z_cube
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Posted 11 years ago
Hi Peter / Flow,
I have been researching quite a fair bit online with regard to using euorail for my honeymoon trip in May, but I am still rather lost here.
My itineary is as such:
Rome (3N)
Florence (3N)
Venice (2N)
Zermatt (2N)
Geneva (1N)
Interlaken (2N)
Lucerene (1N)
Zurich (2N)
Paris (3N)
Will it be economical to purchase a (1) eurorail select pass for 3 countries within 2 months or (2) eurorail for italy-france pass + swiss pass or (3) P2P.
Bearing in mind that I will be travelling quite often in switzerland and wish to use some of their condolas and well as clog trains for Matterhorn and Top of Europe.
Appreciate if your kind advice please! Thanks much 8)
Flo
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Hi!
France is not longer available with the Eurail Select Passes. :|
I think you will be best off with a combination of p2p tickets (for Italy and Zürich - Paris) plus a Swiss Pass...however it might be more economical to get a Eurail Regional Pass Switzerland - France since the Swiss Pass is only available for 4 and 8 days and both options doesnt suit your route perfectly.
You can check for prices for Italy at rail.shop/acprail/trenitalia (to support railcc) or at the regular Trenitalia website.
To get into Switzerland I would recommend to use regional trains to the border, then continue with your Swiss Pass ([ux]https://rail.shop/acprail/switzerland[/ux]) or Eurail Pass (eg buy a regular ticket online for Venezia - Milano, then get a regular ticket for a train to the border at Chiasso)
Zürich - Paris at rail.shop/sncf as p2p ticket.
I would rearrange your route: From Venezia to Zürich - Lucerne - Interlaken - Zermatt - Geneve - Paris.
With a Eurail Pass you would need extra tickets (25% discount) for Visp - Zermatt and Interlaken - Wengen/Grindelwald - Jungfrau
With a Swiss Pass you would need extra tickets (25% discount) for Wengen/Grindelwald - Jungfrau only.
Zermatt - Gornergrat: 50% discount with Swiss Pass, 25% with Eurail.
Flo 8)