Apúlia to Baku by train
Travel from Apúlia (Portugal) to Baku (Azerbaijan) by train (4828km): schedule and information to the train connection. Compare fares and buy your ticket.
To travel by train from Apúlia in Portugal to Baku in Azerbaijan, the main route leads either via Spain, France, Italy, Greece and Turkey. Or via Spain, France, Germany, Poland and Russia. Please read the following information and blog posts.
There are two main routes. Compare them and decide which one feeds your needs best.
- 1Apúlia (Portugal) - Lisbon (Portugal) - Madrid (Spain) - Lyon (France) - Venice (Italy) - Patras (Greece) - Thessaloniki (Greece) - Istanbul (Turkey) - Kars (Turkey) - Batumi (Georgia) - Baku (Azerbaijan)
- 2Apúlia (Portugal) - Lisbon (Portugal) - Hendaye (France) - Paris (France) - Moscow (Russia) - Baku (Azerbaijan)
4828 km
How to use the following information: we show you the best routes and where to buy tickets. On longer routes you may need more than one ticket. Book your tickets step by step as explained. If you have questions about the route from Apúlia to Baku, please ask in our forum. Of course, sometimes there are as well other travel routes possible.
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train connections : popular connections travelled by other users
Baku - Apúlia / Porto - Baku / Faro - Baku1 Apúlia (Portugal) - Lisbon (Portugal) - Madrid (Spain) - Lyon (France) - Venice (Italy) - Patras (Greece) - Thessaloniki (Greece) - Istanbul (Turkey) - Kars (Turkey) - Batumi (Georgia) - Baku (Azerbaijan)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
1a Travelling from Apúlia (Portugal) to Lisbon (Portugal)
To travel in Portugal by train, buy your ticket via the given booking links or at a railway station. Train schedules and ticket prices are available via the links. If you buy your ticket online, you can get cheap advance fares for long-distance trains.
Where to buy a ticket from Apúlia to Lisbon?
Check times&prices 
The following links could be interesting for you.
train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Intercidades (IC) / Alfa Pendular (AP) / Celta (CEL)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
TH 335 Lisbon - Madrid / TH 310 Lisbon - Hendaye
bus: Bus connections that might be helpful.
Faro - Seville
train company:
CP Comboios de Portugal
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Lisbon - Apúlia / Lisbon - Porto / Lisbon - Faro / Lisbon - Albufeira / Lisbon - Lagoa / Lisbon - Braga / Lisbon - Coimbra / Lisbon - Fátima / Porto - Faro / Porto - Fátima / Porto - Albufeira
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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1b Travelling from Lisbon (Portugal) to Madrid (Spain)
Travel from Lisbon to Madrid by the overnight train "Lusitania". The journey time is 10 hours. The train ticket fare starts from 25 EUR.
The departure time in Lisbon is 21:30. The arrival time in Madrid is 08:30. The train number is: Trenhotel 335.
This comfortable "Talgo" train offers four service categories:
- "Turista": 2nd class seats
- "Cama Turista": four-bed compartments. The beds are comfortable and there is a washing basin in the compartment. This service category offers the best value for your money.
- "Cama Preferente": two-bed compartments, which offer more privacy, including a washing basin.
- "Cama Gran Clase": two-bed compartments. This most luxurious travel option offers a private shower and WC in your compartment.
Find the exact train schedule and book your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Lisbon to Madrid?
The following links could be interesting for you.
train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Regional (R) / Media Distancia (MD)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
TH 332 Madrid - Lisbon / TH 335 Lisbon - Madrid
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Madrid - Lisbon
1c Travelling from Madrid (Spain) to Lyon (France)
To travel by train from Spain to France, use one of the direct high-speed-trains from Barcelona to Paris and southern France. First you travel in Spain to Barcelona. There you change to the trains to France.
Another option is to cross the border at Irun/Hendaye and to continue from there to your destination in France. In exceptional cases, your itinerary is via Latour de Carol.
You find the train schedules, ticket fares and the best route for journey via the given booking links.
In some cases you have to buy two tickets. One from your departure station in Spain to Barcelona (Spain). And a second one from Barcelona to your destination in France. Book early to get discounts and saver-fare-tickets.
Where to buy a ticket from Madrid to Lyon?
