Hi,
our planned schedule is the above 4 cities. Any advice/suggestions/ideas more than welcome.
thanks in advance,
Ashley
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family trip to Amsterdam, Vienna, Rome and Paris
Best answer by Sebastian Vetter
In my opinion that will be a lot of travelling for just 3 days in each place. I might drop one city and instead spend 4 days everywhere. Also consider that Amsterdam and Paris are rather easy to get to from England anyway and getting regular advance tickets on Eurostar is probably about as expensive as interrail pass plus reservations. So Interrail doesn’t provide a huge advantage for travelling Amsterdam-London or Paris-London.
I like the idea of going Amsterdam-Vienna by night train. Then Vienna-Rome (personally I liked Florence and even Venice much more than Rome for example).
On your way back, you could travel via Nice (France), then take the French sleeper from Nice to Paris. Or stay overnight in Nice and take a direct morning TGV Nice-Paris. The route along the Mediterranean coast is quite scenic as well. I like travelling on French sleepers and prefer them over the ÖBB nightjet. The reservation also only costs 25€ with Interrail (whereas nightjet can get really pricey even with IR pass).
Maybe theses thoughts are useful to you. Feel free to ask more details if you need to.
Some are really long journeys. How long is the whole trip? Do you have to land in Amsterdam and leave from Paris?
EDIT: seeing that you live in the UK, you wish to do a loop with the Eurostar at either end right?
I'll suggest the Amsterdam-Vienna Nightjet. It isn't particularly cheap but it avoids the faff of crossing Germany.
Vienna-Rome also has a night train but you miss Alpine views that way. I might suggest spending a night or two in Venice for example.
Again Rome-Paris is barely doable in a day. Why not spend a night or two in the Swiss Alps? The Bernina railway is a slight detour but it is stunning!
Our plan is travel from England to Amsterdam, and then Vienna, Rome and Paris with 3 days in each city.
In my opinion that will be a lot of travelling for just 3 days in each place. I might drop one city and instead spend 4 days everywhere. Also consider that Amsterdam and Paris are rather easy to get to from England anyway and getting regular advance tickets on Eurostar is probably about as expensive as interrail pass plus reservations. So Interrail doesn’t provide a huge advantage for travelling Amsterdam-London or Paris-London.
I like the idea of going Amsterdam-Vienna by night train. Then Vienna-Rome (personally I liked Florence and even Venice much more than Rome for example).
On your way back, you could travel via Nice (France), then take the French sleeper from Nice to Paris. Or stay overnight in Nice and take a direct morning TGV Nice-Paris. The route along the Mediterranean coast is quite scenic as well. I like travelling on French sleepers and prefer them over the ÖBB nightjet. The reservation also only costs 25€ with Interrail (whereas nightjet can get really pricey even with IR pass).
Maybe theses thoughts are useful to you. Feel free to ask more details if you need to.
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