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Places to visit between Bratislava and Budapest

Can anyone recommend a town to visit in between Bratislava and Budapest?

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The 2019 trip – a comparison to the historic Interrail in 1975 (2/2)

2019 Interrail trip to Europe Since my first Interrail in 1975 my love for Europe and train travel had never faded. I had repeated the experience on another six occasions. It had always been my intention to do another Interrail once I had retired and revisit places from the 1975 trip and some destinations of other past Interrail trips.. While my itinerary would include places where I had family holidays, it would also include new experiences. There were still a number of places I had not visited that were part of my school boy travel dream. Barcelona and the Matterhorn, to name a few. Of course, the world had changed in a significant way in comparison to 1975, and it would be fair to say I had changed as well- 64 not 20. One major change was of course the Internet. Also I had more resources now to invest in a more comfortable and longer Interrail in 2019. Preparation At home, in December 2018 when I started planning my 2019 trip I knew it was going to be vastly different to my experien

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Caleb Jack Williams
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How accurate is the Eurail 2022 map?

I’m currently looking into my Eurail trip to some less travelled to destinations. But I’m concerned some of the routes are NOT valid with a Eurail pass. For example, the map PDF lists Meydanekbez, Syria as a destination (via southern Turkey).This, among other places, is somewhere I’m interested in exploring but I’m questioning it’s accuracy, I’ve been told that the map lists a lot of places that you cannot reach. The last thing I’d want is to plan a trip and once I’m there find out my anticipated trip is not feasible!

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Elias BarthNew aboard
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How to get from Athens to Sofia?

Hey, I have no idea how to get from Athens to Sofia. Is there anybody help me? :)

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Trains from Palermo to Napoli in September?

Hi everyone!Me and a friend are currently planning our Italy trip in September and we are a little confused regarding the trains. For some reason the Trenitalia website won’t show any trains from Palermo (Sicily) to Napoli in mid-September. The last time we checked, there were still trains going, but now the website claims, that there are no trains going after the 11th. But I can’t imagine, that there are simply no trains. Does anybody have an idea why that is? We already booked our hostels and everything, so it would be nice to know if we can leave Sicily via train, as we would have to change a big chunk of our plans, if there are no trains...Thank you in advance! :)

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Can I travel from Krakow to Auschwitz (Oswiecim) with Interrail pass please

When I look up this return journey on the Rail Planner site, almost all of the journeys are ‘not in pass network’.  Any advice please?ThanksKaren

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Pgnorth
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Trip suggestions Netherlands, Switzerland, South of France

My husband and I have booked flights to Europe, we are arriving in Amsterdam and leaving from Paris. We are thinking we will get  a  10 day flex pass on Eurail? Does this work on night trains? our thoughts are to book three nights in Amsterdam, then book as we go? We have also tentatively booked the seat reservations for the Glacier express in Switzerland. From Amsterdam we are thinking, Brussels?  Or night train to Vienna then Vienna day train to Switzerland? From Switzerland then head over to the south  of France? Possible stay somewhere around Nice? Then Boudreaux? suggestions are greatly appreciated! We are thinking we need reservations for some of these trains but not sure how we book ? On Eurail?thanks so muchlooking forward to hearing suggestions cheersMB

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Jose van Leeuwen
Jose van LeeuwenNew aboard
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Vanaf welke plek in Nederland moet ik starten om via Duitsland naar Florence te reizen?

Hallo,Ik wil op 12 september vanaf Den Haag of Rotterdam naar Florence. Graag via Duitsland, wil dit doen met de pas. Als ik een pas van 4 dagen neem, dan zou ik vanaf grens Duitsland naar Florence moeten gaan . vanaf welke plek in Nederland zou ik dan moeten reizen?

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Madrid - Bordeaux

Hello,I want to travel from Madrid to Bordeaux. I found good train from Madrid to Irún (Spanish border) and from Hendaye (french border) to Bordeaux.Irun and Hendaye train stations are like 3 km apart. Is there no train between them? Or busses?The only trains I found on rome2rio are badly timed.Any experience about this?When you search Madrid-Bordeaux it suggests you via Barcelona/ Narbonne. That's a huge detour.Thank you!

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Laura Bgt
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Join Montenegro from Greece and join Croatia from Montenegro

Hello!I don't find any way to join Montenegro from Greece, and to join Croatia from Montenegro with my Interrail pass. Does anyone know how to do it, please ?Thank you in advance for your answer 😊

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amon
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Frankfurt-Niederrad station is NOT Frankfurt central station

Hello,On the Eurail / Interrail Rail Planner app, Frankfurt-Niederrad station is treated the same as Frankfurt central station (Frankfurt(Main)Hbf), which is very inconvenient. Try planner search the “from Frankfurt Airport to Frankfurt Central”. Frankfurt-Niederrad station is certainly close to central station, but it's a completely different station.I hope for improvement.Thank you.

