motu25
Traveller
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Posted 12 years ago
hi,
We are 2 people travelling to Italy, France and switzerland from 19th april 2012 to 29th april 2012.
we wiil be coming to rome on 19th april 2012
in italy we want to go to rome, florence, venice and capri
in switzerland we are plannig to go to interlacken (any more suggestion for destination in switzerland are welcome)
in france we plan to go to paris and nice
what we want to know is should we buy a eurail pass
at what all routes will we need to make extra reservation even if we buy eurail pass
we would like to minimize the cost, so need to find out if it will be cheaper to take a pass or point to point tickets
Peter
Traveller
9333 comments
Hi.
On some routes you will find special price offers of the national railway companies.
Simply check their websites:
[b]Italy[/b]: [ux]https://rail.shop/omio[/ux]
[b]Switzerland[/b]: [ux]https://rail.shop/swisstravelpass[/ux]
[b]France[/b]: [ux]https://rail.shop/omio[/ux]
If you want to travel by Eurail, then an [b]Eurail Select Pass[/b] would be an option:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/eurail-select-pass[/u]
[b]Extra reservations[/b]
We listed all [b]reservations here[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/eurail-train-reservation[/u]
Compare them to trains listed in the [b]schedule planers[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/search-eurail-route[/u]
Or have a look on the [b]routes given by the railccs[/b]. We always list options free of extra fees: [u]https://rail.cc/en/search-eurail-route[/u]
[b]Examples[/b]:
[b]Rome - Florence[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/eurail/rome-to-florence[/u]
[b]Florence - Venice[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/eurail/florence-to-venice[/u]
In Italy you can avoid the Eurostar Italia trains (reservation fee EUR 10) using IC or local trains.
On the route Italy to Switzerland, it depends on the route you will use. If traveling grom [b]Milan to Switzerland[/b], you can avoid extra fees using regional trains from Milano to Chiasso and then continue by IC/EC trains.
[u]https://rail.cc/en/eurail/milan-to-chiasso[/u]
Around Interlaken: [u]https://rail.cc/en/train/lucerne-to-interlaken[/u]
[b]Switzerland[/b]: all trains are free on the main routes to use except some special private companies (see link above - reservations).
From [b]Switzerland to Paris[/b] you can use a TGV train: [u]https://rail.cc/en/eurail/interlaken-to-paris[/u]
[b]Paris to Nice[/b] either by TGV train or by night train: [u]https://rail.cc/en/eurail/paris-to-nice[/u]
And if you like the railcc project and want to travel by Eurail, buy your official pass directly in our partner. Thank you, Peter :)
Flo
Traveller
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Hi,
since you will be starting trip rather soon (2 weeks), you probably will be better off with a EuRail pass since you wont get the best offers for regular cheap advance tickets anymore. Moreover, train travel especially in Switzerland is rather expensive and the EuRail pass is very good value in that case.
Regarding your route, do you have fix start and end points (eg where you fly to/back home)?
As Peter mentioned, you can use IC or regional trains in Italy to avoid the 10€ reservation you need for travelling on fast AV and ES City services.
When going to Switzerland you have to avoid the direct EC services from Milano to Zürich/Basel/Geneve unless you want to pay 10€ for a reservation. I would either recommend to go via Chiasso - Bellinzona - Arth-Goldau to Luzern and the following day on to Interlaken; or go from Milano to Tirano, then via the Bernina Pass to Pontresina and the following day via Filisur - Disentis - Andermatt - Brig to Interlaken.
:arr: [u]https://rail.cc/en/train/st-moritz-to-tirano[/u]
To go to Paris, the fastest option are the Lyria branded TGV services which require a 9€ reservation. What you could do to avoid these is to go to Mulhouse or Strasbourg via Basel and then use a domestic TGV, for which the reservation costs with EuRail should be only 3€.
As delivery of the EuRail pass takes some time you should decide soon. ;)
And if you need any further help on planning, just let us know.
Flo 8)