If you’ve ever opened Google Maps in Japan and zoomed out, you may have noticed something striking: high-speed rail lines and major corridors are shown far more clearly than in most other countries. Shinkansen routes, main JR lines, and dense urban railways appear tightly drawn and highly legible — almost as if Google is testing […]
Continue reading Why Google Maps Shows Japan’s Railways So Clearly…or a spectacular train you must plan your life around? 🚆🏔️ There’s something trains do that no other form of transport quite manages. They slow you down just enough to let the landscape unfold properly. Alaska, of all places, understands that instinctively. And yet, if your rail reference point is somewhere like Switzerland — where […]
Continue reading Alaska Railroad: one of the world’s great rail experiences…For a city that regularly ranks among the most liveable in the world, Melbourne has a surprisingly glaring omission: a direct airport rail link. Melbourne Airport (Tullamarine) opened in 1970, and almost from the moment it did, planners talked about connecting it to the city by train. More than half a century later, passengers are […]
Continue reading When Will Melbourne Finally Get Its Airport Rail Link?For many years, Pisa International Airport (Galileo Galilei) enjoyed something that is now surprisingly rare in Italy: a direct mainline railway station. Pisa Aeroporto station sat on the conventional rail corridor and, at various times, even hosted direct trains to Florence, allowing passengers to step off a flight and continue deeper into Tuscany without changing […]
Continue reading From Pisa Aeroporto Station to PisaMover: How PSA Airport Rail Access ChangedA Game Changer for Czech and Central European Travel 🚆✈️ For decades, Prague has felt slightly out of step with its Central European neighbours when it comes to airport rail access. Despite having one of Europe’s most beautiful historic centres and one of the continent’s most heavily used airports, Václav Havel Airport Prague has long […]
Continue reading Prague Airport’s New Mainline Railway StationVenice is on track to finally get a direct rail connection to Marco Polo Airport, filling a gap that has long frustrated travellers and planners alike. The project, led by Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, involves constructing about 8 kilometres of new track to link the historic Venice–Trieste line with a new underground station at the […]
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Featured image: The Pont du Gard near Nîmes, France – a UNESCO-listed Roman aqueduct crossing the Gardon River, built in the 1st century AD. Visiting Pont du Gard by bus, one of the most impressive surviving Roman aqueducts in the world, is entirely possible without a car. Two regional liO buses — 115 and 121 […]
Continue reading Getting to Pont du Gard by Bus from Avignon and NîmesThe newly announced freeze on UK regulated rail fares is a step in the right direction. UK train travel has become so expensive that even short journeys can feel like luxury purchases 🚆💸. Holding peak and off-peak fares steady is sensible — and long overdue. But if rail is ever going to be a realistic […]
Continue reading Freezing UK Rail Fares Is Welcome — But Does it Fix the Real Problem?Car rental in Spain is famous for offering some of the lowest headline prices in Europe. A compact car rented out of season for a week or more can look astonishingly cheap, often rivaling rates in Portugal and Croatia, which are the two other major European markets where rental prices regularly drop to similar lows. […]
Continue reading Why Car Rental in Spain Isn’t Always As Cheap As It Looks🚗🌍 ✨ The final score brings everything together. It combines the strength of non-car transport, the value of hiring a car, and the broader travel environment to produce a simple, practical recommendation for travellers. Although many destinations fall somewhere in the middle, this scoring system therefore helps make sense of the differences in a clear, […]
Continue reading How We Score: “Should You Rent a Car?”