Munich – Vienna – Prague
6 days in total: Munich 2 days · Vienna 2 days · Prague 2 days
Three cities in a row, each about four hours from the next by direct Railjet. Two days in each covers the essentials without turning the trip into a timetable.
Europe Trip Planner
Europe Travel Planner for Multi-City Trips
Plan the trip in the order it actually happens: pick your cities, give each one the days it needs, see which sights close on your dates and how long the train takes in between. Then MEVAYA plans every day in each city around real opening hours and walking distances. Thirteen cities so far: Berlin, Paris, London, Barcelona, Rome, Venice, Istanbul, Vienna, Munich, Prague, Lisbon, Madrid, and Amsterdam.
What it doesn't do is sell you flights or hotels. Plenty of sites already do that. MEVAYA plans the part they leave out: the days themselves.
Your route, city by city
Choose the cities in the order you'll visit them and the days for each. The planner checks every date against the weekly closing days of the key sights and shows the direct train between each pair of cities.
Start from a classic route
3 cities · 6 days
- Stop 1CityDays
Days 1–2
Closed to visitors on your dates
Pick a start date to check closing days.
About 4 h by direct Railjet to Vienna
- Stop 2CityDays
Days 3–4
Closed to visitors on your dates
Pick a start date to check closing days.
About 4 h by direct Railjet to Prague
- Stop 3CityDays
Days 5–6
Closed to visitors on your dates
Pick a start date to check closing days.
The route planner and Quick Start are free and need no account; a personalised plan needs a City Pass for that city. Each city's day plan opens in the MEVAYA planner with your dates filled in. The travel day counts as day one in the next city, so give it a later start time in the planner.
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How many days each city needs
For a first visit, MEVAYA's city editors suggest two days for the compact cities and three for the big ones. The weekly closing days next to them are the ones worth knowing before you fix the order of your trip.
| City | First visit | Weekly closing days of key sights |
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| BerlinGermany | First visit2 days | Weekly closing days of key sights
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| ParisFrance | First visit3 days | Weekly closing days of key sights
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| LondonUnited Kingdom | First visit3 days | Weekly closing days of key sights
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| BarcelonaSpain | First visit3 days | Weekly closing days of key sights
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| RomeItaly | First visit3 days | Weekly closing days of key sights
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| VeniceItaly | First visit2 days | Weekly closing days of key sights
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| IstanbulTürkiye | First visit3 days | Weekly closing days of key sights
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| ViennaAustria | First visit2 days | Weekly closing days of key sights
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| MunichGermany | First visit2 days | Weekly closing days of key sights
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| PragueCzechia | First visit2 days | Weekly closing days of key sights
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| LisbonPortugal | First visit3 days | Weekly closing days of key sights
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| MadridSpain | First visit3 days | Weekly closing days of key sights
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| AmsterdamNetherlands | First visit2 days | Weekly closing days of key sightsNone among the key sights |
Direct trains between the cities
Around four hours by train is the sweet spot: long enough to read a chapter, short enough to arrive with the afternoon still ahead. These are the direct connections between MEVAYA's cities, as rounded guide values from public travel information (as of October 2026).
| Route | Direct train | Train type |
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| London – Paris | about 2¼ h | · Eurostar |
| Berlin – Munich | about 4 h | · ICE |
| Munich – Vienna | about 4 h | · Railjet |
| Vienna – Prague | about 4 h | · Railjet |
| Rome – Venice | about 4 h | · Frecciarossa / Italo |
| Berlin – Prague | about 4¼–4½ h | · EuroCity |
| Munich – Prague | about 5½–6 h | · EuroCity |
| Munich – Venice | about 6½–7 h · only a few a day | — |
| Paris – Barcelona | about 6½–7 h · only a few a day | · TGV INOUI |
| Vienna – Venice | about 7 h · only a few a day | · Railjet |
| Madrid – Barcelona | about 2½–3 h | · AVE / Iryo / Ouigo |
| Paris – Amsterdam | about 3¼–3½ h | · Eurostar |
| London – Amsterdam | about 4 h | · Eurostar |
| Berlin – Amsterdam | about 6¼ h | · InterCity |
Our table has no direct train between Istanbul and the other nine cities, and from Barcelona only the one to Paris. For those legs, compare a flight door to door, not gate to gate.
Rounded guide values, as of October 2026. Timetables change every December and engineering works can add time, so check the rail operator's timetable before you book: int.bahn.de · oebb.at · cd.cz · trenitalia.com · italotreno.com · eurostar.com · sncf-connect.com · renfe.com · nsinternational.com
Classic multi-city routes
Five combinations that work by train, with the days we would give each city. Load one into the planner above and change whatever doesn't fit.
Rome – Venice
5 days in total: Rome 3 days · Venice 2 days
Rome first, while your legs are fresh, then Venice in about four hours by direct train. Stay a night in Venice: the city changes once the day visitors leave.
