Venice To Munich via train

Hello.
I am looking for information on getting to Munich from Venice. I have a Eurail pass but it doesn't include Austria. (to get to munich the train goes through Austria from Verona.) I am just wondering if anyone has done this route before.. how much it is and where else i can find this info.
I have checked the train sites and the eurail app but am falling short. I will be in Italy late Oct or early Nov. My plans are not finalized yet.
Thanks in advance!
C

We have recently travelled Munich > Salzburg > Innsbruck > Bolzano > Verona by train ... we just use www.bahn.de to find all the trains (not just those that touch Germany), and then individual country train websites to book and pay. We used http://www.oebb.at/en/ and www.trenitalia.com.

Can you use your Eurail Pass to get as far as Brenner Pass Station, and then just pay for the sector across Austria to the German border? Seems a pity to miss Innsbruck though - it's absolutely beautiful.

Ohh perfect.. I was looking for this info, but fell short. Where is Brenner station. I would love to stay in Austria but only have 3 or 4 weeks to do a trip. maybe next time...
thanks

Brenner Pass Station is right on the border between Italy and Austria, on the rail line between Innsbruck and Bolzano / Verona. It's quite a big station - it's a major transport hub, by the looks of it from our train.

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I did the trip the other direction in 2013. Back then, the train left Munich at 07:31 and arrived in Venice at 13:56. There was no change of trains (unlike most others on the schedule, which do require a change). I made my reservations through http://www.bahn.de . It was very pretty going through the mountains.

Here is the episode of "Perils For Pedestrians" on Munich, including an interview with the mayor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4oLcvb1xs4

Hey. Thank you for the info. I just checked out the seat61 website its a ton of info!
I will be getting a france, italy, and germany pass. (3 country)

awesome thank-you.

Here is the episode of "Perils For Pedestrians" on Munich, including an interview with the mayor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4oLcvb1xs4

I'm very pro-walking and pro-pedestrian (and don't like cars much), but I still think it's probably more ethical to state that you are posting your own youtube product on here.

Sorry I didn't make that clear. In other forums I am on, virtually everyone knows I produce the series. Thanks for the reminder.

I'm finding Venice-Munich advance tickets for as little as 48 euro on the OBB website, 50 euro on bahn.de.

It might be worth just booking the darn thing instead of paying for supplements in Italy and Germany, and a ticket from Brenner to Mittenwald (assuming you want to take the fast train).

Also, there's one train that's direct from Venice, without having to change at Verona. The prices I quoted are for this train. 1:50 pm on a random date in late August (Oct-Nov won't be on sale yet). Comparable pricing for the Verona-Munich leg on most other trains--you'd have to get to Verona on your own dime/pass.

One other potential upside of the ticket from Venice is that trip wouldn't count as one of your travel days on your pass, if that's a consideration. Fastest too at just over 6:30 travel time. Time for a final lunch in Venice?

just tossing out ideas...

I just looked at the Eurail Pass site for the first time ... the passes are rather expensive, it seems to me.

But presumably people think they're a good deal (or at least a convenient way to travel, and worth the extra cost).

Train-Expert here (because I work in Sales of the Swiss Federal Railway SBB), though not that expert like the "man from seat 61".

But probably the easiest way by train from Munich to Venice is in the night. Starting at Munich at 11.35 pm
and arriving after a nights sleep in Venice at 8.24 am.
With an Eurail-Pass you are able to get a so called "Partial Pass"-Price which will be for example for a bed in a 6-berth compartement around 55 Euros, which will include the reservation of the bed. The bed itself would be if you had a pass for the whole trip itself around 30 Euros, so you will "only" pay around 25 Euros for the journey through Austria...

Sounds like a hostel dorm on wheels! Woohoo!

the 6-bed-compartements are a lot like hostel dorms, you're right.
And the more you pay the better you will have it. You could also have a single compartement with toilet and shower
but that might about 4 times that price, like it would be in a "normal" hotel.

The best thing about travelling by night train is that you save yourself a night in a hostel/hotel. So that saved money has to be worth also something.

At the risk of stating the bleeding obvious, but the journey from Munich to Venice (or vice versa) is through some of the most beautiful and accessible alpine scenery in Europe - why on earth would you do it at night? To save a few dollars? Is that what life is all about?

Yes, of course if someone likes to do that, it's for sure nicer to spend at least 6 1/2 hours on a train to watch the scenery, than doing it at night, but if your goal is to visit Germany and Italy and make the most of your short time in this two countries it's not only about saving money, but saving time in this case a whole day!

Nah ... I can't buy that one. The night train is only for hard-core locals who have done the trip a dozen times or more!

Tourists who are curious about Europe should avoid it! Money (and even time) are not everything!

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