After Berlin, Dresden, Prague and Vienna, the route reaches Budapest, Balaton and Maribor. It then continues through Ljubljana, Bled and Bohinj, returns to Bled and finishes in Ljubljana. Those repeated lake moves are part of this saved plan. Use the return to Bled for a different outing such as Vintgar if open, not another rushed lake arrival. Balaton to Maribor needs a dated connection through the border rail network; a lake boat does not replace that journey.
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Leave your bags at the accommodation and shape the afternoon around your arrival time. A government-quarter walk and a meal nearby make a useful start. Add the Reichstag only with registration and a visit time that fits the current dome closures. If the journey has been tiring, a shorter walk is enough. Sleep in Berlin. Replace the room allowance with the actual booking cost, and keep your airport or arrival train ticket separate from daily spending.
€40 for one bed, €30 for meals, €7 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €82.00
Choose the Berlin Wall Memorial or an open museum collection and give it enough time. The main Pergamonmuseum is closed; the separate Panorama exhibition is a different visit with its own ticket. Follow with lunch and a neighbourhood walk rather than crossing the city for several short stops. Check tomorrow's departure station and keep the ticket available offline. Sleep in Berlin for a second night, with local transport included in the day plan, with paid visits added separately.
€40 for one bed, €30 for meals, €7 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €82.00
Take a suitable direct train from Berlin to Dresden, allowing around 1 hour 40 minutes to 2 hours on board plus station time. Check whether Hbf or Dresden-Neustadt is better for the room you booked. Leave your bags before the old centre, Frauenkirche area and an Elbe walk. Choose a museum only if arrival and opening hours leave enough room. Sleep in Dresden. The intercity fare is additional to the daily allowance; save a Bastei outing for an extra day.
€40 for one bed, €30 for meals, €7 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €82.00
Collect your luggage and take the international train to Prague. A suitable direct service to Praha hl.n. takes around 2 hours 15 minutes; some departures use Praha-Holešovice, so check your booking and the local journey to your room. Enjoy the river scenery along the way. A Bastei hike needs separate transport and walking time, so keep this day for the train and an easy arrival. Sleep in Prague, adding the train fare separately from your local daily spending.
€30 for one bed, €25 for meals, €6 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €66.00
Use the morning for Prague Castle and choose the interiors you want to visit. The main circuit costs 450 CZK for an adult; the tower and other visits can need separate tickets. Continue downhill through Malá Strana with a lunch break, then cross the river if you still have energy. The Petřín funicular remains closed at this review, so plan a suitable walk or leave the hill for another day. Sleep in Prague.
€30 for one bed, €25 for meals, €6 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €66.00
Walk through the old centre and along the river, choosing a paid Jewish Quarter visit only if its opening day and ticket suit your plans. Leave time for lunch away from the busiest crossing points. A café in Vinohrady or Karlín gives the afternoon a different pace. Buy the city ticket that fits the journeys you will actually make and keep tomorrow's train ticket available offline. Sleep in Prague.
€30 for one bed, €25 for meals, €6 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €66.00
Travel from Prague to Vienna using the connection below. Drop your bag, walk through the streets around Stephansplatz and choose dinner nearby. Keep the evening open so a later train or flight does not cost you a timed visit.
€45 for one bed, €32 for meals, €7 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €89.00
Give Schönbrunn the morning. Walk in the main park for free, or book the palace rooms you want and allow time for entry. Return to town for lunch instead of trying to add several distant museums.
€45 for one bed, €32 for meals, €7 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €89.00
Visit the permanent displays at Wien Museum, which are free, then head to Brunnenmarkt and Yppenplatz for lunch and a neighbourhood walk. Choose an evening performance only after reading its actual ticket and arrival arrangements.
€45 for one bed, €32 for meals, €7 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €89.00
Travel from Vienna to Budapest using the connection below. Use the BKK ticket that covers your journey from the station or airport. Drop your bags, have a simple meal and walk near the Danube if time allows. Keep a timed bath or Parliament visit away from this arrival day.
€30 for one bed, €25 for meals, €6 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €66.00
Spend the morning on Castle Hill, choosing one paid interior if it interests you. Have lunch before returning towards the river. Leave the bath for a separate day so you are not carrying wet things through the whole sightseeing plan.
€30 for one bed, €25 for meals, €6 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €66.00
Choose an operating bath and its actual weekday price. For Széchenyi, bring a towel and slippers and decide whether the cheaper early-entry option fits. Gellért Bath is closed for renovation. Keep the later afternoon for a quiet meal and rest.
€30 for one bed, €25 for meals, €6 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €66.00
Travel from Budapest to Lake Balaton (Balatonfüred & Siófok) using the connection below. Travel to the town where your room is booked, not just a station labelled Balaton in a broad search. After checking in, walk the promenade and find dinner. Keep a ferry or beach admission for the next full day.
€30 for one bed, €25 for meals, €6 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €66.00
Travel from Lake Balaton (Balatonfüred & Siófok) to Maribor using the connection below. After the journey, leave your bag at the room and walk through the centre to Lent. See the old vine on the riverfront and choose dinner. A hosted tasting needs its own booking; leave the market until morning.
€40 for one bed, €30 for meals, €6 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €81.00
Travel from Maribor to Ljubljana using the connection below. Leave your bags at the room and walk between Prešeren Square, the bridges and the river. Choose dinner nearby. An Urbana bus payment includes different transfer benefits from a bank-card tap, so buy only what the journey needs.
€40 for one bed, €30 for meals, €6 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €81.00
Browse the Central Market when open, then choose a lunch stop before going up to the castle. Compare admission alone with the funicular bundle. Keep the afternoon for Tivoli or the river; Open Kitchen is a seasonal fair-weather Friday option.
