r/Interrail

Looking for advice on a short Italy trip. Middle of May - flights to & from Verona, arriving Tues afternoon, leaving Sat midnight.

My first time in Italy - going with my partner and meeting his friend there (friend leaving from Bologna Fri). Using Verona as our base instead switching to Bologna halfway through - it was more affordable. Italian is rusty, but had B1 over a year ago.

Our Plan

• Tues - Chill in Verona
• Wed - See some of Verona's sights
• Thurs - Day trip to Venice
• Fri - Day trip Bologna (going with the friend leaving)
• Saturday - Stay in Verona and head from airport there.

My biggest fear is the Venice day trip. Lots of folks note on here how unfeasible a day trip is. I know we wont see it all, but idk when we could return to Italy and my partner is keen to go since its relatively accessible from Verona.

What are the key pieces to see or do? What's your advice? I'm a history nerd (particularly 1800's) and I know some Venetian history, I'd love to see some of it IRL.

We are doing 2 nights in only 3 cities, 1 in the rest, bar Amsterdam. As you can see in the top left it says 10 travel days yet im not sure if it adds up to this? Can anyone help or reccomend, ta.

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Even if the conductor does a second announcement in English, I’ve started doing this and caught so much extra info or just cute things the conductor has added in that have brightened my day. If you’re solely relying on the English announcements, you’re missing so much.

Hello everyone!

I'm planning to buy a month pass and travel within France for the whole month, but I noticed it's asking for reservations for some of the rides. Is a reservation only required for speed trains? What if I only use TER? Can I just hop on any TER train without paying anything extra? I'm asking because I would like this trip to be very impulsive and I'll definitely change my mind where and when to go.

Thank you!

Looking for ones that would attract a crowd closer to 18, 19 yrs old and would be good for meeting people to go out with, or one that is know for having a good social scene cheers

Hey there,

i have a quick question.

I want to do a trip while also celebrating my birthday.

Problem is, that it will be my 28th birthday.

My plan was to start on the 05th of the month

Celebrating my birthday while abroad on the 7th

And come back by the 12th

Now my question is, what pass can/must i use? As some info told me, that i can use the youth-pass as i start before my birthday.

Does anyone have some information and/or experience? Thanks in advance.

Stay safe and have a great day :)

Hello everyone! I'm going to be traveling through Europe this summer (first time out of the USA) with a Eurail pass and currently getting everything in order. I want to make certain train reservations as soon as possible (London -> Brussels for instance) but the booking sites ask for my passport number, which I am still waiting to receive (I've already applied and everything, but it can take some time). Is it possible to reserve a train without the passport number and add it later? Thank you all in advance, this subreddit has been super helpful for planning my trip!

I have Italian residency can i still use interrail and do i have to use my passport number

Hello, I will be traveling along the coast of Spain and France this summer and starting to feel a bit overwhelmed with planning transit. For context I will be staying in Valencia -> Barcelona -> Avignon -> Nice, and planning to have other cities for day trips from those. I was looking into the Eurail pass, but it’s pretty expensive and I don’t really know if I would benefit from it. I see that a Eurail pass can also cover the Regional TER lines which could be nice while in France. I’m also figuring I’ll need to get a local transit pass.

So I guess my main concern is if a Eurail pass would benefit me, and which one? Or what other passes might be better? This is my first time in Europe so any tips and recommendations are greatly appreciated.

I am living in Germany. I wanted to travel from Cologne to Brest. The Global Pass allows a one-day inbound and outbound journey in the country of residence.

So, can I start my journey from Cologne(Germany) to Paris(France) by counting one travel day? Or do I need 1 for inbound in the home country and another (same day) for France?

In France, can we travel without seat booking on the TGV?

Started our 2-month Europe trip with little bopper trains between Munich, Ischgl and Innsbruck, and lots of very easy to use public transportation, which was great bc we were carrying a F-ton of ski and mountaineering gear. Seats were plentiful and easy to get. The one hiccup we encountered ended up giving us a better option anyway. So we didn’t really plan ahead for the month-long bopper around the rest of Europe. (After a quick 10-day hop up to Norway)

But Paris to Amsterdam, required seats were entirely full. For days. (Ended up taking 6! Trains without seat reservations instead) And all of a sudden we went “ah shit” as the rest of our trip we’re finding the same. We’re realizing it’s probably because we’re traveling longer, and the amount of seats available for the whole trip get minimal.

Not to mention the Eurail site is awful and while their UI team did great work, the communication with their backend systems is clearly broken.

I’m thinking we start splitting the seat reservations. We’ll have to move but whatever. Will this work?

What other rules or hacks have you found while traveling Eurail/Interail?

I’m curious how people make this kind of decision when they want to get away, but do not have one fixed destination in mind yet.

If you had a short Interrail window and wanted to book something fairly quickly, how would you choose where to go?

Would you start with budget, train time, weather, vibes, or just whatever feels exciting?

I feel like a lot of the stress is not even the trip itself, it’s getting from ‘I want to go somewhere’ to a plan that actually feels right.

A heads-up. I just bought a ticket from SNCFConnect for a journey from Aix-en-Provence to Marseille for €7. If I had bought it through the Rail Planner app with the Pass it would have cost me €22....Always double check!

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Hi All,

I am planning on traveling from Sofia to Craiova by train, but i am a bit worried about making the connections. I will have to switch trains twice, i will have about 15 mins to switch in Mezdra and about 40 mins to switch in Vidin. Will this be enough time? I have no experience with Bulgarian trains so no idea about their punctuality.

Also, how exactly does it work with making seat reservations? As far as i read i can do this at the train station, so for example could i go to Sofia Sever 1 day before the trip and make a reservation for all 3 trains? Thanks in advance for your help!

Want to visit Switzerland as part of my larger interrail trip but not really sure where to base myself to see the most I can see in about 5 days. (I currently have Bern noted down preliminarily as it seems to have connections to everywhere in the country)

I’m mainly interested in railways (obviously something the pass covers 🤣) and public transport in general (buses, trams, cog railways etc), as well museums and things to see and just walk around and explore. Some places I’ve already got down are Lauterbrunnen, Gruyéres, the Swiss Museum of Transport/Lucerne and Zurich. I’m willing to shell out a bit for extra railways if they're unique, although I know how expensive Switzerland is so don’t want to go too overboard.

For context, my larger trip is London -> South of France -> Milan -> Switzerland -> Dijon -> London via Lille (skipping Paris).

edit: forgot to mention I’ll likely be travelling at mid-end of June

I live in Denmark and I'm moving to Copenhagen in the middle of July.

Because of this, I can do two interrail trips of about one month each. One before moving, and one after.

I want to visit Zürich, Cologne, Paris, London and Manchester the first trip. There's Cologne Pride and a family member is getting married in Manchester.

The second trip I'm not so sure.

I could travel in Norway and Sweden.

Or maybe travel around Northern Italy and Slovenia.

Or go to Warsaw, Krakow and Budapest.

Or fly to Tallinn and travel back home by train.

Any suggestions? I like history, architecture and art.

I have travelled a lot in Germany, Austria and the Benelux region before, and I want to try something new.