soupyjnr
Traveller
0 comments
Posted 13 years ago
Hello guys
I am going interrailing in April; I have never been before and havn't met anybody who has done it before either so I am kind of guessing everything!
I just have a few questions, well just three
1 : How many countries would you recommend I visit; I am going for 31 days
2 : Does it normally take around 10 hours to get from one country to the next. For example, I am planning on flying from Belfast to Faro, and then going Faro - Lisbon, then Lisbon to Madrid, but its saying it will take 11 hours ([u]https://rail.cc/en/train/lisbon-to-madrid[/u]); is this normal or is their a quicker way to do it. Also, is it the best thing to do to fly from Belfast to Faro?
3 : Is it the norm for their to be a supplement on most trains, or is there something I am missing to help get rid of these costs
Thanks for any replies in advance
Take care
Ryan
Hetman
Traveller
364 comments
1) is it really important how many? ...
2) yes, it is normal
3) yes, in some part of the trains you have to have reservation. but this website/forum helps to you choose the cheapest way(no always the fastest, naturally!) so, please, you have lot of time to prepare the travel and try to look for interesting informations for your here
nltrainer
Traveller
1405 comments
re [2]-this is nonsense. OK-you live in Belfast-to get to Dublin would take like 2,5-3 hrs. but if you happen to start just before border it is just 5 mins till over. same-ame for any pair of adjacant countries. In fact-though the brits may be a bit unaware of it, travelling In the assorted Schnengen countries you hardly see any borders-teher are no regular checks. You see the trainnames and colours change and hear the boarding people speak another lingo [that is, if you belong to the few brits who seem able to hear it).
thus this remark makes no sense- the only imprtt thing is to look in some travelplanner how long trips will take. To your dismay you may then note that some are disproportionate or not even listed-that likely means there is no direct train-check a decent map for that
jennigan
Traveller
4 comments
Surely the first question depends on how much you want to see in each country? Some countries are bigger than others and have more to see! And if all you're doing is ticking off countries you've passed through, then I would imagine you can get through a lot in 31 days. But I personally would recommend spending at least two or three days in most cities - often you'll get to a city late/tired, or need to leave early for a train, so the days you arrive and the days you depart usually end up being half days or no days in a city.
Most cities I went to had a lot to offer and I could easily spend two or three in all of the ones I went to, even the smaller ones. In one month, I would probably not want to go to any more than eight or nine cities, but this is personal preference too.
As for question two - it depends on the route and which cities you're talking about! It took me just over two hours to get from London to Paris on the Eurostar, but about fifteen hours to get from Amsterdam to Copenhagen. So it depends! Look on a map and look up train schedules.