Free rail travel across Europe for Czech teens

Up to 1,700 eighteen-year-old Czechs will get the chance to travel Europe for free this summer, according to the Czech National Agency for International Education and Research. The opportunity comes through DiscoverEU, a European Parliament initiative under the Erasmus+ program. Young travelers can explore the continent for up to 30 days with a time-limited train pass. Popular destinations include Spain, France, and Italy, and the Czech Republic has also become a destination of choice for young travelers from abroad. Participants travel using an Interrail pass, which is valid across a broad network of national and some private railway companies across Europe.