bethmanders
Traveller
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Posted 15 years ago
Hi,
Right so me and three others want to get from Barcelona to Venice in July, I originally thought we would just take the night train to Milan and then go to Venice but it seems that's a bit too expensive...so I want to find another route, but apparently the timetables for France aren't available yet. Does anyone know when they will be available? And does anyone know a really good route where maybe we could stop off somewhere, even if it was just for a day break?
Beth
Peter
Traveller
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hi Beth ...
the schedules will be available at the beginning of May... maybe early ... you never know... ;)
a good and cheap route is by regional trains (yes you can do all this by free regional trains) from Barcelona via Cerbere (Spanish/French border), Perpignan, Montpellier, Marseille (along the coast) in direction of Nice. cross the French/Italian border at Ventimiglia.
continue via Genova, Milano to Venice.
in Italy pay attention to their supplements if you won't use regional trains: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/italy/it[/u]
Peter :)
bethmanders
Traveller
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Thank you very much :)
Do you think that the route along the South coast is the best? I imagine that the sites are incredible? How long does that route take? Would it be a good idea to stop somewhere along the way? Sorry about all the questions...
bethmanders
Traveller
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I've been looking around the forum ... Is there any way we could put the 'Little Yellow Train' journey into our travel? Or would that be too difficult?
Peter
Traveller
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it is easy to do ...
from Barcelona Sants go up to in the Pyrenees via Puigcerda - you might use the bus this year again as it was so last year: [u]https://rail.cc/en/search-interrail-route[/u]
cross the border to La Tour de Carol - use the yellow train down in direction to Perpignan - that's it ... now continue your way along the coast in direction of Italy.
it is worth doing this trip trough the Pyrenees !! :)
bethmanders
Traveller
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That was what I thought, as taking the regional trains from Barcelona to Venice takes around 30 hours...I thought the trip along the Pyranees might make it worth the lack of sleep... Thank you very much :P