joeb247
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 7 years ago
I am currently planning to visit:
Paris- Amsterdam- Prague- Berlin- Vienna- Bratislava- Budapest- Zagreb- Ljubljana- Venice- Florence- Rome- Nice and Barcelona
Is this a reasonable route to complete in a month? Anything I should add in or take out?
Also, I\'m a bit unclear on what reservations I will need and how I get them etc. I would be grateful if someone could explain this to me?
Thanks!
Joe
Flo
Traveller
10723 comments
Hi Joe,
your route is (almost) perfectly fine and you\'re certainly not the first Interrail on such or a similar route. ;)
Paris - Amsterdam: You can either take the direct Thalys high speed trains which require quite an expensive reservation: https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/thalys/41
Or you can travel with slower Intercity and regional trains on the following route: Paris - Amiens - Lille - Kortrijk - Gent - Antwerpen - Rotterdam - Amsterdam; you will find some additional info in the blog: [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/thalys-paris-cologne/[/ux] and [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/amsterdam-brussels-train/[/ux]
Amsterdam - Berlin: [ux]https://new.rail.cc/en/train/berlin-to-amsterdam[/ux] - no reservation required
Berlin - Prague: [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/berlin-prague-train/[/ux] - no reservation required
Prague - Vienna: Direct Railjet trains [ux]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/railjet-cd/282[/ux] every two hours; no reservation required
Vienna - Bratislava: Two direct trains every hour (I recommend to take the trains to Bratislava hl st (central station) instead of the services to Bratislava Petrzalka); no reservation
Bratislava - Budapest: Direct EC (Eurocity) trains every two hours; no reservation required
Budapest - Zagreb: Two direct trains; no reservation required
Zagreb - Ljubljana: Several direct trains; no reservation required
Ljubljana - Venice: [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/italy-slovenia-train/[/ux]
Venice - Florence - Rome: You can travel with the "Frecce" (Frecciarossa, Frecciargento) high speed trains (10€) reservation or use slower Intercity and regional services without paying extra. You cannot travel with the "Italo" high speed trains: [ux]https://rail.cc/en/interrail-train-reservation/italy/it[/ux]
Rome - Nice: A long journey along the coast...maybe think about an intermediate stop at Cinque Terre: [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/cinque-terre/[/ux]; alternatively travel Venice - Rome - Florence and then from Florence to Nice via Pisa - Genova - Ventimiglia which will be a little bit shorter than travelling Rome - Nice within one day
Nice - Barcelona: [ux]https://rail.cc/blog/barcelona-marseille-nice-train/[/ux]
If you have questions, please just ask. :)
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Flo 8)
joeb247
Traveller
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Hi Flo,
Thank you so much for your help!
I must admit I haven\'t had time to check out all the links in your reply yet (I have an essay that needs to be written pretty sharpish ahaha) but it looks like it will be a huge help.
Thanks again!
Joe :)
Flo
Traveller
10723 comments
OK so good luck with the essay and if any questions come up (regarding your trip, not the essay...) just ask ;)