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Train hops across Europe

Fly into the first city, then ride the rails: around two hours between big cities, one night in each, and a flight home from the last. Times are typical fastest direct trains — check the operator before you book. Hops over 3½ hours are marked in orange.

Eurostar classics

London to Amsterdam, the slow way

  1. London2h15 →
  2. Paris1h25 →
  3. Brussels1h50 →
  4. Amsterdam

4 cities · 3 nights · 5h30 on trains · Eurostar

France · Benelux

Provence to the North Sea

  1. Marseille1h40 →
  2. Lyon2h →
  3. Paris1h25 →
  4. Brussels1h50 →
  5. Amsterdam

5 cities · 4 nights · 6h55 on trains · TGV inOui, Eurostar

France · Italy

The Riviera, French to Italian

  1. Nice1h05 →
  2. Sanremo2h →
  3. Genoa1h35 →
  4. Milan

4 cities · 3 nights · 4h40 on trains · TER / Trenitalia, Trenitalia Intercity, Trenitalia

Italy

Northern Italy to Rome

  1. Milan2h25 →
  2. Venice2h05 →
  3. Florence1h35 →
  4. Rome

4 cities · 3 nights · 6h05 on trains · Frecciarossa / Italo

Hungary · Slovakia · Austria · Czechia

Danube capitals

  1. Budapest2h25 →
  2. Bratislava1h05 →
  3. Vienna4h →
  4. Prague

4 cities · 3 nights · 7h30 on trains · EuroCity, ÖBB, Railjet / RegioJet

Austria · Germany

Alpine Austria to Bavaria

  1. Graz2h35 →
  2. Vienna2h25 →
  3. Salzburg1h45 →
  4. Munich

4 cities · 3 nights · 6h45 on trains · ÖBB Railjet, ÖBB Railjet / Westbahn, Railjet

Switzerland · France · Germany

Up the Rhine

  1. Basel45 →
  2. Colmar30 →
  3. Strasbourg1h55 →
  4. Frankfurt

4 cities · 3 nights · 3h10 on trains · TER, TGV / ICE

Germany

Germany’s big cities

  1. Munich2h15 →
  2. Stuttgart1h20 →
  3. Frankfurt1h05 →
  4. Cologne

4 cities · 3 nights · 4h40 on trains · ICE

Germany · Czechia

Berlin to Prague via Saxony

  1. Berlin1h15 →
  2. Leipzig1h05 →
  3. Dresden2h15 →
  4. Prague

4 cities · 3 nights · 4h35 on trains · ICE, Regional Express, EuroCity

Poland · Germany

Kraków to Berlin

  1. Kraków2h25 →
  2. Warsaw2h40 →
  3. Poznań2h40 →
  4. Berlin

4 cities · 3 nights · 7h45 on trains · PKP Express InterCity Premium, PKP InterCity, Berlin–Warszawa Express

France · Switzerland

Paris to the lakes

  1. Paris2h →
  2. Lyon1h50 →
  3. Geneva1h45 →
  4. Bern

4 cities · 3 nights · 5h35 on trains · TGV inOui, TER Léman Express / SNCF, SBB

Spain

Andalusia to Barcelona

  1. Seville45 →
  2. Córdoba1h45 →
  3. Madrid2h30 →
  4. Barcelona

4 cities · 3 nights · 5h on trains · AVE / Iryo, AVE / Iryo / Ouigo

Norway · Sweden · Denmark

Oslo to Copenhagen down the coast

  1. Oslo3h40 →
  2. Gothenburg2h35 →
  3. Malmö40 →
  4. Copenhagen

4 cities · 3 nights · 6h55 on trains · SJ / Vy, SJ / Öresundståg, Öresundståg

Poland

Poland from the Baltic to Kraków

  1. Gdańsk3h10 →
  2. Poznań2h10 →
  3. Wrocław2h55 →
  4. Kraków

4 cities · 3 nights · 8h15 on trains · PKP InterCity

Switzerland · Liechtenstein · Austria

Basel to the Tyrol via Liechtenstein

  1. Basel55 →
  2. Zurich1h30 →
  3. Vaduz (Liechtenstein)2h45 →
  4. Innsbruck

4 cities · 3 nights · 5h10 on trains · SBB, SBB to Sargans + LIEmobil bus, LIEmobil bus + ÖBB Railjet

Want flights that match? See City hops.