The following links could be interesting for you.
train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Alta Velocidad Española (AVE) / TGV Elipsos France - Spain (TGV Elipsos)
train company:
SNCF Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français / RENFE Renfe Operadora
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Lyon - Madrid / Barcelona - Paris / Barcelona - Lyon / Barcelona - Marseille / Barcelona - Toulouse / Barcelona - Bordeaux / Madrid - Paris / Madrid - Marseille / Seville - Paris / Santiago de Compostela - Lourdes
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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1d Travelling from Lyon (France) to Venice (Italy)
To travel from France to Italy, you have on the main travel routes direct trains from Paris and Marseille to Milan. From Milan you have good train connections to all over Italy.
We recommend the night train from Paris to Milan and Venice. It saves you travel time and it is comfortable.
To find the exact train-schedules and ticket fares, use our booking links. As earlier you book, as cheaper the tickets are.
Where to buy a ticket from Lyon to Venice?
The following links could be interesting for you.
train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
TGV France - Italy (TGV) / Eurocity Thello (THELLO)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
TH 221 Paris - Venice
train company:
SNCF Société Nationale des Chemins de fer français / THELLO Thello
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Venice - Lyon / Paris - Rome / Paris - Venice / Paris - Milan / Paris - Palermo / Lyon - Rome / Lyon - Milan / Marseille - Milan / Marseille - Rome / Bordeaux - Rome / Nice - Turin
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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1e Travelling from Venice (Italy) to Patras (Greece)
Travel from Venice to Patras by ferry. The journey time is 32 hours and the ticket price starts at 90 EUR. The ferry company Superfast Ferries / ANEK Lines serves this route.
You will find these service categories on board of the ferry:
- standard inclinable seats which are the cheapest travel option
- shared cabins with beds: you share the cabin and the shower and toilet with other travellers.
- private cabins: from standard to luxury cabins with private bed, shower and toilet. This is the best option if you want privacy, travel with your family or friends.
The check-in time is two hours prior to departure.
How you get in Venice from the train station to the ferry terminal:
Leave the train station „Venezia Mestre“ on the back side to the South. Walk along „Via Ulloa“ for about 250 meters. At the roundabout you see right hand the bus stop „Giovannacci Ulloa“. The bus line number 16 takes you to the bus stop „Moranzani Elettronica“. The bus departure is hourly to the full hour. It is a journey time of 15 minutes. From the bus stop you have to walk 800 meters to the ferry terminal, see the sign. The bus ticket price is 1,50 EUR and available at a ticket machine or via app. New information says that the bus line 16 also stops directly in front of the ferry terminal at the bus stop „Via Aautostrade del Mare“.
How you get in Patras from the ferry port to the train station:
You will arrive at the „New Port“ of Patras, which is 2 kilometers in the south of the railway station. Either walk within 30 minutes along the promenade or use the bus line number 18 to get to the railway station. It is a journey time of 10 minutes with hourly departures. The bus ticket price is 1,20 EUR. From Patras continue your journey by OSE train to Athens and other destinations in Greece.
In Patras you have a second port: the North Port which serves ferry routes to the Ionian Sea. Take bus line 18 or walk from the railway station within 10 minutes.
Where to buy a ticket from Venice to Patras?
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train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Patras - Venice
1f Travelling from Patras (Greece) to Thessaloniki (Greece)
Train tickets for Greece can be bought locally or online. Advance tickets for Intercity connections are cheaper than normal fare and are available online only.
The following links could be interesting for you.
train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Inter City (IC) / Proastiakos (P)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
B 334 Thessaloniki - Belgrade / B335 Belgrade - Thessaloniki / T 600 Athens - Alexandroupoli / T 601 Alexandroupoli - Athens
bus: Bus connections that might be helpful.
Athens - Istanbul / Thessaloniki - Istanbul / Thessaloniki - Skopje
ferry: Ferry connections that might be helpful.
Patras - Ancona / Patras - Bari
train company:
OSE TRAINOSE / BLUE Blue Star Ferries / MINO Minoan Lines / METU Metro Turizm / CRZH Crazy Holidays
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Thessaloniki - Patras / Athens - Alexandroupoli / Athens - Igoumenitsa / Athens - Iraklion / Athens - Larissa / Athens - Patras / Athens - Piraeus / Athens - Thessaloniki / Thessaloniki - Athens / Thessaloniki - Larissa / Thessaloniki - Patras
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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1g Travelling from Thessaloniki (Greece) to Istanbul (Turkey)
Travel from Greece to Turkey by bus. There exists no direct train connection anymore. If you want to travel by train, travel from Thessaloniki to Sofia (Bulgaria) and from there to Istanbul. But it takes a lot more time than by bus.
There are several direct (overnight) bus connections available from the bigger Greek cities (Athens, Thessaloniki, ...) to Istanbul (Turkey). Find bus and train schedules via the booking links provided.
