Europe Road Trip Plan: Itinerary of 6 Countries 23 Days

For the next 23 days I will be traveling. This Europe Road Trip plan is through 6 Countries: Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Czech Republic. Routes, places to see and places to stay all self planned.

Europe has excellent rail facility, yet we chose to travel by road. The road ways of all the six countries we drove through are in excellent condition with clear road signs. The roads are dotted with plenty of gas stations, McDonald’s and washroom facilities. The four lane roads reminded me of my drives between Bangalore – Hyderabad and Bangalore – Chennai.

The halt cities are: Frankfurt – Waldorf –  Zurich – Salzburg – Vienna – Budapest – Olomouc – Prague – Frankfurt. We will be driving through these cities, hope weather cooperates with us.

Europe Road Trip Map with Google Maps: Itinerary of 6 Countries 23 Days

Though the night halts are planned in 8 major cities we are planning to drive to nearby places of each city too. Google map shows the distance as 2841 km but it is going to be way more than that.

Europe Road Trip Plan

Driving around Europe in Italy with the help of Garmin GPS had boosted our confidence. Unknown European roads no longer scared us and we visited the interior of towns without getting lost. We had taken our favorite music CDs along and with an Indian atmosphere inside the car we experienced the mesmerizing sights of different countries. The car was our home for the next 23 days.

Germany has many scenic routes and some of the networks of roads are themed. We traveled through some parts of the castle route and romantic route. Sharing here, the pictures taken during the drive from Frankfurt to Cologne and back. It seemed like mountain driving, sharp and steep curves with scenic sights on either side.

Following is the rough Eurotrip Route Plan focusing more on UNESCO sites of these 6 countries.

Frankfurt Germany – 1st night halt

Bangalore to Frankfurt flight is booked in Lufthansa. We plan to hire a car from AVIS Car Rental for our road trip. Next day we will head to Waldorf. But the plan is to take a circuitous route with halt at Mainz Cathedral and Cologne Cathedral.

Waldorf Germany – halt for 1 night

From Waldorf we plan to set off early to Zurich, our next destination of night halt. On the way we plan to squeeze in a self guided walking tour of Basel.

Driving around Europe through 6 Countries

Zurich Switzerland – halt for 5 nights. 3rd to 7th night

With Zurich as base we plan to visit Bern, Jungfrau, Geneva, Zermatt, St Gallen, and Rhine Waterfalls.

From Zurich the next part of road trip is planned to Salzburg with a halt at Neuschwanstein Castle in Fussen Germany. The castle’s location on the Romantic Road, a popular tourist route. The recommended time to spend  driving and exploring sights along the Romantic Road is a minimum of 4 days… but we could hardly afford that leisure in terms of time.

Salzburg Austria – halt for 3 nights

Of the 2 days here one was dedicated for Salzburg city tour and the next day trip to Halstatt Salt Mines.

Vienna Austria – halt for 3 nights

From Vienna we plan to do a day trip to Bratislava in Slovakia. Vienna to Budapest road trip  is planned with 3 halts, at Gyor, Esztergom and at Pannonhalma; all UNESCO World heritage sites.

Europe by Car rented from Avis Car Rental Frankfurt

Europe Road Trip – Budapest Hungary – halt for 4 nights

One day completely planned for tour of Budapest City. The second day for day trip from Budapest to Holloko and third day road trip to Lake Balaton.

Olomouc Czech republic – halt for 1 night

It would be too long distance from Budapest to Prague so we planned a night halt at Olomouc. On the way we plan to halt at Brno.

Prague Czech republic – halt for 3 nights

Of the 2 days in Prague one day is planned completely for tour of Prague city. The second day we plan to do a rail trip to Karlštejn Castle. Hope things go as per plan.

Frankfurt Germany – halt for 1 night

Prague to Frankfurt is another long distance of 509 km. We plan to halt at Nuremberg, Rothenburg, Wurzburg and finally drive to Frankfurt.

I am planning to blog on these spots as I travel, Hope you all will enjoy my posts and travel with me virtually.

Essential Items for Road Trip

We armed ourselves with essential documents for this long road trip. Arunabha, my husband, has his International Driving License. Other related necessary documents for travel like Insurance and Insurance related paper work was done and complete from our end.

I took care of: Phone chargers, battery chargers, cameras, Spare chips, Music CDs, Snacks, Reusable water bottles.

My Kids aged 15 and 11 took care of: Garbage bags, Kindle, their own cameras, wipes and hand sanitizers.

The car we hired had:

• First Aid Kit
• Car Manual
• Emergency Car kit
• Spare Tyre kit
• Flash Light

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