xDanny
Traveller
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Posted 8 years ago
Hi!
First time interrailing, used the website loads to gather info and hopefully have a realistic route worked out. Just some guidance or criticisms would really help?
Going for one month in total and have planned the following trip:
Amsterdam > Berlin > Prague > Kraków > Budapest > Vienna > Venice > Rome > Milan > Paris
Overnight trains: Prague>Kraków, Kraków>Budapest, Vienna>Venice, Milan>Rome.
Is this trip feasible and from the info on here and Internet (I hope!) there are train connections and not too much travelling time (6hrs longest, avg 3-4hrs excluding sleepers)
Thank you in advance!
xDanny
Traveller
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Couldn't find a way to edit..
Just to add to the above, with that route we are opting for the 10 day within 1 month pass. If worked out correctly it's 9 travel days leaving 1 to be safe. Is this also feasible?
Thanks!
Flo
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Hi!
I hope you find the informations on the website useful. We are official partners of interrail.eu - 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! :)
Amsterdam - Berlin: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/amsterdam-berlin/[/u]
Berlin - Prague: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/berlin-prague-train/[/u]
Prague - Krakow: Taking the night train is a good idea - I would recommend to get a reservation for the couchette, but you can also travel in regular seats.
Krakow - Budapest: See above - I recommend to make reservations early, either using the reservation service offered by our partner [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux] interrail.eu or in Berlin at the train station.
Budapest - Vienna: Frequent direct trains, at least every two hours. No reservation needed but recommended at peak times.
Vienna - Venice: Same thing as with the other night trains applies.
In Italy I would use high speed trains between each city, the reservation is 10€ and can be bought locally at stations and ticket machines (using the Global Pass fare option).
Milan - Paris: This could be tricky as the direct TGV are ridiculously expensive...you could think about using your 10th travel day to cross Switzerland and make an extra overnight stop somewhere in between, for instance Mulhouse, Colmar, Strasbourg, Freiburg,...
Flo 8)
xDanny
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[quote]Hi!
I hope you find the informations on the website useful. We are official partners of interrail.eu - 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! :)
Amsterdam - Berlin: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/amsterdam-berlin/[/u]
Berlin - Prague: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/berlin-prague-train/[/u]
Prague - Krakow: Taking the night train is a good idea - I would recommend to get a reservation for the couchette, but you can also travel in regular seats.
Krakow - Budapest: See above - I recommend to make reservations early, either using the reservation service offered by our partner [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux] interrail.eu or in Berlin at the train station.
Budapest - Vienna: Frequent direct trains, at least every two hours. No reservation needed but recommended at peak times.
Vienna - Venice: Same thing as with the other night trains applies.
In Italy I would use high speed trains between each city, the reservation is 10€ and can be bought locally at stations and ticket machines (using the Global Pass fare option).
Milan - Paris: This could be tricky as the direct TGV are ridiculously expensive...you could think about using your 10th travel day to cross Switzerland and make an extra overnight stop somewhere in between, for instance Mulhouse, Colmar, Strasbourg, Freiburg,...
Flo 8) [/quote]
Thanks for all that, that's great advice! We're looking at booking the reservations all in advance, we came across this with the Milan - Paris but managed to find it through [ux]https://rail.shop/omio[/ux] for around £50 each for the sleeper train which wasn't too bad, we was originally going to go to Zurich but just decided to just bite the bullet.
Have I found that price right? Here was the search ($67 Euro per passenger for 6 bed couchette?):
[ux]https://rail.shop/omio[/ux]
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Alright, if you want to book reservations in advance I recommend to get the night train reservations for Prague - Krakow, Krakow - Budapest and Vienna - Venice via the reservation service of interrail.eu
You can book the night train Milan - Paris via our affiliate link to Omio, thank you: [u]https://rail.shop/omio/[/u]
Keep in mind that the price of 67€ is the Go advance fare which has nothing to do with Interrail - you wont need an Interrail travel day for that journey.
The Thello night train only offers a special reduction for Interrail pass holders, the ticket Milan - Paris in a 6bed couchette is 71€ then - so you would save a bit of money by going with the Go fare.
If you take the night train Milan - Paris (and do not have to use other trains on that day) that would mean that you only need eight travel days...so you could think about adding an extra destination or go with the 7 day Interrail pass and buy another advance fare ticket for another trip.
xDanny
Traveller
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[quote]Alright, if you want to book reservations in advance I recommend to get the night train reservations for Prague - Krakow, Krakow - Budapest and Vienna - Venice via the reservation service of interrail.eu
You can book the night train Milan - Paris via our affiliate link to Omio, thank you: [u]https://rail.shop/omio/[/u]
Keep in mind that the price of 67€ is the Go advance fare which has nothing to do with Interrail - you wont need an Interrail travel day for that journey.
The Thello night train only offers a special reduction for Interrail pass holders, the ticket Milan - Paris in a 6bed couchette is 71€ then - so you would save a bit of money by going with the Go fare.
If you take the night train Milan - Paris (and do not have to use other trains on that day) that would mean that you only need eight travel days...so you could think about adding an extra destination or go with the 7 day Interrail pass and buy another advance fare ticket for another trip.[/quote]
Yeah we will be using that site to do so for the reservations thank you.
I didn't realise that with the Milan - Paris, so now might consider adding an extra day in and go to somewhere in Switzerland after all!
Thank you for the help and will double check the reservations before booking to make sure they are seat ones for use with Interrail and not full normal tickets, if it works out cheaper.
Flo
Traveller
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Dont forget to buy your Interrail passes also via [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux] - same price for you but at the same time you support our work. Thanks :)
I recommend to get the reservations for the night trains Prague - Krakow, Krakow - Budapest and Vienna - Venice beforehand. The day trains Amsterdam - Berlin and Budapest - Vienna can be used without reservations.
For the reservations for the high speed trains in Italy it is sufficient to book locally so you still have some flexibility.
If you choose to go through Switzerland, I can recommend this route: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/zurich-milano-albula-bernina/[/u]
xDanny
Traveller
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[quote]Dont forget to buy your Interrail passes also via [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux] - same price for you but at the same time you support our work. Thanks :)
I recommend to get the reservations for the night trains Prague - Krakow, Krakow - Budapest and Vienna - Venice beforehand. The day trains Amsterdam - Berlin and Budapest - Vienna can be used without reservations.
For the reservations for the high speed trains in Italy it is sufficient to book locally so you still have some flexibility.
If you choose to go through Switzerland, I can recommend this route: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/zurich-milano-albula-bernina/[/u][/quote]
Yeah definitely will buy them through that, brilliant website :) !
One last question - the Prague - Krakow sleeper shows a long stop at Bohumín, just to double check you're not required to physically change trains?
Thank you for the help, going to get the reservations booked now for the sleepers and then bare the others in mind! That train route looks really picturesque, almost makes me want to go Zurich for that, going to consider our plans and look to finish off that route! Thank you so much.
Flo
Traveller
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In Bohumin the Krakow - Budapest/Prague/Vienna and Warsaw - Budapest/Prague/Vienna night trains have a longer stop to exchange through coaches. The same happens in Breclav where the Krakow/Warsaw - Budapest/Vienna and Berlin/Prague - Budapest/Vienna night trains exchange through coaches. You dont have to get up or change trains.
Definitely think about the Bernina route! It is really nice, maybe also make a break on top at either Alp Grüm or Ospizio Bernina. If you dont find decent priced accomodation it isnt a problem to continue towards France or Germany too. :)