The bus journey time from Thessaloniki to Istanbul is 10 hours. Buy your bus ticket for this travel route from 45 EUR.
To book your ticket, use the following city names to find connections.
Athens = Atina
Thessaloniki = Selanik
Istanbul = Istanbul Avrupa
Where to buy a ticket from Thessaloniki to Istanbul?
The following links could be interesting for you.
bus: Bus connections that might be helpful.
Istanbul - Athens / Athens - Istanbul / Thessaloniki - Istanbul / Istanbul - Thessaloniki
train company:
TCDD Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları / OSE TRAINOSE / METU Metro Turizm / CRZH Crazy Holidays
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Istanbul - Thessaloniki / Athens - Istanbul / Athens - Ankara / Athens - Izmir / Thessaloniki - Ankara / Alexandroupoli - Istanbul / Piraeus - Istanbul / Patras - Istanbul / Igoumenitsa - Istanbul / Larissa - Istanbul
1h Travelling from Istanbul (Turkey) to Kars (Turkey)
To travel in Turkey by train, buy your ticket via the given booking links or locally at a train station. Via the links you also find schedules and ticket prices.
Turkey offers high-speed trains and long-distance trains which run overnight.
If no train connection is available, travel by one of the many bus connections. Bus tickets are also available via the booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Istanbul to Kars?
The following links could be interesting for you.
train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Optima Express (OPEX) / Standard (TCDD)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
Bosfor Istanbul - Bucharest / D 81032 Istanbul - Sofia
bus: Bus connections that might be helpful.
Istanbul - Athens / Istanbul - Thessaloniki
train company:
TCDD Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları / METU Metro Turizm
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Kars - Istanbul / Istanbul - Ankara / Istanbul - Izmir / Istanbul - Samsun / Istanbul - Edirne / Ankara - Istanbul / Ankara - Izmir / Ankara - Kars / Izmir - Ankara / Izmir - Istanbul
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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1i Travelling from Kars (Turkey) to Batumi (Georgia)
Travel from Turkey to Georgia by train. For the border crossing you have to use a bus.
First travel by train to Erzurum or Kars. There is an overnight train available from Ankara with a journey time of 22 hours (Erzurum) or 27:30 hours (Kars). This overnight train called "Doğu Express" is comfortable and it is a very scenic journey. The train ticket fares start from 60 TRY (7 EUR) in a seat and from 80 TRY (9 EUR) in a 4-bed sleeper-wagon.
From Erzurum or Kars take a bus to the border at Sarp. The journey time is 5 hours. The bus ticket fare is about 10 EUR. Cross the border by foot. And continue by bus to Batumi.
Other options by bus are as follows:
the bus line from Trabzon (Turkey) to Batumi (Georgia). At least four connections daily for about EUR 15. From Istanbul (Turkey) to Batumi (Georgia) at least two connections daily for about EUR 25.
Trabzon (Turkey) is not connected to the railway network of Turkey. Therefore the easiest way is to take a bus directly from Istanbul or Ankara (Turkey) to Batumi (Georgia). Buy your bus ticket for Metro Turizm online.
In Batumi (Georgia) change to a train to continue to Tbilisi (Georgia).
Border crossing is currently: you leave the bus with the luggage before the border, cross the border by foot (easy) and after the border the bus picks you up again.
In future there will be a train connection from Turkey to Georgia. But it is still under construction.
Where to buy a ticket from Kars to Batumi?
Buy your ticket at the bus station or at the website of the bus company.
The following links could be interesting for you.
bus: Bus connections that might be helpful.
Batumi - Trabzon / Trabzon - Batumi
train company:
TCDD Türkiye Cumhuriyeti Devlet Demiryolları / METU Metro Turizm
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Batumi - Kars / Trabzon - Batumi / Istanbul - Batumi / Ankara - Batumi / Istanbul - Tbilisi / Ankara - Tbilisi / Izmir - Tbilisi / Adana - Tbilisi
1j Travelling from Batumi (Georgia) to Baku (Azerbaijan)
Travel from Georgia to Azerbaijan by direct overnight train.
There is one daily overnight train from Tbilisi (Georgia) to Baku (Azerbaijan). The journey time is 12 hours. The train ticket fares start from 9 EUR.
The departure time in Tbilisi is 20:30. The arrival time in Baku is 08:50.
The overnight train offers the following service classes:
- 3rd class: "platskartny". A simple seat. Tickets from 9 EUR (35 GEL).
- 2nd class: "kupé", 4-berth sleeper compartments. Tickets from 14 EUR (55 GEL).
