cademachin
Traveller
3 comments
Posted 10 years ago
I am going to Amsterdam by coach on Wednesday and then wish to travel as far South into Italy as I can with my rail pass. I have the 10 day in 22 interrail pass so would ideally like to make it within five days so I can return with the remaining five.
I can't decide which route would be the fastest, via Germany and Austria or Belgium, France and Switzerland. Or if there is a faster route not obvious to me... If it makes it easier I am not too fussy about what cities I visit on the way, just the fastest route. I'm happy to visit any European city at least once, plus I can head to specific locations on the way back.
I recently travelled to Croatia and back from the UK by train so I do have some experience. Last time we went via France, but we had the luxury of high speed trains from Paris to Lyon and then onto Milan. I would preferably like to use only trains that do not come with a huge added cost on top of the interrail pass.
Is this possible in five days?
Is this possible with time for sightseeing on the way?
Has anyone here done a similar route?
Any advice would is greatly appreciated!
Judging from google maps both routes seem similar distance, I just don't know which would be the fastest train wise.
Thanks :)
nltrainer
Traveller
1405 comments
its poss in 2 traveldays-using the after 19.00 rule.
CNL to Basel,pay RES; Swiss train to border (as free) or direct (pay) to Milano, then again overnight (but can lve earlier-pay for the superfast Freccia, I think as far as Roma), pay RES ICN to Sicilia. Times are (too lazy even for that?) on about any euro-wide trainplanner, incl those on this site linked into. Or use the countries sub-fora, these have printed out, ''hand-made'' overveiws of major lines with options for free-or hardly RES-supplmt.
cademachin
Traveller
3 comments
Thanks a lot, appreciated! I'm currently without a laptop so I'm posting from my mobile. This makes checking the schedules for each country quite difficult but I'll give it a try.
I don't mind paying some fees but would prefer free to interrail user trains as much as possible on the way. From what I've read on here it seems Italy has quite high supplements, so I'll need to save my money for the fees there.
I think directly south through Switzerland, then onto Milan via Domodossola could be fastest. Only problem is the rainy Swiss weather and camping haha. Thanks for your help
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi.
Like nltrainer already wrote:
Netherlands to Switzerland: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/amsterdam-to-basel[/u]
Switzerland to Italy: for example here - [u]https://rail.cc/blog/zurich-milano-albula-bernina/[/u]
Night train in Italy: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train/italy/it[/u]
Except of the night train, you can travel for free with Interrail - but the night train replaces the bed in a hostel. :)
And please be fair and buy your official Interrail pass via the railcc partner link [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux] to support all the free information on railcc. Thank you! :)
Peter :)
cademachin
Traveller
3 comments
Thanks! As I said I only have a mobile at the moment so navigating the site to find specific pages was a nightmare. Those direct links are perfect, life saver! :D