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European Train Travel Question?
I am going to Italy for a 2 month study abroad program this summer. I would like to also travel to Spain and Holland during the program for short weekend visits (say 4 or 5 visits over the 2 months). My question is--Is it cheapest to get a Eurail pass? I have heard that many people claim that the Eurail pass is more expensive that actually paying for the tickets at the station individually. Additionally, if it is not cheaper what would a ticket cost from Florence to Amsterdam and Florence to Madrid roundtrip?
Public Comments
- Consult your travel agent. In the past, purchase of train tickets in the US was cheapest.
- U can opt for eurorail but it wud consume time to travel up & down.Ur best option for going to nother place in europe wud be actually booking urself on a budget flight instead.U can google on budget flights that u can take from Italy to Spain & Netherlands.U can check if ryan air & easyjet offers routes to the countries that u wanna go to.I know its popular to travel wid eurorail,but if u dont have much time to visit the countries,best try to save time by flying instead.U can also try to get a travel agent in Italy to help get u a quote.Cheers!
- http://www.interrail.net/
- Depending on where you are from (Europe) you opt for an interrail pass (http://www.interrailnet.com/) or type interrail pass into a search engine as there are a few options out there. Most populat options are Eurail and interrail. If you are planning on doing a few tours over 2 months it would be better to buy individual tickets. It would be best to enquire through the italian rail service -http://www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html. The below website gives you the countries the italian rail travel to (you might have to chance trains to get to your final destination) and what passes they accept. http://www.trenitalia.com/en/orari_biglietti/viaggi_internazionali/index.html Hope that helps at all
