Europe Travel via Eurail

You shouldn't have bought a pass. Since you did already, I'll answer: 1. Of the sectors you plan to travel, Amsterdam-Paris-Nice, Monaco-Pisa-Rome-Venezia, Venezia-Interlaken (partially) do require reservations, meaning you have to reserve and pay for your seat before boarding those trains. 2. You can reserve your tickets for Italy in any automated ticket machines, it cost € 10 (for day trains) and the reservation is printed on spot. 3. Calling Trenitalia. Beware of ICN train and what I think you meant EN trains. The latter are the crap, old and frequented by people you'd normally not like to associate with.

Frankfurt-Amsterdam: Seat reservations are optional on the direct ICE trains. Amsterdam-Paris: Reservations are required. Thalys limits the number of seats it allocates for passholders. If you wait until you get to Amsterdam to buy a passholder fare ticket, it may not be available for the train of your choice. If you book a P2P ticket well in advance (up to 90 days allowed) at thalys.com, you can get a discount fare as low as €35.00 which is cheaper than a passholder fare ticket. Paris-Nice: SNCF (French National Rail) limits the number of seats it allocates for passholders on TGVs. If you wait until you get to Paris to buy a seat reservation, it may not be available for the train of your choice. Nice-Monaco: Hop on any regional train. Monaco-Pisa: You'll need to make connections. It's possible to take only regional trains all the way and not have to buy seat reservations. You'll take a regional train from Monaco to Ventimiglia. If any leg beyond Ventimiglia is on either an IC train or a EuroStar Italia train, you will have to buy seat reservations for those legs. You can buy them in Ventimiglia. Pisa-Rome: It's possible to take a direct regional train, but for most departure times one leg will be on a EuroStar Italia train. Buy your seat reservation in Pisa. Rome-Venice: You'll be on a EuroStar Italia train. Buy your seat reservation in Pisa or Rome. Venice-Interlaken: You'll need to buy seat reservations for the Venice-Milan leg on a EuroStar Italia train and for the EC leg from Milan to either Spiez or Brig. Buy them in Pisa, Rome, or Venice. You can hop on any Swiss train to continue on to Interlaken. Interlaken-Munich: No reservations are required on any leg. Munich-Frankfurt: No reservations are required on direct ICE trains.

Continuing from my previous post. You bought a 15-day continuous pass. How many days do you plan to be in each city on your list? Unless you want to spend more of your time on trains than on sightseeing, you may need to eliminate some of your stops.

Thank you for your suggestion Tim, Helps a lot. Well I am planning to spend the night at Amsterdam, Paris, Rome and Munich. Everywhere else I plan to take a tour of the city during the day time. I know the schedule is pretty tight but got to cover as much as possible with the time I have. I already have all the reservations like you've mentioned except for the Paris - Nice route. One more thing that I came across was regarding the Jungfraujoch trip from Interlaken OST. Will my EURAIL Global Pass entitle me to any discounts? If so, how much? I came across a few discussions which said that the journey without discount would cost 190 Euros. Is the Jungfraujoch experience really worth the money?

I haven't been to Switzerland so I can't say whether or not the Jungfraujoch is worth the money. Your Global Pass will give you a 25% discount above Interlaken. See here. For detailed timetables for all your routes, use the German Rail site.

Mom and Dad took me up the Joch when I was a kid. I took my mob when their turn came. It's expensive and not all that impressive. You're looking pretty much the wrong way and it really eats into your day. What is impressive is to walk to the east end of Grindelwald and take the lift up to First. Do it in the late afternoon when the sun is hitting the north face of the Eiger. That's impressive - - and a heck of a lot cheaper.

Ed, I dare do disagree. For me, the Jungraujoch, together with the Mont Blanc and Zugspitze, are the top mountaintops (pun intended) in Europe. It is worth the visit, but you can't go there (or any mountain top) thinking of it as a "quick stop", rushed out. One caveat: the experience of visiting it is highly dependent on the weather. The best days are those with moderate wind (clear fog) and no low cloud but some clouds to give visual reference on the sky.