High-Speed Train Travel From Paris – To France & The Rest Of Europe

All of France is connected by a high-speed rail network and numerous regional train systems. There are more than 20,000 miles of track; each day 14,000 trains run. Considering that France is just slightly larger than California, this means you are never too far from anywhere! The Atlantic Coast, Provence, and the Cote d'Azur are just a hop, skip, and train away from Paris using the highly-sophisticated French railway system. And now it's become amazingly easy to buy train tickets online.

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Provence – Tout de Suite

KEYWORD The departure board at Gare de Lyon, gateway to points south

Board the TGV at Gare de Lyon and you'll be in sunny Provence in less than 3 hours. If you were to drive from Paris to Avignon, you'd have to spend up to 9 hours in a car. We've always found that there's no need to rent a car from Paris. We simply arrange to pick up a rental car when we arrive at the gare in Avignon, Bordeaux, Lyon, Trouville, Nice or whatever our final destination.

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Our Most Popular Day Trips from Paris

Spend a Day in the Champagne Region
Your driver gathers you from your Paris hotels for a small-group tour led by an expert guide to the Land of Champagne for a day-long tasting of the bubbly. Inclues lunch & tastings.
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Visit the Historic D-Day Beaches
A day trip to the landing beaches of Normandy is one of the most popular day trips from Paris. Visit the monuments, museums, and dedicated cemeteries, as well as the beaches themselves
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Visit the Historic D-Day Beaches
A guided tour to the landing beaches of Normandy makes for one of the most memorable day trips from Paris. Visit the monuments, museums, and dedicated cemeteries, as well as the beaches themselves.
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Train Travel from Paris… To France

Train Travel from Paris – To France A French high-speed train zips long the Mediterranean coast

In the time of the average Vancouver (British Columbia) commute by car — about 67 minutes — you could hop from Paris to Reims and spend the day sipping champagne at Moët et Chandon, where Napoleon drank his champagne.

In little longer than the average Montreal commute (80 minutes) you could train travel from Paris to Nantes. There you could pick up a car rental and spend the day exploring the magnificent chateaux of the Loire Valley.

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Go Deeper Into France: Day Trips From Paris

Loire Valley Chateaux & Wine Tasting Trip
Journey to the magical castles of the Loire Valley in on a day trip that also features a guided tasting of the best regional wines. This small-group tour travels in a luxury Eurovan.
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Mysterious Mont Saint-Michel
The magnificent floating island of Mont Saint-Michel is a sight to behold. Travel through the picturesque Normandy countryside with an expert guide on a day trip from Paris that includes a cider tasting
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Loire Valley Chateaux & Wine Tasting Trip
Journey to the magical castles of the Loire Valley in on a day trip that also features a guided tasting of the best regional wines. Your small group travels in a luxury Eurovan.
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Train Travel from Paris… To the Rest of Europe

To the Rest of Europe It's a fast trip by train through mount passes into the rest of Europe

Luckily for travelers, trains from Paris also connect to all of Europe. You could take a romantic overnight train and wake up in Barcelona or Florence.

Although there are many cheap flights from Paris, you'll wonder about the true cost of them when you're stuffed like sardines into a flying tin can after spending hours at an airport. (We know this from experience!) Instead, we prefer to luxuriate in the comfort, speed, and convenience of train travel. It's so pleasant to leave Paris from a centrally-located train station.

If you plan to do any train travel from Paris, be sure to purchase your online and in advance. That way you have your tickets with you when you arrive at the station. (Note that many high-speed trains are only bookable 60 to 90 days in advance.)

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Popular Train Travel Destinations from Paris

Bourgogne The villages and vineyards of Bourgogne are an easy train ride away from Paris

  • Paris to Dijon — in just 1 hour and 35 mins, a direct TGV gets you to Burgundy Wine Country.
  • Paris to Brussels — clocking in at 1 hour and 17 mins, the high-speed Thalys train will deliver you to this fabulous Belgium city.
  • Paris to Amsterdam — 3 hours and 18 minutes by Thalys.
  • Paris to London — 2 hours and 15 minutes on the Eurostar and you'll be saying hello to Big Ben.
  • Paris to Avignon — 2 hours and 37 minutes and you'll be soaking up the sun of Provence.
  • Paris to Bordeaux — 3 hours and 10 minutes to the center of wine country. From there it's an easy train ride to St. Emilion (30 minutes or so).
  • Paris to Lyon — 2 hours and 30 minutes hours gets you to the culinary capital of France.
  • Paris to Marseille — 3 hours later you'll be wandering the port city of Southern France.
  • Paris to Geneva — take the 3 hour 30 minute train ride and rent a car at the station to visit Chamonix, Val de Bagnes, and Gruyere.

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