Lordmwa
Traveller
117 comments
Posted 13 years ago
Hi
I have posted before but now have a rough idea of a route
Day 1 - London to Avignon and then avignon to perpignan
Day 2 - Perpignan to La tour-de-carol on the little yellow train and back to catch the Sleeper to Zurich
Day 3 - Day to get to Zermatt spending some time in Zurich and maybe somwehere else along the way
Day 4 - Glacier Express to Chur, Chur to Nuremberg
Day 5 - Day in Nuremberg, Travel to munich, Night Train to Rome
Day 6 - Day in Rome and then late departure night train to milan
Day 7 - Get to padua early morning
Day 8 - Travel short distance to venice for day, Night train to munich
Day 9 - Travel to Salzburg and day there
Day 10 - Possibly Day in Munich with night train to Hamburg
Day 11 - Travel to Copenhagen, few hours there Night Train to Amsterdam
Day 12 - Travel to Cologne
Day 13 - Travel to Strasboug
Day 14 - Travel to Dijon and then onto Paris
Day 15 - Day in Paris before Eurostar back to London
I Know it seems like a lot but im hoping with utilisation of night trains that we have most of a day in most places
Flo
Traveller
10724 comments
Hi!
Some thoughts about your route:
Perpignan - Latour de Carol: Here is the timetable: [u]http://telechargement.ter-sncf.com/Images/Languedoc_Roussillon/Tridion/08-Perpignan-Villefranche-Latour-de-Carol_12_2010_tcm-22-55703.pdf[/u]
Perpignan - Zürich: The night train is very expensive, have a look here: [u]https://rail.cc/en/barcelona-geneva-bern-zurich-night-train/f1098[/u] As an alternative I could suggest this: Going to Latour just one way (if you start early in Perpignan you can stop in some small village along the route), then in the evening down to Toulouse. From Toulouse there should be a night train running to Geneve in the summer months (it isnt confirmed yet but was running the last years) where you can continue to Zürich with IC. Costs are only ~2€ for a nice reclining seat or ~15-20€ in a couchette. :)
I would skip Zermatt, instead go Zürich - Göschenen - Disentis - Pontresina as described here: [u]https://rail.cc/en/glacier-express/f1750[/u] On the next day (4) go via the Bernina Pass to Milan and then Roma.
Day (5) in Roma, then continue as planned to Munich. There you could include the trip to Nürnberg, then continue as planned. Should work although you are on a rather tight schedule. But you will see a lot of nice places, also while travelling. :)
If you need help on more detailed planning just let me know.
Flo 8)