Hi everyone.
I'm planning to see Europe in the following order:
Spain > France (Nice) > Italy (Florence Rome Venice) > Austria (Vienna) > Germany (Munich & the Romantic Road then Berlin)
For a Eurail Select Pass, should I get a 4-country or a 5-country one? Do I need to count Spain-France trip in my Select Pass?
Thankyou!
Your original post with my response and your subsequent one disappeared. Now that your post has reappeared, I'll answer again.
If you want to use a pass in five countries, you'll need a pass that includes all five. A pass gives you the chance to be flexible and allows you to take several rides on the same day at no additional charge. However, reservation fees on trains that require them and supplements for night trains can add up in a hurry. It can be cheaper to buy point-to-point tickets, particularly if you can commit in advance to particular days and times which would allow you to book non-refundable, non-exchangeable discount fares on national rail sites.
To get an idea of point-to-point fares, go to www.renfe.es (Spain). www.voyages-sncf.com (France), www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html (Italy), www.oebb.at/en (Austria), and www.bahn.de (Germany). Enter times and dates within the next 60 days or you may not be able to get fares.
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There are some tricks to finding discount fares (like booking each leg separately on some routes). If you need more help finding the cost for point-to-point tickets, just ask.
Click on the Railpasses tab at the top of the page you're reading now for lots of helpful information.
and remember, if you have a pass that covers some countries but not a particular one, you can buy a reservation to/from the border of the included country and a ticket for the other. For example, we had a German pass and wanted to go to Brussels. Pass covered cost to German border and we bought ticket to cover Belgium portion. Agents know how to handle that and note you do not pay for 2 reservations. You get ticket for second country and show pass for first.
