Independent Travellers Europe by Rail 2006; The Inter-railer's and Eurailer's Guide

by Ethel Davies, Sevil Delin, Jane Foster, Will Hardie, Dr Annie Kay, Susie Lunt, Jennifer Morris, Caroline Oldfield, Jeremy Smith, Dan Taylor, Mark Thomas, WendyWood, Barry Worthington and Tim Locke

• ISBN13: 9781841574950
• ISBN10: 1841574953
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2006-01-01
• Publisher: Thomas Cook Publishing

Summary

No world region contains so many varied and independent nations as Europe, and yet its well-integrated rail system and the cheapness of international railpasses make the continent easy to explore - not only the must-see cities and landscapes but also the lesser-known delights waiting to be discovered. Independent Travellers Europe by Rail has drawn on the train travel expertise of Thomas Cook to devise a menu of connected rail journeys that take in the best that Europe has to offer, with plenty of recommendations on accommodation, eating and sightseeing to make your travel budget go a long way. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Compiled by an enthusiastic team of travel writers who rode the rails for months on end to create this book: Ethel Davies, Sevil Delin, Jane Foster, Will Hardie, Dr Annie Kay, Susie Lunt, Jennifer Morris, Caroline Oldfield, Jeremy Smith, Dan Taylor, Mark Thomas, Wendy Wood, and Barry Worthington.

Table of Contents

General Information
Introduction	p. 10
Europe Map	p. 12
Route Map	p. 14
European Through Trains	p. 16
How to Use this Book	p. 18
Price Guide	p. 19
Travelling around Europe	p. 20
Rail Passes	p. 31
Rail Travel	p. 37
Other Methods of Travel in Europe	p. 41
Walking in Europe	p. 42
Cycling in Europe	p. 44
Routes
Across Europe United Kingdom	p. 49
International Routes	p. 46
London	p. 52
Crossing to Continental Europe	p. 65
France	p. 67
Paris	p. 71
Calais-Paris-Toulouse	p. 83
Cherbourg-Paris-Strasbourg	p. 90
Paris-Tours-Bordeaux	p. 96
Paris-Lyon-Marseille	p. 105
Biarritz-Carcassonne-Marseille	p. 113
Marseille-Nice-Menton	p. 123
Beziers-Clermont-Ferrand-Nimes	p. 134
Corsica (Bonifacio-Ajaccio-Bastia)	p. 138
Toulouse-Perpignan-Barcelona	p. 142
Spain, Portugal and Morocco	p. 146
Barcelona	p. 151
Lisbon	p. 160
Madrid	p. 167
Barcelona-Madrid-Lisbon	p. 174
Madrid-Segovia-Salamanca	p. 184
Lisbon-Oporto-Santiago	p. 188
San Sebastian-Burgos-Santiago	p. 196
Malaga-Granada-Cadiz	p. 206
Visiting Morocco	p. 219
Benelux	p. 222
Amsterdam	p. 227
Brussels	p. 235
Ostend-Brussels-Luxembourg	p. 241
Amsterdam-Gouda-Amsterdam	p. 248
Germany	p. 255
Berlin	p. 259
Hamburg	p. 267
Munich	p. 272
Aachen-Hannover-Berlin	p. 278
Hannover-Hamburg-Lubeck	p. 284
Cologne-Wurzburg-Passau	p. 288
Munich-Heidelberg-Konstanz	p. 299
Munich-Weimar-Berlin	p. 311
Munich-Innsbruck-Verona	p. 322
Switzerland	p. 325
Zurich	p. 329
Lausanne-Basel-Milan	p. 333
Berne-Interlaken-Geneva	p. 341
Berne-Lucerne-Milan	p. 351
Austria	p. 356
Vienna	p. 359
Innsbruck-Salzburg-Vienna	p. 365
Italy	p. 372
Florence	p. 376
Milan	p. 382
Naples	p. 388
Rome	p. 395
Venice	p. 402
Ventimiglia-Genoa-Pisa	p. 409
Pisa-Siena-Orvieto	p. 413
Milan-Venice-Trieste	p. 419
Bologna-Assisi-Rome	p. 425
Rome-Naples-Palermo	p. 433
Sardinia (Cagliari-Santa Teresa di Gallura)	p. 440
Croatia and Slovenia	p. 445
Ljubljana-Split-Dubrovnik	p. 448
Salzburg-Rijeka-Osijek	p. 454
Scandinavia	p. 459
Copenhagen	p. 466
Helsinki	p. 472
Oslo	p. 477
Stockholm	p. 482
Copenhagen-Odense-Gothenburg	p. 489
Copenhagen-Gothenburg-Oslo	p. 495
Oslo-Bergen-Oslo	p. 498
Oslo-Trondheim-Boden	p. 504
Copenhagen-Malmo-Stockholm	p. 511
Stockholm-Oulu-Helsinki	p. 515
Helsinki-Oulu	p. 523
Baltic States	p. 526
St Petersburg	p. 529
Vilnius-Tallinn-St Petersburg	p. 533
Poland	p. 544
Warsaw	p. 546
Poznan-Krakow-Zakopane	p. 552
Czech Republic and Slovakia	p. 559
Prague	p. 562
Prague-Bratislava-Poprad-Tatry	p. 569
South-East Europe	p. 576
Athens	p. 583
Budapest	p. 589
Istanbul	p. 596
Bratislava-Bucharest-Istanbul	p. 602
Athens-Thessaloniki-Plovdiv	p. 609
Reference Section
Directory	p. 616
Conversion Tables	p. 649
Index	p. 650
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Excerpts

Although there's virtually nothing medieval remaining in the centre, Bavaria's sophisticated and cosmopolitan capital is many people's favourite German city. It's easy to see why: the city exudes a sense of space and greenery, and you soon get caught up in the laid-back approach to life, noticeable particularly among the crowds of all ages out enjoying themselves in its many beer halls, pavement cafés and gardens, and in the student haunts and fringe theatres of the Schwabig area. Only the Föhn, a dry wind blowing from the mountains, tempers the local sense of fun.

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