€40 for one bed, €30 for meals, €6 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €81.00
Travel from Ljubljana to Lake Bled using the connection below. Reach your room before setting off beside the lake. A bus to town avoids the extra connection from Lesce-Bled station. Choose a comfortable section of shore and make Park Café’s cream cake a planned treat if you want it.
€45 for one bed, €30 for meals, €6 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €86.00
Travel from Lake Bled to Lake Bohinj using the connection below. Go to Ribčev Laz, Ukanc or Bohinjska Bistrica according to your room. A station arrival in Bistrica still needs onward travel to the lake. Keep the afternoon for a shore walk near your base.
€45 for one bed, €30 for meals, €6 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €86.00
Travel from Lake Bohinj to Lake Bled using the connection below. Pick the castle museum or a booked Vintgar visit. The gorge’s complete outing takes about three hours with access and return, so it needs a proper slot. Leave the remaining time for the lake instead of adding an island boat in a rush.
€45 for one bed, €30 for meals, €6 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €86.00
Travel from Lake Bled to Ljubljana using the connection below. Spend time in the part of the centre you missed, or choose a museum for a wet morning. Have a market or café lunch and leave room for the river. Use this day to organise the next journey instead of adding another distant stop.
€40 for one bed, €30 for meals, €6 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €81.00
Keep breakfast and a nearby walk as the plan, then collect your bags and leave time for the station or airport. Use the actual departure and local transfer time to set the day’s pace.
No overnight stay; €30 for meals, €6 for local travel and €5 for extras. Add paid visits, excursions and intercity or airport tickets. These are chosen allowances; use your actual bookings.
Estimated day spending: €41.00
After Berlin, Dresden, Prague and Vienna, the route reaches Budapest, Balaton and Maribor. It then continues through Ljubljana, Bled and Bohinj, returns to Bled and finishes in Ljubljana. Those repeated lake moves are part of this saved plan.
Use the return to Bled for a different outing such as Vintgar if open, not another rushed lake arrival. Balaton to Maribor needs a dated connection through the border rail network; a lake boat does not replace that journey.
Vienna · Budapest · Lake Balaton (Balatonfüred & Siófok) · Maribor · Ljubljana · Lake Bled · Lake Bohinj. Each guide explains local arrivals, food stops and the ticket choices for a stay.
For less packing, consolidate the lake nights into one base and rebuild the day trips. For a shorter journey overall, finish in Vienna or Budapest and save Slovenia for another stay.
The day figures add up to €1,598.00 for one traveller, before the extra costs listed below. The day notes show the stay, meals, local travel and small extras separately. The simple stay allowance is for one bed. A final day in these destinations has no overnight allowance. These are chosen spending plans, not measured averages or available room offers.
Add paid visits, day-trip transport, intercity tickets and airport journeys. Replace the stay line with your full booking cost, including taxes and cleaning. Do not add the city budget cards on top of these day amounts; they are an alternative way to plan the same spending.
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How to get from one stop to the next. Journey times are approximate; use the ticket and timetable links to choose a departure for your travel date.
Train · About 1h 40m to 2h on a suitable direct train
Check the exact departure and arrival stations, fare conditions and reservation. Add local travel and luggage time; this fare is separate from daily spending. A Dresden stop is more relaxed overnight.
Compare this journeyTrain · About 2h 15m to Praha hl.n. on a suitable direct train
Check the exact departure and arrival stations, fare conditions and reservation. Add local travel and luggage time; this fare is separate from daily spending. Some Prague trains use Holešovice. A Bastei outing needs extra time before travelling.
Train · About 4h on a direct train
Plan around four hours for a direct train, with time at either end for your accommodation. Compare the actual departure and ticket conditions. Choose the RegioJet departure and read the seat-class inclusions and change rules. Use the arrival station printed on the ticket.
Compare this journeyTrain · About 2h 40m
Compare the same Wien Hbf departure on ÖBB and MÁV, including reservation and change rules. Confirm the Budapest station.
Compare this journeyTrain · About 1h 30m
This option ends at Siófok on the south shore. Search Balatonfüred separately. Add any required InterCity reservation and use the seasonal timetable for your date.
Compare this journeyTrain · Allow a full travel day
Search from your actual lakeside station to Maribor. Connections towards Hodoš and Pragersko depend on the date and season; include every change rather than treating the lake as one station. Keep dinner near your Maribor room.
Train · Allow roughly 2 to 3 hours initially
Compare the exact train and any replacement-bus section before buying. A faster service may need a supplement. Follow the current platform and access information on arrival at Ljubljana.
Bus · About 1h 15m
Read the current bay and return departure. Choose Bled town as the stop and allow extra boarding time on busy lake days.
Compare this journeyBus · About 45 minutes
Use Bohinj Jezero for Ribčev Laz or a service continuing towards Ukanc. Allow around 40 to 60 minutes depending on the stop, then follow the exact timetable.
Compare this journeyBus · About 40 to 60 minutes depending on the stop
Take a regional bus from your Bohinj village towards Bled. Keep time for the walk to the stop and read the current timetable. A Vintgar booking needs its own access and return time after arrival.
Bus · About 1 to 1½ hours by a suitable bus
Take a bus from Bled town to Ljubljana using the departure for your date. Leave time for boarding and traffic. In Ljubljana, follow current station signs for your onward journey.
For less packing, consolidate the lake nights into one base and rebuild the day trips. For a shorter journey overall, finish in Vienna or Budapest and save Slovenia for another stay.
Compare your room and daily spending choices in the cost calculator. Check each journey fare, including local transfers, and count tickets covered by a pass only once.
Change the days in each city, leave out stops, and update the estimate without changing the published itinerary.