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Juan Calderon
Juan CalderonNew aboard
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Train from Spain and France only show options towards the East - is this the only way to Paris?

I had a plan to travel up north from Madrid, Spain to Paris, France, but when I look up the date I want to travel, only options are to go east towards NARBONNE (France), TOULOUSE MATABIAU (France), then BORDEAUX ST JEAN (France). is this the only way to go to Paris?

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Lucy Blyth
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Best and Cheapest way from Montenegro to Croatia?

Really struggling to find anything in Montenegro, and seems the only way to get to Croatia is expensive buses… are the train services not working or something? and what’s the best way to get between the two countries please? 

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Jesse Wonnink
Jesse WonninkNew aboard
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How to leave Greece?

So with a lot of effort we made it to Athens, taking the bucharest sofia and a bus to thessaloniki route. Now we have enjoyed greece and want to slowly return home (Netherlands). I just don't see an effective/cheap/interrailly way of leaving here. Does anyone have some tips? Maybe an effective way of reaching croatia so we are back in railwayland?

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WalteriNew aboard
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Traveling the soutwest coast of England

Planning on traveling in the UK (9/14/2022) from London to Liverpool, around Yorkshire, over to Ireland and then back going along the Southwest coast to Penzance (for a play at the Minack on 9/29/2022) then finally back to London. (If we have time we’ll shoot over to Amsterdam for a couple days at the end of our trip.)  Will our Global Europass be sufficient or do we need a Britrail pass as well? Hoping not to have to buy both. I have tried mapping it on line and Penzance does not even come up as a choice. Also hoping to use the ferry to Ireland but not sure if I can with the Eurail global pass. Any help would be appreciated. We’re getting close to our departure time. Thanks. 

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From London to Oslo. What is the best way to travel?

Hi, any tips on best way yo travel London- Oslo and also nightrains on that Journey?

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Any tips/experiences for interrail in Spain and Portugal (and France)?

We want to travel (via France) in Spain and Portugal with the interrail-ticket in July and August.Do you have any tips for these countries?For example we found out that in France they only have limited capacities for interrailers and now we are way too late for reserving high-speed-trains in France, which is a big problem. If we would have known that earlier… So maybe there are similar things we should know about Spain and Portugal?E.g. is it true that we can reserve seats only at local train stations in Spain and Portugal? Is it possible that then they are sold out as well?Is it possible to explore also smaler towns and villages with the interrail-ticket in these countries or is the railroad network too bad? Are there maybe buses we are allowed to use?Thanks a lot for sharing your experience! 

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Jeff Kendy
Jeff KendyNew aboard
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How to get from Dubrovnik to Athens by train

How can  I get from Dubrovnik to Athens by train in Late September 2022 

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10 months ago
Sohail Jumani
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Trains from Sofia, Bulgaria to Athens - no connections

Can’t find any train from Sofia or any other destinations to Athens. Aren’t there any international trains to Athens? 

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Marije Brouwer
Marije BrouwerNew aboard
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Possible to travel from Paris to Biarritz?

We have a question about the trains in France. We want to travel from Paris to Biarritz, but we don’t know if this is possible with the fires nearby Bordeaux. The train has a stop in Bordeaux and we were wondering if these trains are still going.

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From Riga to Vilnius - any advice how to travel?

Hi everyone!I know, that there had been lots of questions about traveling thorough Baltic area. But still I want to ask you again. Is there any possibility, that we can somehow combine train and bus to travel from Riga to Vilnius? We really need to plan this route so any advice would help us.Thanks a lot!Anet

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Istanbul to Germany - how to travel this route?

How can i travel with intereu from Istanbul to Getmany?

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Travelling from Spain to Austria - affordable route

Hello again!A friend of mine wants to travel from Spain back to Austria(Linz). They are currently in Granada and their last day is the 2nd of August.They don’t want to travel to France because it’s “ too expensive” for them. But the seat reservations from Spain back to Austria would also cost 60-80€ and would take them about 24 hours.Does anybody know a good( and affordable) route back to Austria with different stops maybe?:)

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Will Allen
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Advice for travelling between Beograd - Zagreb

Hi, I am looking for some advice on travelling between Beograd and Zagreb. I am aware the line is currently shut but is there any buses that run from Beograd/Novi Sad to a bordering town/city i.e. Osijek, Vinkovci? Also, has anyone had any recent experience of travelling between Sofia and Beograd? Looks like it can be done via Nis with the aid of a bus from Dimitrovgrad.  Thanks for the help.

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From Zagreb to Skopje

I'm trying to visit my friend in Skopje. I will be in Zagreb on the 12th of August. I can travel until the 1st of september...is there anyway to get there? I don't mind taking a big tour :p

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