# Europe: solo travel guide

> Trains, short flights and hostels with events in every capital: the easiest place to start.

- Page: https://viaggisingle.it/en/destinations/europe/
- Language: en
- Updated: 2026-10-27
- Status: in editorial review: checked against sources, not yet signed off by an editor
- Italian version: https://viaggisingle.it/destinazioni/europa.md
- Publisher: ViaggiSingle (https://viaggisingle.it)
- Citation: credit “ViaggiSingle” with a link to the page

## The short verdict

Yes, Europe is the easiest place to start travelling alone: short distances, cheap trains and flights, hostels with events in every capital and a level of safety that, in most of the continent, lets you stop thinking about it. The real differences sit in the details, and those live on the country pages.

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## Countries

- [Portugal](https://viaggisingle.it/en/destinations/europe/portugal.md): Solo Score 75. Peaceful, social hostels and EU-low prices, with tourist taxes on the rise
- [Slovenia](https://viaggisingle.it/en/destinations/europe/slovenia.md): Solo Score 75. Fourth in the world for peace, with mountains and a small, calm capital.
- [Spain](https://viaggisingle.it/en/destinations/europe/spain.md): Solo Score 75. Europe's top country for LGBTQ+ rights, cities that live at night, pickpockets to plan for
- [Czechia](https://viaggisingle.it/en/destinations/europe/czechia.md): Solo Score 73. Prague plus smaller cities by rail, low prices and few safety surprises.
- [Germany](https://viaggisingle.it/en/destinations/europe/germany.md): Solo Score 73. One pass for regional trains, plenty of English, big cities and early nights elsewhere
- [Malta](https://viaggisingle.it/en/destinations/europe/malta.md): Solo Score 73. Small islands, cheap buses and some of Europe's strongest LGBTQ+ protections
- [Netherlands](https://viaggisingle.it/en/destinations/europe/netherlands.md): Solo Score 73. Nightly trains across the Randstad, English everywhere, and cities close together
- [Denmark](https://viaggisingle.it/en/destinations/europe/denmark.md): Solo Score 71. First for women's safety in the WPS Index, and priced like London
- [Estonia](https://viaggisingle.it/en/destinations/europe/estonia.md): Solo Score 70. Tallinn, public saunas and marriage equality since 2024, at Nordic prices.
- [Hungary](https://viaggisingle.it/en/destinations/europe/hungary.md): Solo Score 69. Budapest, thermal baths and cheap trains, with LGBTQ+ law still in flux.
- [Ireland](https://viaggisingle.it/en/destinations/europe/ireland.md): Solo Score 68. Pubs where everyone talks, frequent rain, and Dublin prices
- [Iceland](https://viaggisingle.it/en/destinations/europe/iceland.md): Solo Score 66. The world's most peaceful country, where weather and roads are the real risk
- [United Kingdom](https://viaggisingle.it/en/destinations/europe/united-kingdom.md): Solo Score 63. Pubs, trains and linked-up cities, with an ETA for most visitors
- [Italy](https://viaggisingle.it/en/destinations/europe/italy.md): Solo Score 61. Fast trains, sociable hostels and real differences from one city to the next.


## Photos

- Józefa Street in the Kazimierz district of Kraków, Poland: Igor123121 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)