Czechia
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Pros
- I have traveled extensively in Europe with my dog (Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, Netherlands) and it's overall a quite relaxed experience.
- The Czech Republic has some gorgeous residential architecture both in its major cities like Prague and Brno but also a number of smaller towns and villages such as Telč, Slavonice and Litoměřice
- Every single country I've visited solo (probs 30+ countries) are what I'd say are safe. This includes Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Singapore, Italy, Spain, Greece,...
- So you could go to Portugal, Spain or Greece until June, then Central or Eastern Europe in summer - like Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania. Both Eastern and Southern Europe are generally cheaper than other parts of Europe, you can...
- Eastern europe: Czechia is amazing.
Cons
- Two thirds of the route done and deep in rural Czechia, I failed to find the two first caches in a county, and when I got to the third it was in a forest on top of a rock I couldn't climb from the way I came.
- Switzerland, Denmark, New Zealand, Ireland, Luxembourg, Finland, Czechia, and Netherlands.
Sentiment
8 positive (80%) · 1 mixed (10%) · 1 negative (10%)
Trust + time weighted score: +67% · raw score 70%
What redditors said (10 of 10)
Two thirds of the route done and deep in rural Czechia, I failed to find the two first caches in a county, and when I got to the third it was in a forest on top of a rock I couldn't climb from the way I came.
I have traveled extensively in Europe with my dog (Germany, Poland, Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, France, Netherlands) and it's overall a quite relaxed experience.
The Czech Republic has some gorgeous residential architecture both in its major cities like Prague and Brno but also a number of smaller towns and villages such as Telč, Slavonice and Litoměřice
Every single country I've visited solo (probs 30+ countries) are what I'd say are safe. This includes Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Japan, Korea, Taiwan, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Czech Republic, Cyprus, Singapore, Italy, Spain, Greece, Bosnia, Croatia, Albania, Kosovo, Bulgaria, Latvia, Estonia, Serbia, Mexico, Guatemala, Colombia...
So you could go to Portugal, Spain or Greece until June, then Central or Eastern Europe in summer - like Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary, Romania. Both Eastern and Southern Europe are generally cheaper than other parts of Europe, you can travel conveniently with your budget.
Eastern europe: Czechia is amazing.
I would definitely go to the Czech Republic, there's a direct bus from Ljubljana to Prague (I took the reverse a couple summers back)
Switzerland, Denmark, New Zealand, Ireland, Luxembourg, Finland, Czechia, and Netherlands.
I did Czechia as a solo female and felt very safe. I got a small apartment on Airbnb at $60/night, but you could probably find cheaper. Food was about $7 in a cheap restuarant and $3 for a grocery meal. Buses were $8 to get from one city to another. Prague transport was around $3-4 a day. That averages to $100/day --> $18k for 6 months.
I’ve been to Czechia, Austria, Slovenia and Hungary (well, Budapest) in the region. I backpacked to these 4 countries last year May and it was rather effortless.
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