I am in Western Andalusia. I was planning to cross to France.

Trains to Madrid via Seville are difficult to reserve.

I was thinking, maybe I could go through Portugal, a pit stop in Lisbon, Galicia and cross through the north?

Is it a better idea? Or am I going to be stuck with the same reservation situation than in Spain?

Hello everyone, I want to interrail though Europe next summer (mis-june to mid-july approx.)

I want to go to places with history and culture but also places where I can relax by the sea with beautiful landscapes and hikes.

I'm departing from Lyon and we were thinking of doing the following itinerary:

1. Lyon → Barcelona
2. Barcelona → Marseille
3. Marseille → Milan
4. Milan → Bolzano
5. Bolzano → Venice
6. Venice → Ljubljana
7. Zagreb → Split

the Ljubljana → Zagreb train will be bought separately

Here are my questions:

1 - Apart from the selected cities, what other cities are worth visiting given the itinerary?

2 - Would you recommend visiting different countries other than the ones we plan on visiting?

3 - Taking into account train/ ferry trip duration, is our route ideal, especially around the northern countries?

Thank you for your help!

When we originally planned our journey, I swear there was a direct train between Gdansk, Poland and Berlin, Germany. But now it seems we’re looking at a really long travel day with a lot of connections and/or what seems to be a replacement bus which I’m not sure how this works with the pass?

We have a first class pass and want to limit our travel day to Thursday 23rd July only. We have a rolling suitcase and a duffel bag each so ideally the less connections the better, I’m also not sure what the luggage situation is like on regional trains in Germany so if you have advice I’m keen to hear it!