Does Eurail global pass makes sense for my trip (Paris, Switzerland, Italy, Greece)

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Hi,I went through lot of articles on rail pass and comparisons. However I am still confused on whether a Eurail pass, swiss travel pass, saver pass, Italy pass etc. would be better or combinations of any of these or other passes you think is best for my travel (Paris, Switzerland, Italy, Greece). Below is my tentative itinerary. I am also looking for internal travels in all these locations Would greatly appreciate your help and advice with this.Questions:Does Eurail global pass 15/22 days make sense for my trip?	Does Eurail global pass cover internal travel within these cities like Paris, Zurich, Milan, Venice (boats/gondolas), Florence, Rome, etc? Train, buses, trams?	How frequently we use trams, buses, boats in these cities to be used for major attractions sight seeing? Like I know that for Venice, its all through boats. But how about Paris, Milan, Rome, Zurich, etc?	Does Greece even have train connectivity? What's the best mode of transport in Greece?	Is it more cheaper to rent a car in Italy and Greece compared to train/buses	Do you recommend flying from Rome to Santorini/Athens or taking a boat? Is Aegean, Volotea, Ryanair  good genuine airlines to fly from Rome to Greece? Date			Day			Location			Details (tentative)		04/17			Mon			Leave for Paris			Catch flight for Paris from Dallas (USA)		04/18			Tue			Reach Paris, WFH			Reach Paris in morning. Checkin hotel. Relax for the day		04/19			Wed			Paris			Main spots (Eiffel Tower			Louvre Museum			Cathedrale notre-Dame de Paris (closed until 2024 due to fire)			Sainte-Chapelle			Pantheon			Luxembourg palace			Île de la Cité (Cherry Blossom)			Arc de triomphe (avoid eiffel and climb this for sunset)			Seine River Cruise			montmartre district)		04/20			Thu			Paris, WFH			Half day Versailes (Palace of versailles), etc		04/21			Fri			Leave for Zurich, WFH			Leave early monring before 7. Direct train to Zurich. Reach Zurich			before 2pm and checkin hotel)		04/22			Sat			Swiss			Lucern (The Chapel Bridge (Kapellbrücke)			The Lion Monument (Löwendenkmal)			Clock tower (Zytturm)			public boats)			Mt Titlis			Engelberg		04/23			Sun			Swiss			Interlaken			Jungfraujoch			Grindelwald			Bern			Lake thun		04/24			Mon			Swiss			First half Zurich			Leave for Sagaan/Chur (checkin hotel) Leave bags			Second half day Vaduz		04/25			Tue			Leave for Milan, WFH (optional)			Catch Bernia express from Chur to Tirano			From Tirano direct train to Milan. Checkin hotel Milan. Reach Milan by 2pm.			Second half explore Milan		04/26			Wed			Venice			Morning Milan. Checkout. Leave for Venice around 12pm.			Reach Venice by 2pm.			Second half explore Venice downtown.		04/27			Thu			Venice			Murano, Burano, etc		04/28			Fri			Leave for Florence, WFH			Checkout from Venice. Direct Train to Florence.		04/29			Sat			Florence			Pisa, etc		04/30			Sun			Florence			Additional day to explore in Florence		05/01			Mon			Leave for Rome, Vatican city			Checkout from Florence. Direct train to Rome. Reach Rome by 2pm (checkin hotel)			Second half Vatican city		05/02			Tue			Amalfi coast			Rent a car and travel to Naples, Positano, Amalfi coast. Return back to Rome at night.		05/03			Wed			Rome, Leave for Santorini			Explore Rome. Checkout. Take flight/boat to Santorini in the night after 6pm		05/04			Thu			Santorini			Explore Santorini		05/05			Fri			Santorini, Leave for Athens			Explore Santorini. Checkout. Take flight.boat to Athens in the night after 6pm		05/06			Sat			Athens			Explore Athens, Near by		05/07			Sun			Athens			Explore Athens, Near by		05/08			Mon			Leave for Dallas			Morning flight to Dallas (USA)		 -Pratiksha Jaju

seewulf · Accepted Answer

depends on your prefernce (How fix your plans are and how flexible you wanna be)
Not really there are few exceptions like S-Bahn Services in Berlin, Vienna
You either can use Public Transport (most cities have a special tourist ticket that offer Public transport + discounts for Museums and attractions) besides that the Cities even have normal daytickets to just cover public transport
Greece have currently no International Rail connection currently the best is to catch a ferry from Italy to Patras or catch a Bus from Croatia or Sofia
That depends where you wanna go ;) Nobody can answer that for you as we dont know what you wanna do in these countries
I personaly try to avoid flights when ever i can but yes they are comfortable,fast and in my eyes much to cheap. (Just note that few ferries from Italy to Greece offer a discount for Railpassuser)

