Here is the link to the rail pass.
http://www.raileurope.com/rail-tickets-passes/eurail-spain-pass/index.html
I haven't got through all the logistics, but it looks like $300 each for 3 day of travel. The more you travel, the more it costs.
Then, reservations would cost more. I don't think this includes the trip from Madrid to/from Lisbon since that's outside Spain. I think that was 50 euro? So like $65? And that's just a ticket, no reservation, no sleeper car?
Check out TAP Portugal. Flights for $100 to Seville from Lisbon.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.flytap.com/USA/enus/Homepage
I see that on Thursday October 24? I don't see that daily.
Deletehttp://www.raileurope.com/european-trains/euromed/how-to-book.html
ReplyDeleteLooks like Euromed has trains that travel the eastern coast of Spain.
From Valencia? Not from Seville or Malaga or the like.
DeleteSo fly into Lisbon, tour there, fly to Seville, train to Madrid, train to Valencia, train to Barcelona, fly home?
I kind of wanted to stop in Zaragoza en route from Madrid to Barcelona via train, but I suppose I can live without it.
So, here's the deal.
ReplyDeleteIt costs the same for a 3 day Spain pass as it does for our two point to point reservations from Madrid to Seville to Barcelona.
That 3rd day is cost effective for a day trip to Cordova from Seville. Otherwise, it doesn't make sense to use a pass for a trip to Toldedo, Segovia, or Sitges. Those trips are like $20 round trip.
I had to pay $15 to call RailEurope to figure all that out, but I think it helped. I have a reservation on hold, but it's not yet paid for. They have your Yahoo address on file, so it will show up there. It's currently 1st class, but I'm sure we can change to 2nd class if we want to save $$.
There's also a chance that it's much cheaper to book straight through Renfe, if we want to try to figure out what all the categories and symbols mean.