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Milan to Bucharest by train?
Recommendations for which TRAIN route to take fro Milano to Bucuresti ?
Late June or early July. Probably stop for a day somewhere between. Don't care how fast but don't want to spend a lot. I did look at the fastest route on one site, and it required taking a bus from one train station to another. Didn't like that. |
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Milan to Bucharest by train?
On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:43:47 -0600, Happy.Hobo wrote:
Recommendations for which TRAIN route to take fro Milano to Bucuresti ? http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en Several legs, either by Insbruck (34 hours) or Wien (30 hours). Only 2hours 15mn and 20€ direct flight on Ryanair. Late June or early July. Probably stop for a day somewhere between. Don't care how fast but don't want to spend a lot. I did look at the fastest route on one site, and it required taking a bus from one train station to another. Didn't like that. |
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Milan to Bucharest by train?
"Paul Aubrin" wrote in message ... On Sat, 28 Nov 2015 18:43:47 -0600, Happy.Hobo wrote: Recommendations for which TRAIN route to take fro Milano to Bucuresti ? http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en Several legs, either by Insbruck (34 hours) or Wien (30 hours). I think he's already looked that up (his reference to the bus connection is a clue). The results using the travel planner are designed to provide for the fastest journeys between the two points. Unfortunately (for this route) it brings up lots of options with multiple changes. The simplest option is two overnight through trains, Milano - Wien one night and Wien - Bucuresti a following night. Both are available using "global pricing" (which means a single fare including on board accommodation), though I suspect that won't meet the OP's request for the cheapest solution Only 2hours 15mn and 20€ direct flight on Ryanair. or E299 if all the 20 Euro seats are sold for the day you want to travel I wonder if there's a bus? tim |
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Milan to Bucharest by train?
On 11-29-2015 13:25, tim..... wrote:
The simplest option is two overnight through trains, Milano - Wien one night and Wien - Bucuresti a following night. Both are available using "global pricing" (which means a single fare including on board accommodation), though I suspect that won't meet the OP's request for the cheapest solution Sorry I wasn't clear. Indeed, I don't want to spend a LOT but there are other factors than price. Even the bus is not out of the question, nor the flight. But the train, with a tourist stop along the way is an experience that appeals to me. Night train would save money, but eyeballing the country along the way is worth the cost of a night's lodging (under €25 is pretty easy to find). So, I was really fishing for suggestions from folks familiar with different routes and locations. I'm actually starting in Spain, but I couldn't find a site that was able to compute the entire route. So I picked Milan for my first stop. |
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Milan to Bucharest by train?
On 11-29-2015 14:38, Happy.Hobo wrote:
On 11-29-2015 13:25, tim..... wrote: The simplest option is two overnight through trains, Milano - Wien one night and Wien - Bucuresti a following night. Both are available using "global pricing" (which means a single fare including on board accommodation), though I suspect that won't meet the OP's request for the cheapest solution Sorry I wasn't clear. Indeed, I don't want to spend a LOT but there are other factors than price. Even the bus is not out of the question, nor the flight. But the train, with a tourist stop along the way is an experience that appeals to me. Night train would save money, but eyeballing the country along the way is worth the cost of a night's lodging (under €25 is pretty easy to find). Tentatively, Barcelona to Milan, Milan to Budapest, Budapest to Sibiu or Bucharest. Where do I look? Renfe.es doesn't recognize Milan. bahn.de doesn't have prices or make sales eurail won't sell trips, only passes for €510 raileurope.com suggests US$ 125 BCN-MIL, US$118 BUD-BUH, can't find a Milan to Budapest route RyanAir will charge me up the nose for a few kilos overweight, and a hundred euro if their online form is unable to accept the name on my passport. etc. (62 years old, if that makes any difference) |
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Milan to Bucharest by train?
