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imakat
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Posted 11 years ago

hello!
im heading to a festival in barcelona with a couple friends and then on to another one in Pula, Croatia. Before heading up to stay with friends in Budapest and then traveling round europe with them. the trouble is im interailing from Barca to the Pula in a very short amount of time on my own for the first time and have no idea what would be quickest/cheapest route.

I wondered if anyone had any suggestions on a route?? or would know if it was worth catching a ferry from spain to italy and then using the rails across italy/slovinia/croatia instead of going through spain/france/italy/slovinia/croatia via train.

any help or suggestions would be very welcome as to what would be the quickest way and which citys to stop in en route

THANKS FOR ANY HELP :D

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Peter
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replied 11 years ago

Hi.
You can speed up your trip if you spent more money for reservations/ferry.

The [b]ferry from Barcelona to Italy[/b] is a nice and relaxing option, but might become expensive in the summer months.
Details here:

Barcelona - Civitavecchia:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-ferry/barcelona-civitavecchia/23[/u]

Barcelona Spain - Livorno:
[u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-ferry/barcelona-livorno/spain-italy/25[/u]

[b]By train[/b] you can either use the direct night train Barcelona to Milan (high reservation fee) or with a stop in between for example in Nice (but then you have the additional fees for a hostel). Also nice is to include the Little Yellow Train crossing the Pyrenees on your trip from Barcelona to France:

Barcelona - Milan: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/barcelona-to-milan[/u]

Barcelona - Nice: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/barcelona-to-nice[/u]
Nice - Milan: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/nice-to-rome[/u]

Little Yellow Train: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/little-yellow-train-video/[/u]

Then go on to Venice (see schedules). Note: in [b]Italy[/b] you can save a lot of money if you avoid the high speed trains.
[u]https://rail.cc/en/search-interrail-route[/u]

[b]Border crossing to Slovenia[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/blog/travel-lake-bled-train/[/u]

Ljubljana to [b]Pula by train[/b]: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail/ljubljana-to-pula[/u]

An option is as well not to cross the border at Gorizia, but to continue to Trieste by train and from there by [b]bus to Pula[/b] (journey time: 3h, one-way ~ EUR 15).

And finally, if you like the information here on railcc, support us and buy your official Interrail Pass via our partner link [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux]
Thank you! :)

Peter