leader-led Orientation Walk
- Venice – San Marco Square
- Cinque Terre - Day Trip, including Cinque Terre Pass
- Florence - Leader-led Orientation Walk
- Rome – Leader-led Orientation Walk
- Rome – Trevi Fountain
- Barcelona - National Art Museum of Catalonia - EUR12
- Barcelona - Museum of City History - EUR7
- Barcelona - Old Santa Creu Hospital - EUR16
- Barcelona - Museum of Gaudi - EUR6
- Barcelona - Ethnological and World Cultures - EUR5
- Barcelona - Guell Palace - EUR12
- Barcelona - Contemporary Art Museum - EUR10
- Barcelona - Cable car to Montjuic (one way) - EUR10
- Barcelona - Picasso Museum - EUR14
- Barcelona - La Sagrada Familia (must be prebooked in advance) - EUR26
- Barcelona - Casa Batllo (advance booking required) - EUR29
- Barcelona - Barcelona Cathedral - EUR11
- Barcelona - Tapas Tour in El Raval Urban Adventure - EUR70
- Avignon - Bike Hire - EUR15
- Avignon - Palais des Papes - EUR15
- Avignon - Wine Museum - EUR6
- Avignon - Lavender Museum - EUR8
- Avignon - Musée des Arômes et du Parfum - EUR6
- Avignon - Roure Palace - EUR5
- Avignon - Pont d'Avignon (Bridge of Avignon) - EUR5
- Avignon - Museum of the Petit Palace - EUR6
- Avignon - Museum Calvet - EUR6
- Avignon - Collection Lambert Museum - EUR10
- Avignon - Museum Lapidaire - EUR2
- Lyon - Funicular to Fourviere Hill (return) - EUR4
- Lyon - Teatro Galo-Romano - EUR7
- Lyon - The Traboules - Free
- Lyon - Confluence Museum - EUR9
- Lyon - Musee de Beaux Arts - EUR8
- Paris - Louvre Museum - EUR17
- Paris - Eiffel Tower (from) - EUR19
- Paris - Palace of Versailles & Gardens - EUR20
- Paris - Napoleon's Tomb & Les Invalides Army Museum - EUR15
- Paris - Musee d'Orsay - EUR16
- Paris - Picasso Museum - EUR14
- Paris - Da Vinci Code Walking Tour - EUR25
- Paris - Paradis Latin Cabaret Show - EUR80
- Paris - Rodin Museum - EUR13
- Paris - Arc de Triomphe - EUR13
- Paris - Sainte Chapelle & Conciergerie - EUR19
- Paris - Centre Pompidou - EUR15
- Paris - Catacombs - EUR29
- Paris - Fragonard Perfume Museum - Free
- Paris - Museum of Comparative Anatomy and Paleontology - EUR7
- Paris - Gourmet Marais Urban Adventure - EUR78
- Paris - Hidden Montmartre Urban Adventure - EUR35
- Luxembourg - Palais Grand-Ducal - EUR10
- Luxembourg - Musée d'Histoire de la Ville de Luxembourg - EUR5
- Luxembourg - MNHA (Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art) - EUR7
- Luxembourg - Bike Hire - EUR5
- Brussels - Grand Place - Free
- Brussels - Manneken Pis - Free
- Brussels - Magritte Museum - EUR10
- Brussels - Mini Europe Attraction Park - EUR19
- Brussels - Cantillon Brewery Visit - EUR8
- Brussels - Museum of the Musical Instruments - EUR15
- Bruges - Day Trip by Train - EUR30
- Antwerp - Day Trip by Train - EUR16
- Amsterdam - Canal Cruise (1 hour) - EUR16
- Amsterdam - Bike Tour - EUR30
- Amsterdam - Rijksmuseum - EUR23
- Amsterdam - Van Gogh Museum - EUR20
- Amsterdam - Anne Frank's House - EUR21
- Amsterdam - Royal Palace - EUR13
- Amsterdam - Heineken Museum - EUR23
- Amsterdam - Oude Kerk - EUR14
- Amsterdam - Bike Hire - EUR10
- Berlin - Storyline of Berlin Urban Adventure - EUR65
- Berlin - German History Museum - EUR7
- Berlin - Kulturforum Potsdamer Platz - EUR12
- Berlin - TV Tower - EUR25
- Berlin - Checkpoint Charlie Museum - EUR18
- Berlin - Topography of Terror - Free
- Berlin - Reichstag (time slot must be booked online in advance) - Free
- Berlin - Schloss Charlottenburg - EUR12
- Berlin - Jewish Museum - EUR8
- Berlin - Bike Tour - EUR30
- Berlin - Museum Pass (3 Day Ticket) - EUR32
- Berlin - National History Museum - EUR10
- Berlin - Berliner Dom Cathedral - EUR10
- Berlin - Spree River Cruise - EUR27
- Berlin - Pergamon Museum - EUR18
- Krakow - Bike Tour (Day or Night) - PLN100
- Krakow - Galicia Jewish Museum - PLN20
- Krakow - History Museum - PLN28
- Krakow - St Mary's Basilica - PLN15
