Bus Tour Around Europe

Many travel agencies offer bus tours around Europe and many of them have a certain theme such as European Castles, European Capitals, Northern Europe and so on. I once joined a tour like this, and in this post, I want to share my experience with you.

The tour I joined had Italy as the main destination, but besides Italy, we also visited spots in other countries as well. The tour was like this: Romania (Bucharest-Pitesti-Rm. Valcea-Deva-Arad)-> Hungary (Budapest-Gyor)-> Slovenia (Postojna Cave)-> Italy (Lido di Jesolo-Venice-Rome-Florence-Pisa) -> Austria (Wien)-> Hungary (Budapest)-> Romania (Bucharest).

Advantages of a Bus Tour in Europe

It is usually cheaper compared with other options.
You get to meet a lot of new people from the same group and make new friends.
You have a guide throughout the trip.
Quite safe as the guide already knows the places that are going to be visited.
You get to see many places, especially important attractions of a country in a relatively short amount of time.
As everything is being taken care of by the agency, you don’t have to worry about many things (such as reservations for accommodation, itineraries and so on).

Now, time for disadvantages

Not having too much time in a single destination and always being on the rush (for example, we only had 3 hours in Venice, including lunch).
Although the landscapes are beautiful, it can get tough sitting on the bus all day long or until you reach a certain destination.
You usually don’t have time for lunch (breakfast and dinner are provided though).

I really liked the fact that we got to see so many new places but I would often be the last one to get on the bus because I would spend too much time taking photos haha. So, after this experience, I think I prefer to organize my trips by myself and spend as much time as I like in a single place. However, some destinations might be safer to go to with a group.