Interrail and Eurail are not only tickets to travel cheaper, but a different way to know Europe . They are tickets thought specially for the youngest people, or adult people with young spirit. Don´t believe that people only use them to save money, because it is rather an unforgettable and enriching adventure. If you ask to anyone who has lived this experience he will tell you hundreds of wonders, anecdotes and places. It could be defined as a philosophy. Long after you will make tourism across many places, if you have luck you will allow more luxuries to yourself or you will know exotic places, or you will have simpler and more relaxed trips. Nevertheless you are always going to remember with special affection that InterRail during your youth.

Come on! It is not late yet, if you are young you can still live an adventure that you never will forget. If you have a pair of weeks of vacations don´t hesitate, perhaps in the future you don´t find an opportunity like this. Take your backpack, buy the pass and live your dream!

Inter Rail is a special rail pass with no age restrictions for unlimited travel in 2nd class during the period of time you paid for, across 29 countries of Europe and Morocco: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Finland, France, Holland, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Macedonian, Morocco, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Rumania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.

First class is more quiet and spacious with fewer seats per compartment or car. There is more room for luggage and generally will be less crowded as most Europeans using the train travel in second class.

This ticket is valid for everyone born in these countries or that has been born in another country but who has the nationality of some of the participating countries (double nationality is also valid). It is also valid for people that can demonstrate a residence in the participating countries of at least six months. Finally you can buy an InterRail if you have resided during 6 months in Algeria, Belarus, Cyprus, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Russia, Tunisia or Ukraine.

If you do not belong to any of these options you are not eligible for an Inter Rail pass but there are other tickets that surely will suit, like the Eurail, very similar to InterRail.

The member countries of InterRail are grouped in 8 zones, as you can verify in the map. Each zone groups between 2 and 5 countries.

The route is free, whenever you move within the zones chosen in the beginning. Outside these zones the tariffs are the habitual ones for each railways company.

The InterRail ticket doesn´t allow to travel through your own country, although you had chosen the zone including it, except for the next case.

You get a 50% reduction on your go and return journey between your country of residence and the border of one of the countries included in the selected zone.

Sometimes it is better to include another zone in your InterRail card and to pay that extra instead of paying half of a single ticket to cross a country not included in your pass. An example is when crossing France, not included in your ticket. Although you pay only 50% of the ticket it is cheaper to add this zone (E) in your InterRail pass.

The period of time must be constituted by consecutive days, and within that period it is possible to travel every day and without limits.

The pass can be bought for traveling during any moment of the year.

The pass can be obtained in many travel agencies and the railways companies.

The ticket can be acquired 3 months ahead, and you choose the date in which it starts to count the valid days.

You can get the InterRail card at your country of residence if your country belongs to one of the 29 members. If you live in Algeria, Belarus, Cyprus, Estonia, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Moldova, Russia, Tunisia or Ukraine you will have to buy the card in anyone of the 29 members. In this particular case, the conditions of use will be those applied in the country of purchase.

Summarizing: the InterRail pass is bought in the beginning, choosing the zones that you will visit and the period of time. During the travel you can take any train in 2nd class without paying nor reserving, it is only necessary to enter the train and to show your InterRail card when the railways personnel requires it.

Regarding the prices there are three groups: children (<12 years age), youth (12 to 25 years of age, both included) and adults (26 or more years of age). We have available the prices in sterline pounds as well.

Nevertheless there are some services that need to pay a supplement for: seat reservations, night trains and high speed trains. In these trains the reservation is obligatory. In order to have detailed information on those supplements, to know the trains belonging to these groups and for have an approximate idea about the amount, visit the supplement section or the special trains section.

There are some ferry services included in zone G: Superfast Ferries and Blue Star Ferries between Italy (Ancona or Bari) and Greece (Igoumenitsa or Patras). It is necessary to pay some small tax in the port. If you want a reclining seat or a cabin with bunks it is necessary to pay supplements.

The InterRail pass is personal and not transferable. During the trip the ticket is valid only with the passport or identity card.

During your trip, you have to fill in a special form, giving details of each journey you make. For each journey by train or ferry, you must enter the date, time, departure and arrival points, the number of the rail/ferry service.

The railway company where you buy the ticket will refund it if you annul it before the day of validity begins, but they won´t replace it if lost or stolen.

If you still have some doubt or you want to make any question, visit our forums. You could also find useful the official website for InterRail.

You can go to our railmap section to download many available maps or get some advice.