Where should 4 college grads travel by Eurorail for 3 weeks?

Trying to cover as much ground as possible. Not worried about history/architecture-just want to see Europe and have fun before jobs/grad school start. Round trip from Amsterdam. Tentative itinerary Amsterdam, Germany, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Italy, French riviera, Spain, France, Belgium, back to AmsterdamWhere should 4 college grads travel by Eurorail for 3 weeks?
Spain is great!
I think you want to rethink how many places you want to visit in your three weeks - this is about 2 days per country including the travel time as it is. You would be better off trying to cover a smaller area and spending a little more time in each location ... or if your objective is really to cover ground just to say you've been in (through) a country hit more countries and just hop from train to train.



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As a start, you might go from Amsterdam to Berlin. That's a 6 to 7 hour train ride alone unless you take the night train and arrive at 4:21 am - then it's 9 hours and would cost extra for the mandatory reservation. Berlin to Prague is another 5 hours on the train. Prague to Zurich (just to pick a place in Switzerland) is another 9 to 12 hours with 2 to 3 changes en route. Zurich to Milan would be another 4 hours - add additional time if there's somewhere specific you want to visit in Italy like Venice, Florence, etc. Milan to Nice is 6 to 9 hours travel time with a couple of changes - again add time if you want to be somewhere else in Italy. Nice to Barcelona is about 12 hours. Barcelona to Paris is 9 to 10 hours on the train. Paris - Brussels - Amsterdam are relatively short hops. That's a lot of train time to see one city in each country, but it is possible and it's your time and money.



If it were me, I might consider a loop from Amsterdam to Prague through Berlin and back to Amsterdam via Munich. Or go the other direction through Belgium and France and back up to Amsterdam - see a little more of each country and spend less time in transit.Where should 4 college grads travel by Eurorail for 3 weeks?
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That's too much for 3 weeks. Cut it by a third and you'll have a much nicer time.