Paris-Barcelona-South of France-Italy-Croatia-Prague-Germany

Peter
Traveller
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Hi Ben.

With a 22 days pass it should be okay. If you get in a hurry, skip one of the cities - just decide spontaneously during your trip.

Some links to train connections:

[b]Paris-Barcelona:[/b] definitely use the route trough the Pyrenees using as well the [b]Petit Train Jaune[/b] - either on your way to Barcelona or back in direction of Marseilles.
[u]https://rail.cc/en/paris-pyrenees-barcelona-le-petit-tain-jaune/f4023[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/petit-train-jaune-latour-de-carol/f1343[/u]
https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/france/fr

[b]Barcelona-Marseilles:[/b] either using the Petit Train Jaune or one of the following solutions...
[u]https://rail.cc/en/train/marseille-to-nice[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/blog/little-yellow-train-video/[/u]

[b]Marseilles-Nice:[/b] use a free Regional day train.
I recommend to stay in Nice (from there you can have as well day trips to Cannes or Monaco and so on):
[u]https://rail.cc/en/nice/accommodation/c[/u]

[b]Nice-Lake Como[/b] (Lecco for example): several options by free day trains. Just as an example:

Nice Ville Dep: 1023 | free Regional train
Ventimiglia Arr 1112

Ventimiglia Dep: 1150 | free Regional train
Finale Ligure Marina Arr: 1337

Finale Ligure Marina Dep: 1433 | free Regional train
Milano Centrale Arr: 1737

Milano Centrale Dep: 1750 | free Regional train
Lecco Arr: 1836

In [b]Italy[/b] use day trains but pay attention to supplements: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/italy/it[/u]
You will always find free connections. Slower but free then: [u]https://rail.cc/en/search-interrail-route[/u]

From Italy in direction to [b]Croatia[/b] you have as well several options. One is by ferry: [u]https://rail.cc/en/ferry-italy-croatia/f2338[/u]
Or via Slovenia using the unofficial way - but fast: [u]https://rail.cc/en/venice-ljubljana-train/f3664[/u]

From [b]Croatia to Prague[/b] maybe have a stop at [b]Lake Balaton[/b] (Siofok) or better in [b]Budapest[/b] and [b]Krakow[/b]. Both cities really worth to stay:
several day train connections - use schedule planer mentioned above, with changes in either Zidani Most or Vienna.

[b]Budapest-Krakow[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/budapest-krakow-night-train/f3304[/u]

[b]Krakow-Prague[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/krakow-prague-night-train/f3847[/u]

Then [b]Prague-Berlin[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/prague-berlin-train/f3360[/u]

[b]Berlin-Paris[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/berlin-paris-train/f2545[/u]

I hope this will help you. I recommend to reserve for example the last night train (Berlin-Paris) already at your departure in Paris, as you know your return date and in summer this train is easily booked out.

Other travel route could be [b]Berlin-Amsterdam[/b]:

[b]Amsterdam-Paris[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/berlin-amsterdam-train/f2407[/u]

I hope this answer will help you planing your tour. And if you like our forum and all the work, support it and buy your official InterRail pass via [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux] ... Thank you!
Peter :)

Duckhunt
Traveller
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Wow Peter! Thank you so much! That's as thorough as I could hope for! So with my pass do i need to reserve places on these trains? Or is it possible/smart to just jump on a train and go? Is Berlin-Paris the only one i should reserve?

Thank you so much for the help!

Ben

Peter
Traveller
9337 comments

Most trains are free, especially the ones I mentioned.
Just click the topics. For night trains you have to pay a reservation for a bed or seat - see as well the links.

So you will definitely need reservations for:
1 Paris - direction of Barcelona (using a night train, but it is cheap)
2 Maybe in Italy, depends on which trains you use - see links, but slower trains are free.
3 Budapest-Krakow when using the night train
4 Krakow-Prague when using the night train
5 Berlin - Paris when using the night train

But keep in mind: using a night train will save you travel time and as well the money for a hostel.
Peter :)