Lulu21
Traveller
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Posted 10 years ago
Hi Everyone :)
My friend and me are both new to use a train ticket trough europe. My friend is american I'm german.
He is traveling for almost 3 month and I will just travel with him for 22 days. We will start next month already, we decided it kind of spontaneously, so we don't have a fixed plan yet. We were thinking of starting in Amsterdam, then Paris going down to spain and then over to Italy. Which are places we should definitely see? And how far ahead do we have to order our train tickets would be a few days before enough? We are happy for any help and tip we get :) thanks in advance x
Peter
Traveller
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Hi.
A lot to see on your route.
Some important notes:
Amsterdam to Paris: think about a stop somewhere in Belgium, for example Brugges or Ghent.
Avoid the direct and very expensive THALYS train on Amsterdam-Paris and use free trains: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/amsterdam-to-paris[/u]
From Paris to Spain you could travel via Bordeaux to Arcachon: [u]https://rail.cc/en/arcachon/dune-de-pyla/l142[/u]
Then by free regional train to the border Hendaye and on by Euskotren (inexpensive for about EUR 5) to San Sebastian...
An other option would be including the Little Yellow Train via this route: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/little-yellow-train-video/[/u]
From Spain to France, include a stop somewhere along the coast... for example in Nice.
You can use free trains and avoid a reservation: [u]https://rail.cc/en/train/barcelona-to-nice[/u]
From there border crossing at Ventimiglia...
It is no problem to travel together with Interrail and Eurail...
Order the passes two weeks in advance. To support the free information and the forum on railcc, please be fair and buy your official Interrail pass via our railcc partner link: [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux]
Thank you! :)
Shipping of an Eurail pass can not be made to an European postal address.
Peter :)