On Sun, 29 Nov 2015 18:43:29 -0600, Happy.Hobo wrote:
On 11-29-2015 14:38, Happy.Hobo wrote: On 11-29-2015 13:25, tim..... wrote: The simplest option is two overnight through trains, Milano - Wien one night and Wien - Bucuresti a following night. Both are available using "global pricing" (which means a single fare including on board accommodation), though I suspect that won't meet the OP's request for the cheapest solution Sorry I wasn't clear. Indeed, I don't want to spend a LOT but there are other factors than price. Even the bus is not out of the question, nor the flight. But the train, with a tourist stop along the way is an experience that appeals to me. Night train would save money, but eyeballing the country along the way is worth the cost of a night's lodging (under €25 is pretty easy to find). Tentatively, Barcelona to Milan, Milan to Budapest, Budapest to Sibiu or Bucharest. Where do I look? Renfe.es doesn't recognize Milan. bahn.de doesn't have prices or make sales eurail won't sell trips, only passes for €510 raileurope.com suggests US$ 125 BCN-MIL, US$118 BUD-BUH, can't find a Milan to Budapest route RyanAir will charge me up the nose for a few kilos overweight, and a hundred euro if their online form is unable to accept the name on my passport. etc. (62 years old, if that makes any difference) Eurolines http://www.eurolines.it/Home/59-1-en.html Option: search trip solution 80 to 100 EUR. Trip : MILANO - BUCAREST 14/12/2015 16/12/2015 18/12/2015 Departure : 13:30 - Arrival : 22:30 JOURNEY DIRECT https://boa.busbookingline.it/web/eu...ation/booking/ bestPrice.php |
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Milan to Bucharest by train?
The simplest option is two overnight through trains, Milano - Wien one
night and Wien - Bucuresti a following night. Both are available using "global pricing" (which means a single fare including on board accommodation), though I suspect that won't meet the OP's request for the cheapest solution Sorry I wasn't clear. Indeed, I don't want to spend a LOT but there are other factors than price. Even the bus is not out of the question, nor the flight. But the train, with a tourist stop along the way is an experience that appeals to me. Night train would save money, but eyeballing the country along the way is worth the cost of a night's lodging (under €25 is pretty easy to find). I've done the sleeper train from Budapest most of the way to Bucuresti - problem is, it crosses the border at about 2am and it'll only just be getting light when you hit the interesting bits of Transylvania. I'm not sure what alternatives there are. I have been from Budapest to Rijeka by train - easy to get to Rijeka from Venice. That takes you through some attractive countryside in Slovenia. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u k Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU, Scotland mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter: JackCampin |
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Milan to Bucharest by train?
On 11-30-2015 07:34, Jack Campin wrote:
Sorry I wasn't clear. Indeed, I don't want to spend a LOT but there are other factors than price. Even the bus is not out of the question, nor the flight. But the train, with a tourist stop along the way is an experience that appeals to me. Night train would save money, but eyeballing the country along the way is worth the cost of a night's lodging (under €25 is pretty easy to find). I've done the sleeper train from Budapest most of the way to Bucuresti - problem is, it crosses the border at about 2am and it'll only just be getting light when you hit the interesting bits of Transylvania. I'm not sure what alternatives there are. Ricksteves.com suggests taking a night train not only to save on lodging but because you compensate for missing rural scenery by having more daylight hours at your destination. :-) I'm considering it. |
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Milan to Bucharest by train?
"Happy.Hobo" wrote in message ... On 11-29-2015 13:25, tim..... wrote: The simplest option is two overnight through trains, Milano - Wien one night and Wien - Bucuresti a following night. Both are available using "global pricing" (which means a single fare including on board accommodation), though I suspect that won't meet the OP's request for the cheapest solution Sorry I wasn't clear. Indeed, I don't want to spend a LOT but there are other factors than price. Even the bus is not out of the question, nor the flight. But the train, with a tourist stop along the way is an experience that appeals to me. Night train would save money, but eyeballing the country along the way is worth the cost of a night's lodging (under €25 is pretty easy to find). The point about the overnight trains is that they were the only options without multiple changes, some of them in rather strange places (in railway terms) Replacing the Milano-Wien leg with a sensible day option is possible but the Second leg is not, you need a second overnight stop at Arad (on the that Hungarian/Romanian border) and even then you need multiple connections per leg. There simply aren't any through day trains nowadays. The Pannonia express is no more! tim |
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Milan to Bucharest by train?
On Mon, 30 Nov 2015, tim..... wrote:
Replacing the Milano-Wien leg with a sensible day option is possible If you want to avoid the OBB EC bus replacements, there are a couple of FUC day trains from Udine to Villach (707 and 1717) where you can connect to the Austrian network. And apparently there is also a true EC train (EC 30) from Venice to Udine (1742) and Vienna (2327) but it will travel in the dark. |
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