azgull
Traveller
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Posted 14 years ago
What do you guys think about this trip? Is it too many cities for a 22 day continuous pass? Here it is on a map: [u]http://goo.gl/0hqk[/u]
We have booked night train to Amsterdam to begin with, then we plan on booking night trains one or two days before we want to go on again.
We have considered bringing a tent but kind of dropped that idea thinking that we wont be able to camp in these big cities? We would prefer it if we could mix it with booking a few nights at hostels. But we're afraid it's not realistic and it would be pretty stupid to bring a tent and have that to carry around if it wouldn't get used.
We're both first-time interrailers so tips would be very much appreciated. As for the route, if you think there's something we just must see please tell us!
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hi!
Might be interesting to read first: ;) [u]https://rail.cc/en/first-interrail-tour/f3303[/u]
About camping: Certainly no problem in Amsterdam (Zeeburg, Vliegenbos,...), Paris (Bois de Boulogne) as well as in Barcelona and Wien. I dont know what the situation is like in the other cities...can help you only with those mentioned cities. ;) If you are trying to save a little money, certainly a good way - and you also meet other travellers of course.
You'll find a lot of train/route suggestions here at the different country boards of the forum - some examples:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/amsterdam-paris-train/f1472[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/paris-pyrenees-barcelona-le-petit-tain-jaune/f4023[/u]
Barcelona - Roma:
Either by ferry (Barcelona - Civitavecchia, I think there's an InterRail reduction)
Or with (expensive) Elipsos night train to Milano and then on to Roma with connecting trains
Or have a stop at Nice/Cote d'Azur for a day or two
Hope I could help you for now - if you have more questions, just ask. :)
Flo 8)
azgull
Traveller
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Thanks a lot for the help. I have a few questions.
Do we need to bring anything for the hostels? All the ones I've been looking at seems to have sheets included I'm not familiar with staying at hostels so I'd like to know whether to bring anything else.
Also I've been thinking that it'd be a good idea to get a padlock, because I read that the lockers at hostels sometimes are free to use but you have to use your own padlock.
By the way, do you think we should choose to only travel by night train or is there some beautiful scenery we'd be missing out on if we choose this only? I did see that Le Petite route in France, and it looks pretty amazing. I'm bringing my DSLR so I'll surely be shooting a lot of photos, but it would be pretty annoying to do that through a dirty train window :(
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi.
I usually have a small light weight sleeping back with me ... using it as well if I sleep on a seat in a night train ... or if I am sitting on a meadow for cooking.
But always had sheets in the hostels I used.
A padlock is not bad to have it with you - just a normal one.
Peter :)