Eastern Europe
Eastern Europe on €35 a Day
Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania for less than a night out
22 days
Duration
$35
Daily budget
Easy
Difficulty
May – Jun, Sep – Oct
Best months
The best value region in Europe. Hostel dorms sit around €12, mains around €6, and long-distance buses rarely break €15 between capitals.
The route, stop by stop
🇵🇱 Kraków · Poland
Old town, Kazimierz bars and Auschwitz day trip.
4 nights$34/day
🏔️ Zakopane · Poland
Tatra hiking for the price of a hostel dinner.
2 nights$32/day
🇸🇰 Bratislava · Slovakia
Tiny capital, huge cheap-beer culture.
2 nights$38/day
🇭🇺 Budapest · Hungary
Baths, ruin bars and Danube night views.
4 nights$40/day
🇷🇴 Cluj-Napoca · Romania
Student city with the best value nightlife anywhere.
3 nights$30/day
🐻 Brașov · Romania
Carpathian trailheads and Bran Castle nearby.
3 nights$32/day
🏛️ Bucharest · Romania
Old town chaos and enormous communist architecture.
4 nights$34/day
7 stops · 22 nights
≈ $758 total
Totals are estimates built from the per-night budgets above — your real spend will vary.
Getting around
- →FlixBus + RegioJet
- →Polish PKP Intercity advance fares
- →Night trains Budapest–Bucharest
- →City trams
Don't forget
- ✓Layers — continental swings
- ✓Padlock
- ✓Card + backup cash
- ✓Comfortable walking shoes for cobbles
Ready to walk it?
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