Jennie, Ian and the team at 196Destinations.com are promoting train travel stories to make it easier to travel by train. If you would like to donate or contribute a story to our train travel promotion mission, please DM us on Twitter. In the meantime, enjoy the second part of Helen’s adventures through Europe. Part oneContinue reading “Meander round Italy, France, Spain, the Netherlands and Belgium: part 2”
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Ready To Board?
We’re ready to roll… At 196Destinations.com we’re exploring what makes it fun to travel by train, and why people still often choose the plane! If you want to get involved then please contact us. With the Climate Emergency declared in many places, how can people still choose air? Well actually, often the train costs more,Continue reading “Ready To Board?”
The Future Of International Train Travel?
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Amsterdam to Berlin
“…happy to discover a direct train service from Amsterdam to Berlin, and at a reasonable price…”
Contributing to 196 Destinations
Thank you for your interest in writing for 196 Destinations. We’re dedicated to sharing stories on overland travel, especially train travel, to help inspire people to find an alternative to flying. With your help, we can make a difference. To contribute: Go to our contact form and send us a message. We’d love to knowContinue reading “Contributing to 196 Destinations”
Armenia to Ukraine Part 4: Odessa to Lviv
“You’ll love Odessa,” my Ukrainian friend Krystyna said, when I described the plan. “You’ll wish you had more time there.” She wasn’t wrong – it’s now yet another on my list of places I have to go back to someday. She also told me that Odessa is famous for two things – the sea, andContinue reading “Armenia to Ukraine Part 4: Odessa to Lviv”
Armenia to Ukraine Part 3: Ferry, cross the Black Sea 🎶
Wandering through a goods yard was not exactly the way I had expected my voyage on the UkrFerry sailing to Odessa to begin, but that was precisely what I found myself doing. Picking my way across the rutted mud between truck cabs, I searched for signs for the passenger terminal. A man with a backpackContinue reading “Armenia to Ukraine Part 3: Ferry, cross the Black Sea 🎶”
Armenia to Ukraine Part 2: Tbilisi to Batumi by not-quite-sleeper.
“I’ve never heard of that,” said my Georgian host, Saba, from the other side of a large khachapuri. This was not good news for my attempts to book the elusive sleeper train from Yerevan to Batumi, which supposedly stopped in Tbilisi along the way, and which I was supposed to be boarding in a coupleContinue reading “Armenia to Ukraine Part 2: Tbilisi to Batumi by not-quite-sleeper.”
An Interrail adventure: Berlin to Málaga….
3200kms could be considered a long distance for a train journey….
Armenia to Ukraine Part 1: Overland to Tbilisi!
Editor’s note: This is the first part of the trip by Jennie going from Yerevan, to Tbilisi. “It’s the halfway point,” Hardeep said. I could hear the grin in his voice over the phone. It was Yerevan, Armenia, where he was going for a friend’s wedding in a month or so. I’d met Hardeep atContinue reading “Armenia to Ukraine Part 1: Overland to Tbilisi!”
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