Hello,
I have a eurail pass and will be travelling to many of the major cities in Europe (Paris, Brussels, Munich, Rome, Vienna, etc.). I know that the eurail pass entitles one free travel to those cities but what about within them? Must I buy separate tickets once I get in each city to travel around or will the eurail pass be sufficient? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
I think you'd be better off purchasing separate tickets for the city's train and/or bus system. They are pretty cheap - probably equivalent to what it's like taking the bus around Columbus. Depending on how long you stay in a city, you might be able to get a local discounted ticket book or pass.
On my first trip to Europe, I bought a 5-day flexipass for Benelux, France, and Spain. I used the flexipass for the expensive, long trips between the countries, and while in Amsterdam, Paris, and Madrid (including London, which was a last-minute detour) I simply bought cheap individual tickets at the station.
Bottom line, I'd save the spendy eurail pass for country-to-country travel (or long distance travel within the country), and buy cheap local train/bus tickets (or simply walk) while in the cities.
if its a global pass you can travel anywhere any time as many times as you want. you can travel within each country. even with aeurail pass but you use a travel day.
Check out "Benefits" for each country on the Eurail website, www.eurail.com. For the most part I found that passes are only usable on the mainline trains. In most cases you would have to buy additional local tickets when you got to a city, even it you were using a day of your railpass.
In Germany it can be used for all S-bahn in most cities except Berlin, but not for any U-bahns, streetcars or buses. It looks like for France, it can be used for selected RER trains to/from the airports in Paris. And, of course, you have to have the pass validated for that day. It would not pay to use a day of a pass just for in-city travel.
