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Like many other cities, the metros and regular buses stop at night (between midnight and 5am most nights). There is a different night bus network (NitBus) in Barcelona and its suburbs with 18 lines (N0 to N17). I believe that the fares and passes are the same as for the day buses.
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There are some claims (common but contested) that the lower air pressure (and humidity) in a plane's cabin increases the risk of thrombosis.
Another factor is that buses usually have toilet breaks every couple of hours, which gives everyone an opportunity to stretch their legs - and people are more likely to make use of these opportunities than to do it ...
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Amtrak
Amtrak offers a series of USA Rail Passes:
8 segments within 15 days $429
12 segments within 30 days $649
18 segments within 45 days $829
To discourage commuters from buying a pass (as opposed to a multi-ride ticket), travel is restricted to four one-way trips between any two cities and the cities in between them on the same route.
As with rail ...
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update4: new bus companies and bus search engine
Meinfernbus, Flixbus, city2city, München-Stuttgart-Express and Aldi-Fernbuslinien are new to me, so I'll share this here.
bus search engine: busliniensuche
DeinBus.de is a another alternative. Bus transport is going to get bigger in Germany since there is no more monopoly to long-distance travel from ...
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The fastest route is the Thalys train that takes 1:22 hours and is a non stop train. If you compare that to the car, you need more than 3 hours according to Google. Consequently, buses can't be any faster than cars. Another option would be flying, but a flight takes around 1 hours, without including the time for getting to the airport, security check, ...
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Thalys is definitely the fastest way of getting from Brussels to Paris. You can buy tickets directly at the Thalys website. You can also buy them at the Belgian (SNCB) or French (SNCF) railway companies. The prices are in principle identical.
The trip by bus takes around 5 hours, to be compared to the 1h20 of the train trip. Apart from Eurolines you can use ...
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Some of the companies tend to advertise wifi connection onboard, but we encountered the first actually working one in Chile.
I would try to go through the desks of different bus companies in the bus station. If they say that they offer wifi in the bus then give them little bit hard time with questions about it and finally go with the one who sounds most ...
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As someone who's done it, I like the bus. Of course, there are pros and cons of each.
Bus
Pros: A bus is cheaper, you get to see more of the countryside, interact with more people. You get breaks, get good seats (they have business class buses!), and you can stop off at places on the way. We stopped in Arequipa to go to the Colca Canyon, and in Nazca for ...
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Buses
According the general conditions of eurolines (more or less the only paneuropean bus company bicycles are not allowed:
5.5 A maximum of 2 pieces of luggage (suitcases, bags, and packages 70x80x20 cm with a total maximum of 30 kilos) per passenger will be
accepted for carriage. Children and Infants are allowed to carry 1
piece of luggage. ...
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There are no objections to taking the train from Vienna airport to Brno. However, in your precise case, the bus has two advantages.
The bus is direct. You get in the bus at the airport and get out off the bus in Brno. No need to change. With the train you have to change at least once, sometimes even twice or three times. You have to carry your luggage ...
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I don't really consider this a short trip, not compared to the flight. The only real ground transport option in South America is the bus (coach). There are some domestic trains around the big cities on the eastern coast, but for most rides you have to take a bus.
I took a bus from Salta in Northern Argentina to Asunción and that took about 24 hours ...
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It's actually longer than 24 hours. The most common route is from La Paz through to Iquique, and then down to Santiago.
The Santiago->Iquique leg alone takes 24 hours. I can recommend either Pullman (we used them for that) or Tur Bus (used them for other shorter trips). I blogged about it as well.
From Iquique to La Paz it took us 16 hours. However, ...
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Update: I did the trip (August 2012) in the opposite direction. See below for details.
It seems it can be done, but it ain't no picknick. I'm yet undecided as to whether I'll do the trip, but the below seem to be the options.
Note that the Scandinavia group (though still running a website) hasn't operated at least since 2009.
Kampala to Lusaka by bus and ...
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I think to get from Saigon to Kampot, you have to go through Phnom Penh. The main roads and bus lines go that way. Even if there are more direct roads, I doubt they can be used by buses because of the condition of many bridges in the area.
Usually you can always get a private taxi to take you anywhere, but I doubt you'll find someone in Saigon driving you ...
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In western europe most people would agree that train is a better choice than bus to travel around.
If you plan to travel there for 4 weeks I can only recommend you the interrail - http://www.interrail.eu/ (if you are not european if think you have to go for eurail http://www.eurail.com/).
