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Extra Pass Benefits for Eurail travelers in France

flag of France In France you can profit from reduced boat crossings, rail travel and other benefits.

The benefits mentioned here are available to:

Discounted or free shipping services

Grimaldi Ferries

  • Toulon - Civitavecchia: 20% discount on official fares (port taxes not included)
  • Porto Vecchio – Civitavecchia/Livorno (and return): 20% discount on official fares (port taxes not included)

Tickets and reservations available at any Grimaldi Ferries Office, or by sending an e-mail to info@grimaldi.napoli.it.
More information and reservations: www.grimaldi-ferries.com.

SeaFrance

  • Calais – Dover: 50% discount

More information: www.seafrance.com.

Irish Ferries

  • Cherbourg/Roscoff – Rosslare: 30% discount (reservation compulsory). No daily sailings.

More information and reservations: www.irishferries.ie.

Other Discounts

Paris transportation Metro/RER
Free travel on a selection of lines on the RER underground system. To obtain a ticket, you need to go to a RER-ticket window with your Eurail Pass. Tickets are valid on the following RER line:

  • Line B, valid between Charles-de-Gaulle airport and Paris Gare-du-Nord railway station.  

More information at http://www.paris.org/Metro

Chemins de fer de la Provence (Railway company)

  • Nice - Digne: 50%

More information: www.trainprovence.com

Private railway line in Corsica
Chemins de Fer de la Corse 50% discount:

  • Ajaccio - Bastia
  • Ajaccio - Calvi
  • Bastia - Calvi

More information at http://www.trainstouristiques-ter.com/.

HUSA-Hotels
10% discount on HUSA-Hotels on the best internet rate. Not in combination with other offers.
Book at www.husa.fr (login: Rail Pass, password: Eurailinterrail) or by tel. +34 902 100 710 (reference Eurail InterRail).

The following benefits are available for holders of a Eurail France - Switzerland, France-Italy or France- Germany Pass only:

  • 50% discount on the Seine river excursions with Bateaux Parisiens (1 hour trip) (www.bateauxparisiens.com)
  • 50% discount on the Paristory tourist attraction
  • 20% discount at the D-Day Museum in Caen (www.memorail-caen.fr)
  • 20% discount at the Grevin Waxwork museum in Paris, Lourdes, Tours, Salon-de-Provence and St.-Jean-de-Luz. (www.grevin.com)
  • 20% discount on the Discovery Pass for guided tours and museums in Dijon

Some rules for using Pass benefits

Usually extra Pass benefits can be obtained locally by showing your Eurail Pass. Sometimes you can make reservations in advance through a call centre or website of the company concerned.

Travel days
If a benefit gives you free transportation, it requires the use of a travel day if you have a Eurail Pass with flexible validity. In case of an overnight ferry, you may enter the day of departure or the day of arrival in your travel calendar. If a a benefit only consists of a discount, it is not necessary to use a travel day.

Ferry crossings
For free passage on international ferry routes, your Pass must be valid for the country of departure AND the country of arrival. In case of discounted passage, your Pass must be valid for the country of departure OR the country of departure.

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