Finally your travel shedule in my view somedays are packed to much :) especially Interlaken with Jungfraujoch, Lake Thun and Bern on the sameday is almost impossible i recommend to check the traveltimes and maybe extend your stay or reduce the program :)

mcadv · Answer

NOte that whatever Pass does NOT cover the very most expensive short upthemountain sectors In Swiss: south of Interlaken and perhaps to Engelberg, but certainly not the ´dangle´ bahn not on rails but other ways from there (have been there when I still was schoolboy in a bustour with the family).

For very short local trips a passday will cost you (much) more as simply buying a local ticket, like around Paris. And IN IT you mention quite a lot of fairly short sectors: it MAY be (but we as other volunteers will not do all that homework, plus that it is impossible now to check for july=way too early) better to prebook advance tickets=these tie you in to that day/time.

I am aware that for many a USAer taking a flite is as natural as taking a train for us here, but it does differ for a reason. I also have no idea why it is specific Sant you want-and only that-in GR, as it has 100s if islands, possibly with better flites.

Does Eurail global pass makes sense for my trip (Paris, Switzerland, Italy, Greece)

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Date	Day	Location	Details (tentative)
04/17	Mon	Leave for Paris	Catch flight for Paris from Dallas (USA)
04/18	Tue	Reach Paris, WFH	Reach Paris in morning. Checkin hotel. Relax for the day
04/19	Wed	Paris	Main spots (Eiffel Tower Louvre Museum Cathedrale notre-Dame de Paris (closed until 2024 due to fire) Sainte-Chapelle Pantheon Luxembourg palace Île de la Cité (Cherry Blossom) Arc de triomphe (avoid eiffel and climb this for sunset) Seine River Cruise montmartre district)
04/20	Thu	Paris, WFH	Half day Versailes (Palace of versailles), etc
04/21	Fri	Leave for Zurich, WFH	Leave early monring before 7. Direct train to Zurich. Reach Zurich before 2pm and checkin hotel)
04/22	Sat	Swiss	Lucern (The Chapel Bridge (Kapellbrücke) The Lion Monument (Löwendenkmal) Clock tower (Zytturm) public boats) Mt Titlis Engelberg
04/23	Sun	Swiss	Interlaken Jungfraujoch Grindelwald Bern Lake thun
04/24	Mon	Swiss	First half Zurich Leave for Sagaan/Chur (checkin hotel) Leave bags Second half day Vaduz
04/25	Tue	Leave for Milan, WFH (optional)	Catch Bernia express from Chur to Tirano From Tirano direct train to Milan. Checkin hotel Milan. Reach Milan by 2pm. Second half explore Milan
04/26	Wed	Venice	Morning Milan. Checkout. Leave for Venice around 12pm. Reach Venice by 2pm. Second half explore Venice downtown.
04/27	Thu	Venice	Murano, Burano, etc
04/28	Fri	Leave for Florence, WFH	Checkout from Venice. Direct Train to Florence.
04/29	Sat	Florence	Pisa, etc
04/30	Sun	Florence	Additional day to explore in Florence
05/01	Mon	Leave for Rome, Vatican city	Checkout from Florence. Direct train to Rome. Reach Rome by 2pm (checkin hotel) Second half Vatican city
05/02	Tue	Amalfi coast	Rent a car and travel to Naples, Positano, Amalfi coast. Return back to Rome at night.
05/03	Wed	Rome, Leave for Santorini	Explore Rome. Checkout. Take flight/boat to Santorini in the night after 6pm
05/04	Thu	Santorini	Explore Santorini
05/05	Fri	Santorini, Leave for Athens	Explore Santorini. Checkout. Take flight.boat to Athens in the night after 6pm
05/06	Sat	Athens	Explore Athens, Near by
05/07	Sun	Athens	Explore Athens, Near by
05/08	Mon	Leave for Dallas	Morning flight to Dallas (USA)

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