Travelling Europe by Train: Italy, France, Spain and Portugal
23 Aug 2023
Stops
Genoa
Cannes
Montpellier
Barcelona
Valencia
Sevilla
Flight Back
Tools
To book the trains I mostly relied on The Train Line, which takes away the hassle downloading, registering and learning every national train line. One app to book in every country. When you’re in a pinch it even allows you to book Flixbus connections. The only flaws I could find:
- Sometimes it refuses to book a ticket if the train’s departure is too close. In such cases I resortet to buying tickets from machines at the railway stations.
- The algo to find connections sometimes didn’t suggest the most efficient route. Sometimes I found it necessary to book hops individually to reduce travel time.
To find hotels I used everybody’s favourite monopolist and had no problems apart from Valencia where for one night the whole town was totally booked out.