I'm still totally blown away by the Interrail offer - I actually didn't know that this offer was also available for adults and families.
Our children have wanted a vacation in Spain for a long time, but I'm incredibly scared of flying, so it hasn't been an option until now. Now the idea of traveling by train came up.
The route would be from Frankfurt (Main)/Germany to Barcelona (Blanes), departing on October 3. Two days there, two days back (October 11), we could use the 4-day Global Pass for that, right?
When I was a child, I traveled to Spain with my parents in a sleeping car - that doesn't exist anymore, does it? With children, an overnight train connection would of course be ideal.
Has anyone done this trip before and is Interrail travel really as straightforward as it seems?
That would be fantastic. Many thanks for your help!
Best answer by ralderton
There are no night trains in or to Spain any more.
There’s one from Paris to Cerbère, near the Spanish border. Then you’d continue to Barcelona by day trains. It’s described here (from London, but just look at the section after Paris)
Yes, you could do your trip with a 4 day pass. That means you’d choose one place to stop overnight in each direction. You can even do Frankfurt-Barcelona in a single day, with a single change in Paris.
Beware there are relatively high reservation fees on your route - €19 for the direct high-speed trains between Germany and France, and €10 - 35 for the high speed trains to Spain (depending on the company). You can reduce or eliminate these by taking slightly slower routes. Good info about reservation costs here:
There are no night trains in or to Spain any more.
There’s one from Paris to Cerbère, near the Spanish border. Then you’d continue to Barcelona by day trains. It’s described here (from London, but just look at the section after Paris)
Yes, you could do your trip with a 4 day pass. That means you’d choose one place to stop overnight in each direction. You can even do Frankfurt-Barcelona in a single day, with a single change in Paris.
Beware there are relatively high reservation fees on your route - €19 for the direct high-speed trains between Germany and France, and €10 - 35 for the high speed trains to Spain (depending on the company). You can reduce or eliminate these by taking slightly slower routes. Good info about reservation costs here:
If you want to travel for two days on both trips, you could also consider the Frankfurt-Marseille TGV, an overnight stop (or two nights) in either Lyon, Avignon or Marseille, and an AVE direct from/to Barcelona from either of these three cities. Vary it with an overnight stop in Paris on the other leg (Frankfurt-Paris direct ICE, Paris-Barcelona direct TGV).
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