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brianbmcd
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Posted 11 years ago

Hi, I'm now to this forum and am looking for some advice on how to get the best value train from Nice to Valencia on or around May 20th - any advice would be much appreciated.

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Flo
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replied 11 years ago

Hej Brian!

I had a quick look and I think there is no really good option.

You can travel within one day using regional trains only:

:arr: [u]https://rail.cc/en/train/nice-to-barcelona[/u]
Then Barcelona dep 1903 - 2303 arr Valencia

You can purchase tickets for Nice - Marseille - Portbou online at rail.shop/sncf (you have to do it step by step); then Portbou - Barcelona at the station and Barcelona - Valencia at rail.shop/acprail/renfe or renfe.com

However this will be quite expensive as there are no special fares available for the regional trains.

It might be better to use a TGV connection, however this would rather late in Barcelona so that your only option to continue to Valencia the same day would be the night train:

Nice 1227 - 1653 Montpellier
Montpellier 1737 - 1940 Figueres
Figueres 1955 - 2048 Barcelona
Barcelona 2200 - 0119 Valencia

You can book this whole trip Nice - Barcelona at rail.shop/sncf and Barcelona - Valencia either at rail.shop/acprail/renfe or renfe.com

However, there is supposed to be a further connection running on Friday - Saturday - Sunday only from 28th April (this has not been confirmed yet: the introduction of this service depends on the opening of the new high speed line into Barcelona which has been postponed several times).

Nice 0727 - 0959 Marseille
Marseille 1012 - 1117 Nimes
Nimes 1309 - 1629 Barcelona
Barcelona 1700 - 2025 Valencia
or
Barcelona 1800 - 2055 Valencia


Flo 8)