Hey dear fellow travellers,
I’m planning to travel to a conferece in Salamanca in june. Since travelling in one day from Hamburg to Salamanca seems impossible, I thought about going via Paris and spending a night there. But maybe some of you have other suggestions for a good route? What’s important is that I can make it in two days and maybe still have some time in the city I’m spending the night to get an impression.
Thanks so much for your ideas!
Cheers
Nadia
Best answer by thibcabe
This is a long journey that will take most of 2 days so I’d go further than Paris on Day 1. There are 2 main routes, either via Montpellier or via Hendaye. Depending on exact dates you could catch a night train from Paris to the Spanish border (i.e Cerbère).
Most Spanish trains for June have not been released yet so I use today’s timetable.
For example this itinerary gets you in Salamanca early:
DAY 1:
DAY 2:
You could also have a longer break in Paris, take the last TGV to Hendaye and sleep there. Then 11:30 from San Sebastian, change in Vitoria/Gasteiz, arrival 18:06.
Itinerary 2:
DAY 1:
DAY 2:
Madrid - Salamanca has 4 direct trains a day as far as I can see, other options via Valladolid.
Check all these timetables closer to your trip. There might be changes, especially considering the recent incidents in Spain.
This is a long journey that will take most of 2 days so I’d go further than Paris on Day 1. There are 2 main routes, either via Montpellier or via Hendaye. Depending on exact dates you could catch a night train from Paris to the Spanish border (i.e Cerbère).
Most Spanish trains for June have not been released yet so I use today’s timetable.
For example this itinerary gets you in Salamanca early:
DAY 1:
DAY 2:
You could also have a longer break in Paris, take the last TGV to Hendaye and sleep there. Then 11:30 from San Sebastian, change in Vitoria/Gasteiz, arrival 18:06.
Itinerary 2:
DAY 1:
DAY 2:
Madrid - Salamanca has 4 direct trains a day as far as I can see, other options via Valladolid.
Check all these timetables closer to your trip. There might be changes, especially considering the recent incidents in Spain.
+8Good advice above.
For the return journey, you might want to make use of the Basel-Hamburg Nightjet.
You could certainly get from Barcelona to Basel in a single day (via Avignon or Lyon) in time to catch the Nightjet the same day. You might even be able to do it from Madrid, but not from Salamanca.
Thank you so much, dear fellow interrailers, This is really helpful, I’ll consider all of that 😊
Just one last question, if I may: When will the trains be released then? Is there a certain date? I’ll be travelling between 22 and 28th of june.
Cheers!
Nadia
SNCF and DB trains should already be bookable.
RENFE open reservations whenever they feel like it. Not all trains at the same time and there's no real system.
Dependson the trains..
The ICE/TGV from Germany to France can already be booked for that date. (This link can be used to book those reservations from DB https://int.bahn.de/en/buchung/start?intern=1#?KL=2&ET=PASSZUSCHLAG )
The TGV in france can already be booked. (also the TGV reservation get more expensive depending on how booked the train is 20€ instead of 10€)
No idea about the spanish trains.
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