Ringo2112
Traveller
7 comments
Posted 10 years ago
Hi, I am taking my nieces to Europe in the early summer. I have a couple of questions. Do I need reservations for trains if we all have EuRail passes and also if we want to ride high speed trains, will we need to pay extra? thanks, Greg
Peter
Traveller
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Hi Greg.
Some trains require an extra reservation, some not. It depends on the route you travel.
Here you find a list of trains for which you have to buy an extra reservation: [u]https://rail.cc/en/eurail-train-reservation[/u]
The best is to give us your planed route.
A good example on how to avoid extra fees and at the same time traveling a free and much more scenic route is this one:
[u]https://rail.cc/blog/zurich-milano-albula-bernina/[/u]
To support the free information and the forum on railcc, please be fair and buy your official Eurail pass via our railcc partner link: [u]https://rail.cc/en/eurail[/u]
Thank you! :)
Peter :)
Ringo2112
Traveller
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Peter, hi, thanks for the response, I am thinking of going Amsterdam-Berlin-Dresden-Prague-Vienna-Salzburg-Innsbruck-Venice-Milan, and after Milan, kind of up in the air, may shoot over to Paris, thanks again, Greg
Peter
Traveller
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Hi Greg.
Amsterdam - Berlin - Dresden - Prague - Vienna - Salzburg - Innsbruck is free using day trains.
From Innsbruck think about traveling via Villach to Lake Bled - very nice.
Then from Slovenia border crossing to Italy and on to Venice: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/travel-lake-bled-train/[/u]
Venice to Milan is possible by free regional trains - or you use a high-speed-train for EUR 10. This reservation is available at a ticket machine at an Italian railway station. It is EUR 10 - select the booking option Global Pass.
From Milan you have three options:
- the direct day and night trains are not included in Eurail, you only get a discount - which isn't really a discount. Still very expensive.
- Other option by IC train (+EUR 3) to the border of France (Ventimiglia), then by free local train to Nice ([u]https://rail.cc/en/nice/c[/u]) or Marseilles ([u]https://rail.cc/en/marseille/c[/u]). From there either by inexpensive French night train or direct TGV high-speed-train (+EUR 6-18) to Paris.
- third option is from Milan crossing the Alps using the connection I gave you already above: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/zurich-milano-albula-bernina/[/u]
Then one night in Zurich and from there to Paris. The direct Lyria train ([u]https://rail.cc/en-type-country/tgv-lyria/lyria-lyria/162[/u]) is expensive. But you can use a Swiss train until the border to France (Basel) from there on to a bigger city in France and then by TGV train (+EUR 6-18, [u]https://rail.cc/en-type-country/train-%C3%A0-grande-vitesse/sncf-tgv/42[/u]) to Paris.
Peter :)
Ringo2112
Traveller
7 comments
Peter, yes, I was thinking of doing that Milan back up to Zurich, (I believe it is called Bernia train), I heard that route is magnificent. How long does that route take?, I belive it goes through Chur? So more than likely we will end up in Zurich. This is a great website. Thanks for your response and will defintley think of buying my tickets through this site, thanks again, Greg
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi Greg.
Just follow the link to the blog post ([u]https://rail.cc/blog/zurich-milano-albula-bernina/[/u]). Scroll down and find information about schedules. If you start early in Milan, you can have a break somewhere in between as trains are frequent on this route.
Even it will take the whole day including stops, it is definitely worth! And absolutely free with an Eurail pass.
Peter :)