Why Portugal’s Best Rail Deals Are Built for Residents, Not Tourists Portugal’s rail network is run almost entirely by a single operator, Comboios de Portugal, known simply as CP, which ke...
Why Spain Doesn’t Play by the Same Rules as Germany or Austria Spain does not have an equivalent to Germany’s regional day tickets or Austria’s Einfach-Raus-Ticket. There is no singl...
Belgium Rewrote Its Entire Ticketing System, and Most Guides Haven’t Caught Up If you have read an older guide to Belgian trains that mentions a “Rail Pass” for 10 journeys, a Standa...
Why the Czech Republic Rewards Groups More Than Individuals The Czech Republic does not have a single flagship pass in quite the way Germany has the Deutschland-Ticket or Austria has the Einfach-Raus-...
Why Germany Rewards Travellers Who Look Past the Standard Ticket Germany has one of the most confusing train ticketing systems in Europe, and also one of the most rewarding once you understand it. Deu...
Why Luxembourg Doesn’t Need a Rail Pass at All Every other country in this series is really about finding the right ticket, card or pass. Luxembourg breaks that pattern entirely. Since 1 March 2...