London-Berlin or Rome-Berlin? [closed]

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We're going to Europe on May 2018. 2 adults on late 40s, one adult girl (24) and a teenage girl (15).

I bought a 3 ways tickets, departing from Buenos Aires to London, Londo to Rome and then back home from Rome. We'll be 15 days, 10 in London and 5 in Rome. We're going to Paris by train from London and we'd like to visit Berlin as well, maybe by train, but it could be a low cost flight.

Question is: all things considered (mainly time and money) what would be more convenient? Going to Berlin from London or from Rome? Or continuing from Paris? I have found a train course from London to Paris,then Brussels, Antwerp, Dortmund and Berlin, but it's not clear if we can stop on those cities and then continue next day or so. Just in case, we don't plan to be very long on any destination. 2-3 days in London or Rome would be enough, so we could be traveling as long as 9 days , with London being our main destination

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High speed rail is a fun way to travel, and not unreasonably priced.

London - Berlin starts at €59.90 each way (about 9 hours): https://www.seat61.com/Germany.htm#London_to_Hannover_&_Berlin. The best way is changing in Brussels and Cologne.

I can find some Paris - Berlin trains on bahn.de from €49.90 (about 8 hours, one or two changes)

From Rome, you could take the night train to Munich and then the fast train to Berlin. Night trains are quite a time effective way of travelling, and can save on accommodation costs. Though probably not if you expect to have trouble sleeping on board.

The day train Berlin-Rome is about 14 hours (2 changes), so I wouldn't recommend it as convenient, but does take you past spectacular scenary over the Austrian Alps (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uucEm3op7uc) and allows you to change trains in Verona or Venice so has its own charm and might be up your street.



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The budget airline Ryan Air fly from Stansted to Berlin for a reasonable price and in under two hours. Stansted is approximately an hour or so north of London by train so not hard to get to (travelling to Stansted from London is quite normal for flights so trains, buses and pre-booked taxis are plenty). Might be worth looking in to.

Answer 3

Paris-Brussels(-Amsterdam) by train is not particularly cheap but very fast and comfortable. If you also want to see Brussels or Antwerp, this seems like an option worth considering.

Beyond that, trains to Berlin tend to be slow(er) and do not seem very attractive as you are trying to cover a lot of ground in a short period of time. There are many things to see in Germany but Dortmund is not very high up the list so it does not make sense to take the train to stop there either. Instead, you could fly to Berlin from Brussels, Paris, or even Amsterdam and from there back to London or Rome.

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