Khargath
Traveller
7 comments
Posted 14 years ago
Hello everyone. Im going on my first interrail tour in 2months or so, and i would like to hear your opinion about my route.
I will deal with a 15days global ticket.
I'm starting from Budapest, and from there:
Wien
München
Amsterdam(2days)
Bruxelles
Paris(2days)
Marseilles(1day)
Milano(1day)
Wien
Budapest
I don't have a locked route, i want to go to some smaller towns to, and stay for 2-3hours before moving on. Do you think that my route is good enough?:)
Thanks, Khar
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi Khar.
First maybe think about the 10 days in 22 InterRail Global Pass instead of the 15 days continuous as it is cheaper. And often you have a day of break in between the cities. Using the rule for night trains, it is a good choice:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train[/u]
Your route is a good one. Just check the country topics for details: [u]https://rail.cc/en/countries[/u]
In the Netherlands avoid the Thalys trains:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/amsterdam-brussels-train-thalys/f3991[/u]
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/thalys/41[/u]
Paris-Marseilles is the best to do either by a night train connection: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train/france/fr[/u]
Or by TGV: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/tgv-sncf/42[/u]
Marseilles-Milano by supplement free trains:
Marseilles-Monaco-Ventimiglia by Regional trains.
From there by free IC train to Milano.
From Milano you can catch on the way a night train to Vienna:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/rome-vienna-train/f1418[/u]
Or use day trains as for the scenic route.
Peter :)
Khargath
Traveller
7 comments
Thanks Peter for the tips!
I checked it and you have right about the 10day pass:)
I still have a big-big question, which is kinda offtopic here, but i will post it anyway. I hope you can help me.
The thing is, that I live in the middle of Romania(Miercurea Ciuc) in a small town(40000+ people). I will order the pass from the internet from you guys, but i don't really understand the idea of the 50% reducement in my living country. So we have a small trainstation and if i go there, and tell the old lady that i have InterrailPass, so i have reducement, she will probably laugh on me, and tell me that she never heared anything about it before.
So i will probably buy a ticket(anyway i'm student, so i get some reducement); but if i'm moving on towards Budapest do i need to buy ticket only untill the frontier? And from there show the InterRail pass to the conductor, or should I buy it untill Budapest?
Thanks,
Khar
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi Khar.
That's always the problem: often the train staff in small stations do not know the details about the InterRail pass. :o
The best solution is the one like you said. You will only need a ticket to the border station. If you know the train you want to use to Budapest I can find it out for you. :)
Peter :)
Khargath
Traveller
7 comments
Oh this is awesome! You guys and this forum is really the bless of God!
Well i was thinking about the train called Corona. It is international as i know, so from the border i won't have any problems. It is going from Bucharest to Budapest(And to Wien) if i know it correct. The only problem is that i'm not 100% sure that it's an international train!
Khar
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
It depends on the train.
I think the [b]direct ones[/b] from Miercurea Ciuc to Budapest cross the border at [b]Biharkeresztes[/b],
the [b]ones via Brasov[/b] cross the border at [b]Curtici[/b].
You should check it using the schedule planer, select the connection you want and then click the train name/number (for example the EN123 or R456, ...).
Then you find the border station.
[u]https://rail.cc/en/search-interrail-route[/u]
Peter :)