Trains in and out of Italy

My husband and I are traveling to Europe the end of April through May. Since it is my first time to Europe, we are planning to stop in Paris for three days, Amsterdam for 2, Germany for 3-4, and then spend the rest in Italy and possibly go on a cruise around Greece. We are wondering about transportation from Paris to Italy. We plan to spend 5 days in Rome. Any suggestions would begreatly appreciated. -* Reply to this

Hi Kevin and Jess,

Best to get an overnight train between Paris and Milan, as its about 10 hours. Then change in Milan to get a train to Rome. Eurail sites will have timings and if your travelling around on trains, get a Eurail pass before you go, as its a whole lot cheaper than sector fares.

Hope this helps

Patrick Reply to this

Thanks for the info. We are debating whether to get the europass, or buy individual tickets. We've narrowed our travels down.... Munich to Venice, Venice to Rome, Rome to Paris, Paris to Amsterdam, Somewhere in Germany (we haven't quite decided yet) back to Munich. Comparing prices, it may be better to buy the Euro pass, but some bloggers caution that we'll have to pay additional for certain fares. How do we know which fares we would have to pay extra for?
Jessica and Kevin Reply to this

yeah even with interrail you need to pay fees for sleepers. there are also some fees for certain day trains as well although i dont remember specifically which ones. the surcharge was at most 7 euros if i remember right and the charges were few and far between.

i dont know if you were specifically meaning to travel from paris to rome in one journey or for individual journeys to holland then to germany etc. if it is one journey for example on the 10th of june; the shortest journey would be 15 hours 21 mins leaving at 18:52 in the evening and arriving at 10:13 the following morning. you can find this information yourself on the website www.db.de. it is a german website and has train journeys for the whole of europe. on the top right of the page you can select for it in english. it has every journey cost, time and duration and is an invalauable resource that should help you plan your trip. you should also see if the interrail would represent better value than individual tickets although i think interrail is more geared towards lots of jounreys in a month for the user to save money.

scott Reply to this

We bought the flexi global passes from www.ricksteves.com . After checking prices, the best solution seemed to be the railpass. I'll let you all know how it goes. Thanks for the info. Reply to this