Maybe you don't like flying, or are concerned about air travel's contribution to global warming. Or perhaps you just prefer real travel by train or ship, where the journey is part of the adventure... Either way, Suniday Travel will tell you how to travel overland comfortably & affordably.

The European train system makes life easy for the traveler. It shrinks this already small continent, making long and short distances an affordable and exciting possibility for anyone. European trains go to most destinations and are fast, frequent and inexpensive. Generally they are faster and more frequent north of the Alps and less expensive but slower south of the Alps and Pyrenees. With a railpass or ticket, you can easily have dinner in Paris--sleep on the train--and have breakfast in Venice or Berlin or Rome!

You can buy train tickets as you go or save money and use a railpass--depending on your train travel needs.

Railpasses and Point to Point Tickets: With a railpass, you can travel virtually anywhere, anytime without reservations. Just step on the train headed you your direction, sit in an unreserved seat, and when the uniformed conductor arrives, flash your pass. Well, it generally is that easy. Recently, more and more fast trains are requiring seat reservations in addition to your train ticket or railpass--but despite the chore of purchasing the required seat reservation, a railpass is still a joy.

The train pass scene has become complicated in recent years.. Our choice used to be just a 15, 30, 90 day Eurail Pass covering 17 countries.  But digging the English Channel Tunnel, building a bridge between Denmark  and Sweden, and adding slick  speed trains all over Europe haven't come cheap.  Consequently train pass prices have gone up faster than car rental rates.  Now the previously popular consecutive- day Eurailpasses are harder to afford.  Rather than lowering the price, the train pass companies are offering us 80+ different passes that fit more closely to your actual days of travel.   You can check out descriptions of different types of passes by clicking here.