Italy By Night….Salerno to Turin
As some of you may know I am what is known as a “gricer” – someone who looks to travel on all the railway lines possible! The opportunity arose to travel on an unusual...
Category: En Route Blog
Hotel Diplomatic Turin – Great Hotel For Train Users
The Hotel Diplomatic Turin has a perfect location for Turin’s Porta Susa Railway Station, just a 2-minute safe walk away. Also easily walkable to the centre of Turin along gallery lined streets, protecting you...
Buying a ticket with TrenItalia
I am travelling from Salerno to Turin in a few days and plan to take the overnight train to maximise my time in Italy. The fact that the train is taking an unusual routing...
TGV Est Paris to Strasbourg Refresher
With the opening of the new 106km section of the TGV Est on July 3rd Paris has been conneced to Strasbourg, capital of Alsace, in 1 hour 48 minutes as opposed to 2hr 20...
Dining on Polish Railways
I recently had the pleasure of travelling on a Polish Railways InterCity Train between Szczecin and Poznan, and as it was lunchtime I had a bite to eat in the restaurant car. The restaurants...
Munich to Innsbruck for €9 with free scenery!
There are two ways to travel between Munich and Innsbruck. Firstly the well trodden tracks of the international InterCity trains via Rosenheim / Kufstein – a pleasant enough journey taking just under 2 hours....
