Kiwionatrain
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 15 years ago
Hi Guys
I will be using the Interrail service for the first time at the end of November and I am looking to get from Barcelona to Prague using the 5 days travel within a 10 day period and was looking for ideas on places to go ,places to avoid and the feasibility of the routes
The first route I had in mind was the Barcelona,Marseilles,Zurich,Munich,Prague which looks like it will be pretty straight forward
The second route I had in mind was Barcelona,Marseilles,Genoa,Zargreb,Wien,Prague
I like the second route better but would appreciate any advice on how well it will work
Cheers
Nick
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
:arr: Barcelona - Marseille
Barcelona 0916 - 1200 Cerbere
Cerbere 1243 - 1514 Montpellier
Montpellier 1530 - 1734 Marseille
The shown services are supplement-free. There are only two day express trains Barcelona - Montpellier which require supplement and are not much faster than the regional trains.
:arr: Marseille - Genoa
Marseille 0925 - 1155 Nice
Nice 1216 - 1308 Ventimiglia
Ventimiglia 1354 - 1701 Genoa
Again, all shown services are supplement-free. A similar connection is available two hours earlier; other connections (which are up to 1h30 faster include trains with compulsory reservation, ie TGV, TEOZ, IC).
:arr: Genoa - Zagreb
This is a difficult one. There is only one train crossing the Italian-Slovenian border, it's the Venezia - Budapest night train, meaning you would have to get of this train around 4am. However, since you only have 5 travel days this isn't an option because you then would miss one travel day for your route.
Only way to include Zagreb is the following:
Genoa 0919 - 1055 Milano :!: IC, 3€ reservation
Milano 1135 - 1358 Venezia :!: ESItalia, 10€ reservation
Venezia 1600 - 1913 Villach :!: EC, 7€ reservation
Villach 1927 - 2334 Zagreb
You see it gets quite expensive here.
:arr: Zagreb - Wien
Zagreb 0725 - 1405 Wien
:arr: Wien - Prag
Wien 0958 - 1425 Praha
Frequent services, approx every two hours
You see that your route would perfectly fit into the 5in10 pass. :)
If you have other questions feel free to ask.
Flo 8)