Travelling by Train Through Europe

Otto42 said:
I did inter rail many years ago best advice is go to the website that is their red book equivalent and then plan your stops around the timetable, you’ll discover loads of new places….

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I remember having to take a jaunt up to Newcastle circa 1997 to buy one of these for my summer adventures.....god I miss those care free days
 
Ash88 said:
The waitresses in Hofbraeuhaus always amaze me. I saw one... she must have been 5 foot and 7 stone.... carrying about 20 tankards on top of each other. I struggled to carry 2.
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Yes, that's right. Arms full of tankards. I wouldn't want to arm wrestle any of them!
 
Sorry if this is a really basic and dumb question but can you just buy one ticket like a travel card and travel all over Europe or do you have to buy loads of separate tickets?
 
Otto42 said:
I did inter rail many years ago best advice is go to the website that is their red book equivalent and then plan your stops around the timetable, you’ll discover loads of new places….

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I did two months inter-railing in 2006 and would recommend this although i imagine it might be a bit easier online with a smartphone these days. Best advice i can give is to just play it by ear. I flew to Barca and intended to travel anti-clockwise round europe flying home from Paris. I didn't plan a route but i stopped somewhere and enjoyed the vibe i stayed, albeit no longer than 3 days. Take your decisions on a city to city basis. Adds to the spontaneity of the trip which is the best bit of inter-railing!
 
We're thinking of going down to Bari or Brindisi next year, to catch the ferry to Corfu. Any advice on best ways to get there and on buying tickets would be greatly appreciated. Can you use railcards in Europe for example?
 
Mr Maz said:
no experience of travelling on Interrail but I did work as a senior manager there for 4 years. I was in charge of the Eurail (none European travelers) and reservations business. don't buy a ticket till black Friday week or Christmas. that will be the next decent discount this year. They had a 50% discount (my mates idea) for the 50th anniversary a few months ago and that was so popular they hit their annual sales numbers! so there will be little promo activity until the end of the year.
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My friend and I have done a bit of travelling around Europe with an Interrail ticket. At least that was intention. After buying our ticket we learnt that there were surcharges before booking individual tickets. It ended up cheaper disregarding our Interrail tickets and getting the bus around instead!
 
Rayman said:
Another vote for the man in seat 61.
I'm a big Brussels fan! Four trains an hour to places like Ghent, Bruges and Liege. Lille is also well worth a visit.
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Easterside_Red said:
I've done Bologna and Ghent. Both beautiful cities. Shout out to Leuven also.
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Good comments. Seems to be a consensus than Belgian cities are underrated.

Bruges is good, but seems to get most of the tourist action.
 
1finny said:
Heading to Napoli next year and fancy coming back by train with some stop offs. Thinking of taking 5 or so days to come back with a couple of stop offs - will prob use inter rail.

Venice, Paris, Brussels are all on the radar but just feel a bit ’well worn’ - anyone any experience of doing something like this and alternative stop off points?

Ta
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There's a website called some like "the man is seat 66" which is really good for world wide train travel. Check that out.
 
Great country Belgium, great for beers history and food.
Apparently more Michelin stared restaurants per population than any other country
Plus mussels cooked every possible way 😁
 
We did the obligatory Bruges trip this year (first time). Really pretty place but overran with tourists on a weekend. The football was good tho 👌

Ghent is Bruges but without the tourists imo. Perhaps not as beautiful but not far behind and a really interesting place with some excellent bars and restaurants.

Oostende next I think
 
changingman said:
We did the obligatory Bruges trip this year (first time). Really pretty place but overran with tourists on a weekend. The football was good tho 👌

Ghent is Bruges but without the tourists imo. Perhaps not as beautiful but not far behind and a really interesting place with some excellent bars and restaurants.

Oostende next I think
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I recommend Antwerp. We went a couple of months ago. I'll also second Ghent rather than Brugge.
 
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