I have done it 4 times and was never disappointed !
Enjoy your trip ...
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Nice! I have done a similar trip 5 years ago.
From Fethiye to Nevşehir is at least 13 hours by bus. If there are direct busses they are not very frequent. Anyway, it makes sense to split the trip!
We went from Nevşehir to Fethiye via Konya and Antalya. To give you an order of magnitude of the legs:
Fethiye - Antalya: 3 hours
Antalya - Konya: 6 hours
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There seems to be a new bus in town, iDBUS. Within France it currently only offers Paris - Lille, the rest is London, Brussels, and Amsterdam.
It is affordable and more importantly they have free Wi-Fi.
I am a bit skeptical about the proposed travel times, but it is definitely worth a try.
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Here's an estimate:
A 250km ride in a shared taxi or marshrutka costs the equivalent of 5 - 10 euros per person, with a petrol price of about 1 euro per liter, depending on how popular and difficult the route is.
A marshrutka typically seats about 15 people, so a low estimate for renting a marshrutka for a 100km circular (that is, starting and finishing in ...
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At the moment, the best way to find a cheap bus service is the Busliniensuche search service. It currently offers a search function across 57 companies running one or more bus lines, and all the ones that greg121 and gerrit mentioned are included there.
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There will be plenty of buses each day to Bodrum. You will find one, so long as they aren't sold out, although Sunday night is unlikely to be the busiest of travel times to Bodrum. Most will be direct, but there will be some which have another final destination.
When you arrive in Istanbul, look around for bus company offices in the district you are staying ...
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There isn't a free public shuttle bus service to/from the airport. (There are, of course, normal paid public buses that serve HKIA.) What I think your relative may have gotten it confused with is complimentary hotel bus services that are reserved for guests.
I'd recommend taking the HKIA Express though. It's a lot cheaper ($100) than getting a taxi and a ...
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iDBUS looks more comfortable than Eurolines as it is advertised. You can view pictures and videos of the bus features by searching on YouTube.
iDBUS fares, in the absolute, are slightly higher than Eurolines ones and remain the same for every seat of the same bus i.e. they will not vary as the bus is filling up. You can find them on the iDBUS website.
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I also read a lot of blog posts and heard stories about bus travel in Peru being dangerous.
However, all the ones I was on were pretty good. I travelled in semi-cama and full-cama class, with a variety of companies. No problems with any, and most were pretty good at being on time, unlike a couple I had in Argentina.
I travelled at night from Cusco to ...
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I have called the bus companies and checked some testimonies on web and of my friends regarding the WiFi on this buses. I'm glad to tell you that the 3 of them have the service, however it is not available for all the routes.
Cruz del Sur: It has WiFi available for 80% of the routes. It is not a fast connection but you can check email, and look at ...
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Well. That was fairly painless.
ONTC does not provide a service between Abu Dhabi and Muscat. From Dubai to Muscat, busses leave at 7:30, 15:30 and 23:00, arriving at, respectively, 13:40, 21:35 and 5:00 (the next day).
The price is quoted at 5.500, which probably means 5.5, which is about 11 euros, one way.
I got this from the horse's mouth, ONTC ...
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Bus ride from Lima to Cuzco is 20 to 21 hours depending on the company, costing from $65 for one-way ticket. And it's also mainly less-than-safe mountain road.
Flight from Lima to Cuzco is 1h10m to 1h25m and you can get ticket as cheap as $175 for round-trip.
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In 2010, I hitchhiked from Brussels to Paris, first from a gas station on the periphery of the city to a rest stop on the highway towards Paris, then in a fast Mercedes all the way to Paris, in fact much faster than legal. That day I continued to Bordeaux.
Of course, hitchhiking is not reliably the fastest, but it can certainly be very fast and it is ...
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How large is your suitcase? Amtrak's carry-on rules are loosely enforced compared to the airlines.
There are no major intercity buses which go directly to EWR. You would need get to Newark Penn Station, where BoltBus and Greyhound connections are available. BoltBus and Greyhound will both have luggage compartments. This will, however, require a commuter ...
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I feel I must take issue with dan's answer where it is stated:
There is now no way to get a single bus from Heathrow airport all the way to the center of London.
This is true but only during the day. London has an extensive network of Night Buses which, as the name suggests, run through the night. The vehicles used for these routes are the same red ...
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When I was living in Spain I always used Movelia. They also have an english version now.
EDIT: Apparently AvanzaBus is not an aggregate of bus companies (thanks for the comment)
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