London – Paris
6 days in total: London 3 days · Paris 3 days
The Eurostar takes about 2¼ hours, centre to centre, so the travel day barely counts as one. Mind Sunday in London and Tuesday in Paris.
Berlin – Prague – Vienna – Munich
8 days in total: Berlin 2 days · Prague 2 days · Vienna 2 days · Munich 2 days
Berlin, Prague, Vienna and Munich: four cities, three direct trains of four to four and a half hours each. Eight days is the comfortable minimum for all four.
Paris – Barcelona
6 days in total: Paris 3 days · Barcelona 3 days
The longest leg on this list: about 6½ to 7 hours on the direct TGV, with only a few departures a day. Book that train first and build both cities around it.
Madrid – Barcelona
6 days in total: Madrid 3 days · Barcelona 3 days
Spain's two big cities, two and a half to three hours apart on the high-speed line, with trains roughly every half hour. Three days each, and no need to fly between them.
London – Paris – Amsterdam
8 days in total: London 3 days · Paris 3 days · Amsterdam 2 days
Three capitals on one rail line: Eurostar from London to Paris in about 2¼ hours, then on to Amsterdam in about 3¼ to 3½. Book the Eurostar legs early; prices rise as the trains fill.
How to plan a Europe trip across several cities
Five decisions, in this order. Most trips that go wrong get the order wrong, not the cities.
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Choose cities by train time, not by distance on the map
Vienna and Prague are about four hours apart by direct train, and so are Munich and Vienna. Paris and Barcelona look closer on the map than they feel: six and a half to seven hours, with few direct trains. A leg much longer than four hours costs most of a day.
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Give each city the days it needs
For a first visit, two days suit compact cities like Prague or Vienna, three suit Paris, London or Rome. Fewer days can work, but then the plan should say what you are skipping instead of pretending everything still fits.
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Check closing days before you fix the order
Europe has no shared day off. Monday closes most of Berlin's big museums, Tuesday closes the Louvre, and on Sundays Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral are closed to sightseeing. Shuffle the order until each closing day lands in the city that minds it least.
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Book the fixed slots first
Some sights only work with a booking: the Reichstag dome in Berlin is free but needs advance registration, the Galleria Borghese in Rome requires a reservation and admits visitors in two-hour shifts, the Sagrada Família sells tickets for a set date and time, and Park Güell in Barcelona caps visitors per half hour. Book those, then let the rest of each day move around them.
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Plan each day in the city you'll be in
An arrival day starts when the train gets in, not at nine. In MEVAYA each city gets its own dates and start times, and the planner builds the day around opening hours, walking distances and meals.
Booking rules as stated on the official sites, as of 11 October 2026: Deutscher Bundestag · Galleria Borghese · Sagrada Família · Park Güell
Questions
Can MEVAYA plan a multi-city trip across Europe?
Yes, one city at a time. The route planner on this page sets the order, days and dates for up to six cities, checks closing days and shows the direct trains between them. Each city then gets its own day-by-day plan in the MEVAYA planner, with your dates already filled in.
How many days do I need in each European city?
For a first visit, MEVAYA's city editors suggest two days for Berlin, Venice, Vienna, Munich, Prague, and Amsterdam, and three for Paris, London, Barcelona, Rome, Istanbul, Lisbon, and Madrid. Each city page explains what an extra day adds.
Which European cities can I plan with MEVAYA?
Thirteen so far: Berlin, Paris, London, Barcelona, Rome, Venice, Istanbul, Vienna, Munich, Prague, Lisbon, Madrid, and Amsterdam. Each has its own curated list of stops, and every sight with fixed opening hours is checked by hand against a named source. More cities follow once the same level of checking is possible, not before.
On which day are museums closed in Europe?
There is no shared day off. Monday is the usual museum closing day in Berlin, Barcelona, Munich and Rome; in Paris the Louvre closes on Tuesdays while the Musée d'Orsay closes on Mondays; in London, Westminster Abbey and St Paul's Cathedral are closed to sightseeing on Sundays. The table on this page lists the key closures for every city.
Is it better to take the train or fly between European cities?
For the pairs in the table above, the direct train usually wins door to door: about 2¼ hours from London to Paris, about four hours from Munich to Vienna, Vienna to Prague or Rome to Venice, city centre to city centre. From around six hours, or to and from Istanbul, which has no direct train in our table, a flight is often the realistic choice.
Is the Europe trip planner free?
The route planner on this page and Quick Start in the MEVAYA planner are free and need no account. Quick Start builds a full day for any of the thirteen cities. A personalised plan around your own must-sees, pace and meals needs a City Pass for that city; bundles cover several cities for six months.
Does MEVAYA book trains, flights or hotels?
No. MEVAYA plans what you do once you are there, stop by stop. The train times on this page help you choose the order; tickets are booked directly with the operators.
Ready to plan the days?
Start with the first city on your route. Each city gets its own plan.