becky84
Traveller
2 comments
Posted 14 years ago
Hello,
I am planning to use the InterRail across Europe on a 2-3 week trip, ending up in Moscow. I'm interested to know how travelling between countries works - for example, if I buy the correct ticket, can you quite literally just change at, say Paris, and get a line to Italy (as long as there is a connecting service), or do you need a specific ticket saying where you are going, for how long, etc?
Also, I'm interested in using the glacier express - does anyone have any other recommendations for good countries to travel through?
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Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hi!
Your InterRail pass is your train ticket - you dont need to purchase extra tickets for crossing countries. What you might need are extra supplements/reservations, but that depends on the train you want to travel with.
For basic information on InterRailing including finding train schedules, supplement/reservation info and more, follow this link:
:idea: [u]https://rail.cc/en/first-interrail-tour/f3303[/u]
:arr: InterRail isnt valid in Russia, if you want to end your trip in Moscow, I'd recommend to buy a regular ticket to Moscow in Warszawa.
:arr: All countries in Europe have particular nice places - so it's difficult to make general recommendations. I like Portugal, Spain, France, Switzerland a lot for instance, but there are very nice places in Scandinavia or in the South-East as well... ;)
:arr: [u]https://rail.cc/en/glacier-express/f1750[/u] or [u]https://rail.cc/en/bernina-express/f1749[/u]
Flo 8)
Robert_Antonio
Traveller
53 comments
The Interrail Pass isn't valid in Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, but regular tickets in this countries are cheap in comparison with European trains. The former Soviet trains generally require a couchette or bed reservation (well...you can theoretically travel without it, but who would travel two or three days in an overcrowded sitting car :| ) If you buy a ticket at former Soviet station, the reservation is integrated to the ticket, but if you buy an international ticket from other country, you should explicitly buy a reservation to it.
There is a direct train from Warszawa to Moscow via Belarus, but if you really want to save money, you can go via Krakow (Poland) and Lvov (Ukraine). Buy a ticket from Krakow (22:34) to Lvov (6:02), for this train is a special discounted offer, and then a regular ticket from Lvov to Moscow (you should try the Ukrainian Railways e-shop, see [u]https://rail.cc/en/train/kiev-to-sofia[/u])
Personally I think that Krakow is much more interesting city than Warszawa 8)
And a third advance of trip via Ukraine is, that if you are EU, US or Canadian citizien, you need a visa to Belarus but not to Ukraine.
becky84
Traveller
2 comments
Brilliant - thanks for the tips! :D