Darling
Traveller
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Posted 5 years ago
Planning our interrail-trip. Can we travel by nighttrain from Barcelona - Copenhagen without stop in Paris?
The date for departured is 15 july. The date for arrivel can be 18 july.
Peter
Traveller
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Hello and welcome.
France is difficult for Interrailers if you want to avoid extra reservation fees: [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/interrail-reservation-guide-tgv/[/ux] . If you want to avoid Paris, you could think about this route:
Barcelona to Marseille: travel for free with Interrail - read therefore the blog of Flo: [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/barcelona-marseille-nice-train/[/ux]
Overnight stay in Marseille. Book a cheap hostel [ux]https://rail.shop/hostelworld[/ux] or hotel [ux]https://rail.shop/bookingcom[/ux]
Marseille to Zurich: possible by free TER local trains via Valence and Grenoble to Geneva. In Switzerland continue for free to Zurich. [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/paris-lyon-marseille-train/[/ux]
Zurich to Hamburg: either take the direct nightjet train which is expensive for Interrailers [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train/zurich-hamburg-nj-40470/500[/u]
If you want to travel cheaper or/and only use a seat (I recommend at least a couchette, but it is your choice), continue first by free train from Zurich to Basel (very frequent). From Basel take the direct IC night train (not a real night train, just a normal day train which runs overnight) Basel to Hamburg: [u]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-night-train/basel-kiel-ic-208/565[/u]
In Hamburg you change to the direct EC train to Copenhagen. It also goes on a ferry, cross the sea and then continues its travel. Interesting. :)
A reservation is required which is about Euro 4 and available on [ux]https://rail.shop/dsb/reservation[/ux]
Read therefore the blog of Wouter with all details: [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/hamburg-copenhagen-train/[/ux]
Optionally travel via Fredericia for free, but a reservation is strongly recommended in the summer months.
Of course there are a lot of highlights which you could include in your route if you do not travel the direct way...
For example the "Little Yellow Train": Barcelona - Latour de Carol - Perpignan and on in direction of Marseille and Nice: [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/little-yellow-train-video/[/ux]
From Nice continue by Tenda line to Turin: [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/tenda-railway-nice-turin/[/ux]
Then on to Milan and from there cross the Alps for free with your Interrail pass: [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/zurich-milano-albula-bernina/[/ux]
And on from Zurich via Hamburg to Copenhagen...
If you like all the free content on rail.cc , support it and buy your Interrail pass via our partner link at no extra costs for you: [ux]https://rail.shop/interrail[/ux] - but you directly support our project. Thank you! :)
Pete :)