Cannes Travel Forum

Hi,

Me and 2 friends want to visit Cannes whilst travelling around Europe with an InterRail Pass this summer.

We've booked flights into Barcelona and want to know if we can get a train from Barcelona to Cannes with our pass and how long it would take.

Also, we want to go to Florence (with a stop of in Nice/Monaco) - does anyone know if we can do this?


Many thanks for all help

Lula

Go to
the SNCF website : http://www.voyages-sncf.com

For example, you might get on 09/04 a 10h10 ride:
BARCELONA FRANCA 08h45
MONTPELLIER 13h22
MONTPELLIER 15h11
CANNES GARE 18h55

And a 08h30 ride
NICE VILLE 10h05
MILANO CENTRALE 14h50
MILANO CENTRALE 15h10
FIRENZE CAMPO DI MARTE 18h35

You may want to consider Milan as a hub. So you could take the overnight train from Barcelona to Milan http://www.renfe.es/horarios/index.html
of fly from Barcelona to Milan www.vueling.com.

Milan is close to Florence so you could visit Florence when you get to Milan. Have you considered visiting Lake Como? Short hop from Milan, very enjoyable - (shameless plug) - I have some photos and restaurant tips for Varenna, off Lake Como on my pages.

The Nice/Monaco stop would be when you're in Cannes - I would also suggest stopping at Eze, which is on the way to Monaco. There are trains between Cannes, Nice, and Monaco, you just need to double check there are no rail strikes when you're visiting.

I know you have a rail ticket, but not knowing how long you have, flying could save you some time. If time is not an issue, do keep to the train, but note that many times larger cities close to the places you want to visit will have better connections, which is the case with Milan.