1st class: "spalny vagon", 2-berth sleeper compartments. Tickets from 22 EUR (85 GEL).
Find the exact train schedules and ticket fares via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Batumi to Baku?
Buy the train ticket at a railway station. Note: in some countries you have to pay a service fee at the ticket counter. The ticket can be purchased at a station in the country of departure, also sometimes in other countries.
The following links could be interesting for you.
train company:
ADY Azərbaycan Dəmir Yollar / GEORG Sakartwelos Rkinigsa
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Baku - Batumi / Tbilisi - Baku
2 Apúlia (Portugal) - Lisbon (Portugal) - Hendaye (France) - Paris (France) - Moscow (Russia) - Baku (Azerbaijan)
The route consist of more than one step. You have to buy several train tickets.
2a Travelling from Apúlia (Portugal) to Lisbon (Portugal)
To travel in Portugal by train, buy your ticket via the given booking links or at a railway station. Train schedules and ticket prices are available via the links. If you buy your ticket online, you can get cheap advance fares for long-distance trains.
Where to buy a ticket from Apúlia to Lisbon?
The following links could be interesting for you.
train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Intercidades (IC) / Alfa Pendular (AP) / Celta (CEL)
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
TH 335 Lisbon - Madrid / TH 310 Lisbon - Hendaye
bus: Bus connections that might be helpful.
Faro - Seville
train company:
CP Comboios de Portugal
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Lisbon - Apúlia / Lisbon - Porto / Lisbon - Faro / Lisbon - Albufeira / Lisbon - Lagoa / Lisbon - Braga / Lisbon - Coimbra / Lisbon - Fátima / Porto - Faro / Porto - Fátima / Porto - Albufeira
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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2b Travelling from Lisbon (Portugal) to Hendaye (France)
Travel from Lisbon to Hendaye by the overnight train "Sud Express". The journey time is 13 hours. The train ticket fare starts from 29 EUR.
The departure time in Lisbon is 21:30. The arrival time in Hendaye is 11:30. The train number is: Trenhotel 310.
This comfortable "Talgo" train offers four service categories:
- "Turista": 2nd class seats
- "Cama Turista": four-bed compartments. The beds are comfortable and there is a washing basin in the compartment. This service category offers the best value for your money.
- "Cama Preferente": two-bed compartments, which offer more privacy, including a washing basin.
- "Cama Gran Clase": two-bed compartments. This most luxurious travel option offers a private shower and WC in your compartment.
From Hendaye you can continue your travel journey to Paris by TGV high-speed-train.
Find the exact train schedule and book your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Lisbon to Hendaye?
The following links could be interesting for you.
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
TH 313 Hendaye - Lisbon / TH 310 Lisbon - Hendaye
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Hendaye - Lisbon
2c Travelling from Hendaye (France) to Paris (France)
Travel from Hendaye to Paris by direct TGV/Inoui high-speed-train. The journey time is 4:45 hours. The train ticket fares start from 35 EUR.
The arrival train station in Paris is "Paris Montparnasse".
Find the exact train schedules and buy your ticket via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Hendaye to Paris?
The following links could be interesting for you.
train types: Train types you are likely to travel with.
Train à Grande Vitesse (TGV) / inOui (INOUI)
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Paris - Hendaye
2d Travelling from Paris (France) to Moscow (Russia)
The train connection from Paris to Moscow is served once a week by the direct RZD night train. The journey time is 40 hours. You can buy train tickets from 180 EUR.
You spend two nights on the comfortable Russian night train. A dining car is available over large parts of the route.
Find the exact ticket fares and timetable via the booking links.
Please have a look at our film about this trip, showing all the important travel details.
Where to buy a ticket from Paris to Moscow?
The following links could be interesting for you.
night train: Night trains that might be suitable for this trip.
EN 408/18B Nice - Moscow / EN 453/24J Paris - Moscow
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Moscow - Paris
2e Travelling from Moscow (Russia) to Baku (Azerbaijan)
Travel from Russia to Azerbaijan by direct train. There are two direct train connections per week between Moscow (Russia) and Baku (Azerbaijan). The journey time is 52 hours. Buy train tickets from 135 EUR (12.000 RUB).
Find the exact train schedules and ticket fares via the given booking links.
Where to buy a ticket from Moscow to Baku?
The following links could be interesting for you.
train company:
RZD Российские железные дороги / ADY Azərbaycan Dəmir Yollar
train connections: popular connections travelled by other users
Baku - Moscow
search for train schedules here: Online timetable information, on which you can find relevant, up-to-date connections.
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