Spain East CoastBarcelona → Valencia → Alicante- Estimated length
- 9 days
- Stops
- 3 stops
The simplest first trip in Spain: three Mediterranean cities on one train line, each one cheaper and slower than the last.
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Routes
Your next stop starts here.
4 multi-city backpacker routes across 11 cities in Spain and the Balkans. Each one lists the stops in order, how long to stay, how to get between them and which partner hostels are waiting at the other end.
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Linear trips designed to be travelled overland, without doubling back.
Classic SpainBarcelona → Madrid → Valencia → Seville
- Estimated length
- 14 days
- Stops
- 4 stops
Two weeks and the four cities most people mean when they say they want to see Spain: the coast, the capital, the Mediterranean and Andalusia.
Explore RouteSouthern SpainSeville → Málaga → Granada
- Estimated length
- 10 days
- Stops
- 3 stops
Andalusia in a tight triangle: a Moorish palace, a beach city and the best free tapas in Spain, all within two hours of each other by bus.
Explore RouteBalkan Backpacker RouteTirana → Ohrid → Skopje → Belgrade
- Estimated length
- 12 days
- Stops
- 4 stops
The route that started NEXT STOP: four countries' worth of capitals, lakes and bazaars, on the cheapest overland trail in Europe.
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How to travel a route with a NEXT PASS
Scan the QR code at reception, get a pass on your phone, and use it to unlock the partner rate at your next city.
Stay at the first stop
Book the opening hostel on the route however you normally would, arrive, and check in as usual. Being a guest is the only entry requirement — there is nothing to sign up for before you travel.
Scan the QR code at reception
Every partner hostel has its own NEXT STOP QR code on display. Point your phone camera at it, NEXT STOP opens on your phone, and a unique digital pass code appears there.
Book your next stop with the code
Enter the code when you book the next partner hostel on the route to unlock its NEXT STOP rate. At that reception you scan again, and the route carries on city by city.
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NEXTPASSCasa Naranja Hostel
Valencia, Spain
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Your code
NS-VLC-4K7Q
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Valencia, Spain
Your next stop awaits.
Illustration. QR codes shown on this site are decorative — real partner codes are generated per hostel.
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Start from a city instead. Every destination page shows what a bed costs, which partner hostels are there and where travellers usually head next.