Check before you go Routes checked 9 Oct 2026. Trains, fares and borders change: confirm every leg with its operator before you book. Why

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Five marked routes

Pick a colour.

A znak (the blaze) identifies a trail. It does not rank it. Czarny is not harder than zielony; it is a different line, and the only one that does not begin in Kraków.

  • Legs checked29
  • Cheapest€41/day
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Szlak Bałtycki Up the eastern edge until the land runs out, then across the water. 16days €49a day 0nights on board Szlak Adriatycki Down through the Alps until the water turns the wrong colour. 18days €56a day 0nights on board Szlak Karpacki Three weeks along the mountains, on the cheapest money in Europe. 21days €41a day 1night on board Szlak Zachodni Six capitals in fourteen days, and it is the expensive one on purpose. 14days €70a day 1night on board Szlak Atlantycki The one you join rather than the one you start. Down the western edge. 15days €66a day 1night on board

Checked 9 October 2026 against the operators' 2026 timetables. A day's figure is a frugal estimate: a dorm bed, food and local transport, plus the fares. How we count.