TRAVELING IN EUROPE?????????????!?

Question

I plan to go to Europe to Budapest,Hungary then take a train to Oradea,Romania and then from there to Athens,Greece. I use yahoo maps for time and directions and from Budapest to Oradea is about 3 hours and from Oradea to Athens is about 16 hours but they go by car. How long is that by train,how much are the cheapest tickets because I dont know need anything expensive,and does anyone know a site where I can google map and directions by train? Please someone with experience answer. Thanks

Answer 1

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There is a map for all the rail connections in Europe, or at least all major ones:
http://www.interrailnet.com/downloads/in…
It has a small inset with general travel times, but those are mostly based on the fast international trains.

A good site to find travel times in much of Europe is the German rail planner in English: http://www.bahn.de/international/view/en…
But it will not have the prices of the tickets.
For that you will need either the rail planner page of the country, or if traveling between two countries, either end will do, or rely on the information of sites like Rail Europe, who never do check the cheap fares if you book early: http://www.raileurope.com/index.html
Or do your homework on a site like the man in seat sixty-one: http://www.seat61.com/ Who has almost all information you are asking about, but in a huge site.

To find the national rail planner sites, if seat 61 can not help you there, just google the name of the country and train times or train tickets. That will almost always get you one.

And remember, if you see a price online, it may mean that it is a reduction fee only available for the people booking early, and restricted to that train only.

As a general rule, travel times by car and by train are often alike, but as trains sometimes do not have connections, the actual travel might take longer. But in some countries there are trains that are much faster than cars and less likely to get delayed (traffic jams) that you can only take it as rough guide at best.

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I do travel by train in Europe often, but I have never traveled in the area where you want to go.

Answer 2

Hi there,

The best place for you to get your train tickets (as I believe you are American) is at http://www.raileurope.com

Just input your departure point and destination and voila!

Budapest to Oradea is scheduled as a five hour journey by rail. According to the website I provided you, a second-class ticket (one way) for this journey would cost US$43.00

There are no direct services from Oradea to Athens, nor are there any direct services from Budapest. Firstly you will need to take a train from Oradea to Timisoara, where you can connect with the Bucharest train. If you leave late in the morning you can take a direct Oradea-Bucharest service. All in all, this journey (with or without change) takes just under 12 hours. This journey costs

Rail Europe now seems to deny that there are any railway connections between Bucharest and Athens which is partially true — as a matter of fact, you will need to change trains in Salonkia (Thessaloniki). You leave Budapest at 19:13 every day and arrive in Salonkia at 05:24 two nights later. Along the way you will stop in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria late on the second evening.

When finally in Salonkia, you can book a ticket for the final leg of your journey, which is Salonkia — Athens. You must reserve and you can only reserve once you are in Greece.

Hope this helped,

JPJ

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http://www.raileurope.com
http://www.seat61.com/Greece.htm#By%20tr…

Answer 3

Check out mappy.com for maps and transportation estimates. See eurail.com for train tickets.

Answer 4

there are quite a few sites that you can search that will likely give you the best prices available. check out the website BookMe and you will be able to compare prices on all the reputable travel sites in just a couple minutes. it's very convenient and will save you a bunch of time and money. Also, make sure you buy them online... otherwise they charge much higher fees for phone orders. good luck.

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www.BookMe.com