Rail ticketing firm Eurail, which sells train tickets valid across Europe to visitors, revealed its most popular routes for last week, proving that Italy is still top spot for travelers on the continent. The journey from Florence to Rome was the most popular route traveled by Eurail pass holders in , Eurail revealed this past week, with Italy dominating the list of the most-traveled routes.
It wasn't until fifth places that another country got a look in, with the one hour hop between Bern and Interlaken in Switzerland, which was also home to the sixth most popular route, running between Luzern and Zurich. Eurail said that after its main ticket, which allows travel through 23 different countries, the Italy-specific ticket was the most popular, with over 68, sold in , up 8.
This month marks the 40th year since the concept of 'interrailing' was introduced in , an activity that has gone on to become a popular way of seeing Europe for gap year students, traveling retirees and train-mad tourists.
Europe's most popular rail routes 1. Florence to Rome 2. Florence to Pisa 3. Florence to Venice 4. Milan to Venice 5. Bern to Interlaken 6. Luzern to Zurich 7. Rome to Venice 8.
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