- Krakow - Wawel Royal Castle - PLN35
- Wieliczka - Salt Mines Tour - PLN230
- Oswiecim - Half-Day Trip & Guided Tour of Auschwitz-Birkenau - PLN180
- Krakow - Walking Tour - Free
- Prague - Bike Tour - CZK650
- Prague - Jewish Quarter - CZK500
- Prague - Kafka Museum - CZK260
- Kutna Hora - Day Trip (by public transport) - CZK250
- Prague - Mucha Museum - CZK300
- Prague - Museum of Communism - CZK380
- Prague - National Museum - CZK350
- Prague - Castle Visit - CZK350
- Kutna Hora - Sedlec Ossuary & Bone Church - CZK160
- Kutna Hora - Church of St Barbara - CZK160
- Prague - Town Hall Clock Tower - CZK250
- Cesky Krumlov - Brewery Tour - CZK200
- Cesky Krumlov - Canoe Trip - CZK700
- Cesky Krumlov - Guided walking tour - CZK300
- Cesky Krumlov - Egon Schiele Art Centrum - CZK200
- Cesky Krumlov - Rafting or Canoe Trip (per person) - CZK1200
- Vienna - Albertina Museum - EUR19
- Vienna - Leopold Museum - EUR15
- Vienna - Belvedere Gallery (Lower Gallery) - EUR15
- Vienna - Hofburg Palace & Sisi Museum - EUR16
- Vienna - Prater Ferris Wheel - EUR14
- Vienna - Schoenbrunn Palace - EUR22
- Vienna - Spanish Riding School Practice - EUR28
- Vienna - St Stephen's Tower - EUR6
- Vienna - Food, Coffee & Market Tour Urban Adventure - EUR115
- Budapest - Bike Ride - HUF6000
- Budapest - Great Synagogue - HUF9000
- Budapest - House of Terror - HUF4000
- Budapest - Hungarian National Museum - HUF2900
- Budapest - Parliament Tour - HUF10000
- Budapest - Pub Crawl (starting from) - HUF9000
- Budapest - Szechenyi Thermal Baths (starting from) - HUF9400
- Budapest - Transport and Entry to Statue Park - HUF5000
- Budapest - Central Market - Free
- Bled - Mountain Bike Hire - EUR25
- Bled - Pletna Boat Trip - EUR14
- Triglav National Park - Canyoning - EUR65
- Bled - Castle - EUR15
- Triglav National Park - River Rafting - EUR55
- Triglav National Park - Bus and Cable Car Trip to Mt Vogel - EUR32
- Triglav National Park - Emerald River Adventure (full day) - EUR110
- Venice - Doge's Palace & Bridge of Sighs - EUR30
- Peggy Guggenheim Collection - EUR17
- Venice - St Mark's Campanile - EUR12
- Venice - St Mark's Basilica Treasury - EUR5
- Venice - Accademia Gallery - EUR16
- Ca’ D’Oro - Galería Franchetti - EUR15
- Venice - Gondola Ride - EUR80
- Venice - Chicchetti & Wine Tour of Venice Urban Adventure - EUR99
- Venice - Ca' Rezzonico Museum of Eighteenth Century Art - EUR11
- Venice - Glass Museum Murano - EUR11
- Venice - Museum of St Mark's Basilica - EUR5
- Venice - Scuola Grande di San Rocco - EUR14
- Cinque Terre - 'Il Laboratorio del Pesto' Making & Demonstration - EUR15
- Cinque Terre - Coastal Cruise - EUR30
- Florence - Foodies Walk Urban Adventure - EUR79
- Florence - Aperitivo Time! Urban Adventure - EUR77
- Siena - Day Trip to Siena by Public Bus - EUR24
- Florence - Baptistry, Museo Opera del Duomo, Giotto Bell Tower and Brunelleschi Dome - EUR30
- Florence - Palazzo Vecchio - EUR12
- Florence - Accademia - EUR17
- Florence - Uffizi Gallery - EUR24
- Florence - Pitti Palace (Boboli Gardens, Museo Argenti, Costume Gallery, Porcellain Museum) - EUR12
- Florence - Bargello Museum - EUR14
- Florence - Medici Chapels - EUR15
- Rome - Castel Sant'Angelo - EUR14
- Rome - Christian Catacombs - EUR10
- Rome - Colosseum, Roman Forum & Palatine Hill - EUR19
- Rome - Keats-Shelley Memorial House - EUR6
- Vatican City - Vatican Museum - EUR22
- Rome - Pantheon - EUR5
- Vatican City - St Peter's Dome Climb & Elevator - EUR10
- Rome - Venezia Palace - EUR17
- Rome - Galleria Borghese - EUR16
Dates and availability
Important notes
SINGLE SUPPLEMENT
A single supplement is not available on this trip.
COMBINATION TRIP
As this is a combination of 3 trips, your leader and the composition of your group will likely change in Berlin and in Venice.
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