Offering you the choice of 3 to 10 days of 1st or 2nd class travel within a 2 month time period anywhere anytime in Spain the Spain rail pass is one of the more economical options for you to see a lot of Spain for as little as possible.
Spain has something for everyone - Paella and flamenco dancing, world-renown, beautiful beaches, and terrific shopping. All this and much more can be discovered with the Eurail Spain Pass.
There is no better way to explore Spain than with the Eurail Spain rail pass.
With the purchase of a Eurail Pass you will receive a free Eurail Traveler's Guide with a railway map of Europe and a Eurail Timetable with the main rail connections in Europe.
Eurail Spain Rail Travel Pass gives you the choice of 3 to 10 days of 1st or 2nd class travel within a 2 month time period anywhere anytime in Spain.
Spain has something for everyone - paella and flamenco dancing, world-renown, beautiful beaches, and terrific shopping. All this and much more can be discovered with the Eurail Spain Pass.
There is no better way to explore Spain than with the Eurail Spain rail pass.
Note: As Eurail travel passes are not able to be purchased in the country of travel advance purchase is essential and also costs less when made online.
Eurail Spain Rail Travel Pass
Offering you the choice of 3 to 10 days of 1st or 2nd class travel within a 2 month time period anywhere anytime in Spain the Spain rail pass is one of the more economical options for you to see a lot of Spain for as little as possible.
The Eurail Spain rail pass is one of the most popular single country European rail passes available.
The Eurail Spain Rail Pass Entitles You To:
Available for 3 to 10 days of 1st or 2nd class travel within a 2 month period.
The Pass is available for both 1st and 2nd class rail travel.
Children aged 4 up to and including 11 years of age get 50% reduction on the full fare.
Children under the age of 4 years travel for free.
With the purchase of a Eurail Pass you will receive a free Eurail Traveler's Guide with a railway map of Europe and a Eurail Timetable of the main rail connections in Europe.
The Spain rail pass also entitles you to benefit from numerous bonuses in Spain.
Using Your Eurail Spain Rail Pass
Always have your pass validated prior to your first train trip in Europe.
Do NOT validate it yourself.
Passes are issued on identity, not to be used by any other person.
The Flexi Passes have a schedule with boxes to fill in the date of travel. Always fill in the boxes yourself before embarking on the train.
When taking an overnight train leaving after 7 pm, please fill in the next day of travel in your Flexi Passes. Travel days would have to be within the validity of the pass.
There are free bonus and discounted bonus that entitle you to reductions with every pass your purchase.
When you use a free bonus, you will have to use a day of your pass. A discounted bonus will not utilize any day of your pass.
Without a rail pass travelling by train in Spain is usually a bit more expensive than busses, but for the longer trips train travel is far more convenient.
More About Rail Travel In Spain
There are a lot of different types of trains.
There are fast connections between the north and the south (Intercity and AVE), slower regional connections (e.g. Estrella and Diurno) and around bigger cities there's the local network called Cercanías.
Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao have an excellent underground railway system.
The Madrid Metro is the large metro system serving Madrid, the capital of Spain.
It is one of the largest metro systems in the world, which is especially remarkable considering Madrid's population of approximately five million. In fact, it is among the top 10 longest metros in the world, though Madrid is approximately the fiftieth most populous metropolitan area in the world.
Taking into account a kilometer per inhabitant ratio, Madrid has the densest Subway network in the world. It is also one of the fastest growing in the world, rivalled only by the Seoul Metro (Seoul); the latest round of expansions, completed in spring 2003, have increased its length to 226.7 kilometres. The metro has 190 stations on 12 lines (and one branch line.) An additional 44 km of metro lines are expected to be constructed by 2007, as well as 30 km of light rail lines that will serve the western region of the metropolitan area.
Madrid also has an extensive commuter train (Cercanías) network operated by Renfe, the national rail line, which is intermodal with the metro network. Several Cercanías transfer stations are included in MetroSur.
The Barcelona Metro, part of the mass transit public transport system of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain is an extensive network of electrified railways that run underground in central Barcelona and above ground into the city's suburbs.
The Barcelona Metro was founded in 1924 with the construction of the 'Grand Metro' between Lesseps and the Plaça Catalunya, part of the modern line 3. Two years later the 'Metro Transversal' (now part of line 1) was built between the Plaça Catalunya and la Bordeta to link the city centre with the Plaça Espanya and Montjuïc, the site of the 1929 Universal Exposition.
In modern times the network consists of 9 lines managed by two different operators: Transports Metropolitans de Barcelona, which manages the major underground lines; and Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (roughly translated, Railways of the Government of Catalonia), which manages three integrated commuter lines running out into the extended metropolitan area. Fares are integrated into a city-wide system that also includes local and regional buses and some regional train services.
Metro Bilbao is a metro system serving the northern Spanish city of Bilbao and its metropolitan area (Gran Bilbao). It has a metre gauge.
Access to the metro is provided by 'fosteritos', glass structures affectionately named after the architect. These modern-looking tunnels stand attractive alongside the modern and innovative interior of the stations.
Large caverns of a 160m2 cross section were dug for stations, creating large open spaces, as opposed to the traditional sets of linked tunnels. For example the ticket line is in the same space as the trains, for this purpose steel structures called 'mezzanines' have been built over the tracks. Trains are fully accessible by lifts and escalators. Materials such as steel and concrete have been used throughout.
More About Spain
Spain is the second most visited tourism destination in the World after France. They welcome 52 million tourists per year, according to the World Tourism Organization.
Tourism in Spain includes the two largest cities of Madrid and Barcelona, and some other very interesting places include Vigo and Pontevedra in Galicia, Cordoba, Sevilla, Granada (cultural places) and Málaga, Huelva, Cádiz, Almería (beaches) in Andalusia, Salamanca, Toledo, Segovia are beautiful places in the rest of the country. Important touristics places (with incredible beaches) are Rías Baixas (in the province of Pontevedra), Salou, Benidorm, Mallorca, Ibiza (Balearic Islands), Canary Islands, Valencia, Catalonia and The Cantabrico (north of Spain).
Spain's national airline is Iberia (or Iberia Airlines), but the country can also be flown into on many international passenger and charter airlines, both of which fly to many tourist spots in the region. There are good trains, for example AVE (Spanish high velocity) or Talgo. There are good freeways to the most important cities.
Valid for unlimited travel on the entire Spanish Rail network the Spain Rail Pass is outstanding value for money.
Please Note: As Eurail rail travel passes are not able to be purchased in the country of travel advance purchase is essential and will also cost you less.
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