noyanthenoyan
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 14 years ago
Hi Everyone,
I am very new to the to concept and have never traveled in Europe before. I am visiting a friend in Istanbul this summer and i think it would be a good idea to see around a little as well...
Can you guys please advice me with some routes [b]starting and ending in Istanbul[/b].
I really would like to see main cities in Greece, Italy, Spain, France and England. But would be nicer if i can visit more.
I not very tight on budget and time and looking to have good time.
I am looking forward for the advices.
Thanx in advance to all !!!
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hi!
One question to start: Is your residency in Europe or abroad? To be eligible for InterRail you have to be a resident of an European country or live at least six consecutive months in Europe. Your other option would be an EuRail pass which is very similar to the InterRail passes.
A possible route following the countries you've mentioned could be like this:
:arr: Istanbul - Thessaloniki - Athens
:arr: Athens - Patras - Igoumenitsa - Ancona (Patras - Ancona by ferry) - Roma
:arr: Roma - Firenze (Pisa, Venezia) - Milano - Barcelona
:arr: Barcelona - Sevilla/Malaga/Granada - Madrid - Paris
:arr: Paris (Versailles, Chartres, Rouen, Reims) - Bordeaux - Carcassonne - Marseille (Cote d'Azur) - Lyon - Strasbourg
:arr: Strasbourg - Wien - Budapest - Beograd - Sofiya - Istanbul
:arr: If you want to add Great Britain you can either go with ferry from Calais - Dover or by Eurostar (more expensive); if you need EuRail I'd recommend getting regular Eurostar tickets to London online in advance since EuRail isn't valid in Great Britain. But when bought in advance these regular tickets only cost about as much as the supplement with InterRail would cost.
Of course the above mentioned cities are only a part of places worth visiting and even in a month's time it'd be difficult to visit them all without only rushing through for one day. Here are some links which provide useful information for planning a nice trip - if you have further questions don't hesitate to ask:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/first-interrail-tour/f3303[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/search-train-route[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation[/u]
You will also find a lot of information in the country topics (night trains etc...).
Flo 8)
noyanthenoyan
Traveller
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FLO,
Thanks alot man,
I've a turkish passport. From i've understood with my multiple entry schengen visa to greece i can do this trip with the interrail ticket right?
By the way the route you provided looks awesome. I am planning to do this in two months actually spendind 3-4 days in each location.