Obsidianfire
Traveller
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Posted 10 years ago
Myself and a group of 5 friends are organizing a [b]15 day trip[/b] starting from Rome where we will all fly in and and start our journey from. We are hoping to travel in the last two weeks of September
Italy:Rome,Pisa,Florence,Venice
Austria: Hallstatt and Salzburg
Switzerland: interlaken/or a other location in Switzerland
Bavaria: Munchen and Neuschwanstein Castle
France:Paris
We are going sight seeing no and were not really into museums and festivals.
is this doable or we trying to see too much ?
Any tips that you could share would be appreciated
Flo
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Hi!
The trip certainly is doable, however you could think about extending it for a few days in order to stay longer at some places - also, you could probably do just fine with the 10 travel days of the 10in22 ticket which would be cheaper than the 15continuous as well.
In Switzerland I could recommend the Bernina Pass route: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/zurich-milano-albula-bernina/[/u]
Interlaken itself is not particularly interesting IMO, and since the trains from there to the Jungfrau area are not included in InterRail I would think about other places to go. Besides Bernina area Lucerne is quite nice...or Bern. :)
Flo 8)
Obsidianfire
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thanks for the fast response i am wondering we have changed our travel route slightly
we plan to go to the following cities in the following order
Italy:Rome(3 nights),Pisa(0 nights),Florence(1 night),Venice(night train)
Austria: Hallstatt and Salzburg (2 nights)
Bavaria: Fussen and Neuschwanstein Castle (1 night) , Munich (1 night)
Switzerland: Zurich and mt Rigi (2 night)
France:Paris (3 nights)
were wondering which trips we would need to pay a supplement i have allready discrend that the trip from venice to Salzberg would require a a night train and the very least require a 9 euro supplement for a 2nd class seat.
but about all the other trips would they require supplements any guidance on that would be appreciated.
Peter
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Hi.
Italy: high speed trains require a reservation - often you can use much slower but free regional trains - [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/italy/it[/u]
Venice-Salzburg by night train: you arrive rely early in the morning - [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train/venice-vienna-en-236/97[/u]
Austria to Germany to Switzerland is free.
Switzerland-Paris: by Lyria with reservation - [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/tgv-lyria/lyria-lyria/162[/u]
Peter
Flo
Traveller
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Consider that the Rigi Bahnen only grant a 50% discount for InterRail pass holders.
Obsidianfire
Traveller
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Thnx again we are really interested in seeing the Swiss Alps any other routes you guys could suggest that would allow us to see the Swiss alps. From Munich we don't mind traveling anywhere in proximity to Zurich as we really only want to travel from Zurich to Paris and are not so interested in the City itself.
Flo
Traveller
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Did you check out the link I posted above?
Obsidianfire
Traveller
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yeah i checked out your link its very beautiful but i don't think that the route fits well in our travel route.
From Munich we want to go to the Swiss Alps and then to Paris before we head home via and Eurostar and Thalys.
Time seems to be the issue and maybe it is better if we just go to rigi ?
Flo
Traveller
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Well it would be no problem to take an early train from Venice to Milan, then take the train via Bernina route until Sargans [u]https://rail.cc/en/train/milan-to-zurich[/u] then the night train to Salzburg [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train/zurich-vienna-en-467/63[/u]
But Rigi would be totally fine, the view on top is really stunning. However you will only see the Alps from far - if you want to travel through the Alps you should consider the Bernina route or go from Arth-Goldau (where the line to Rigi begins) south on the Gotthard Line to Göschenen and the through Schöllenen Gorge to Andermatt and maybe also continue to Oberalppass. This could be easily done as a day trip from Zürich or Lucerne as well however MGB which operates the line from Göschenen to Andermatt and Oberalppass only grants a 50% discount for InterRail.