What is the least expensive and faster to travel from one country to Europe?

I have been to Germany and Netherlands and the train ride. I bought a Euro pass the railing, but it was 260 dollars and took me to three different cities. Is the best way to travel? Ryanair is cheap I hear, but I have not researched yet. Suggestions? If I do the bus?

Finally Ryanair and Easyjet have a look at their sites: http://www.easyjet.com/asp/en/book http://www.ryanair.com/en / index.asp? Lang = en The only small problem Ryanair could be the fact that airports in its territory of aircraft they are never central, but somewhat far from the city, so you must take a bus to arrive in the city, it usually takes about one hour, but it is perfectly offset by its price … PS: do not trust those who say that Ryanair is not safe what are the skeptics who can not understand why their tickets are so cheap, but they are completely unaware that the security is not the thing which is "sacrificed", there are other things that allow Ryanair to compete as the low number of workers, a "no frills" policy, the fact that the Ariport taxes that are used by its planes are weaker than the main airport etc etc. .. Have a good trip!

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