Gillbean
Traveller
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Posted 13 years ago
Hi! Me and my boyfriend want to interrail in Belgium, Germany and France for two weeks in August, but neither of us have done it before. I've read up alot about the train options and would like to try and avoid paying surcharges and extra fees where possible. I was wondering if anyone could tell me if that's doable on the route we want to do? Also, do we need to book trains in advance a few days before we take them? Generally speaking we don't want to do loads of train journeys - we want to spend a few days in each place.
This is our route ideally:
Brussels to Berlin
Berlin to Paris
Paris to Nice
Peter
Traveller
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Hi.
It depends on the train, on the country and on the time of the year you travel if you have to book a train early in advance (only trains which need a reservation).
But if you want, you can travel all this as well for free with booking reservations in advance and pay any extras. But then you definitely will need more times, especially on the routes you travel which are main high-speed and high frequent routes.
Examples:
[b]Brussels - Berlin[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/brussels-berlin-train/f6066[/u]
[b]Berlin - Paris[/b]: use the direct night train which you can book in advance online: [u]https://rail.cc/en/berlin-paris-train/f2545[/u]
[b]Paris - Nice[/b]: either by direct TGV train. Then book it in advance, maybe already in Brussels if you know the exact travel date. Or use the direct Corail night train, which you can book online: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train/france/fr[/u]
Peter :)