These are not package tours but routes that work on a student budget. They are built the same way: cities within night-bus or cheap-train distance of one another, accommodation costed at hostel and student-residence prices, and day plans tight enough not to lose a day to a museum queue.
Each route page lists transport options and approximate journey times between cities, where to look for accommodation, a suggested daily plan and a budget range. Prices move with the season — check the date on the page and confirm fares against your own travel dates.
For preparation before you travel see the country guides, and for process articles the guides section.
Curated routes
Krakow → Prague → Vienna → Budapest
10 days · €450–700 · Train and night bus
The most-travelled Erasmus route in Central Europe: four capitals in ten days by train, on a hostel budget. Real prices, how many nights, how to get between them.
Amsterdam → Brussels → Paris
7 days · €600–950 · High-speed train
Three capitals by high-speed train: Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris. A seven-day Erasmus route with accommodation prices and how to keep the budget standing.
Barcelona → Madrid → Porto → Lisbon
12 days · €500–800 · Train and domestic flight
Spain and Portugal in twelve days: Barcelona, Madrid, Porto and Lisbon. Accommodation prices, transport and when to actually go.