ExplorerB

Decisions, decisions...This summer my wife and I will be taking a three week vacation in Italy and France, and we seek some advice concerning transport from Liguria to Burgundy. After spending a few days in the Cinque Terre, we'll be moving on to Burgundy for four days, and then it'll be on to Paris for five days. Our question is: what is the best, most efficient way of traveling from the C.T. to Beaune (our first two overnights in Burgundy)? Can we get a flight from Pisa or Genoa to Lyon, and then take a train to Beaune? If not, will we need to fly from Pisa to Paris, and then hop a train south to Burgundy? Finally, would we be better off simply taking a train from Liguria to Burgundy?

Thanks in advance for your consideration.

ira

Hi E,

www.whichbudget.com only shows flights to Paris from Pisa and Genoa.

www.trenitalia.com/en/index.html shows SmartPrice tickets of 66E pp in a T4 couchette for the train leaving La Spezia at 18:17, slightly higher for the 18:40.

PalenQ

Ira that night train goes to Nice, right?

ira

Hi P,

It goes from La Spezia to Parma (change trains) to Piacenza to Dijon Ville.

The 18:40 goes to Milan (change train) to Dole to Dijon Ville.

ExplorerB

Ira,

Thanks much for your response. Rather than make the lengthy and time-consuming trip from Liguria to Burgundy, we've decided to take a train from the Cinque Terre to the Cote D' Azur and make that our four-day base prior to heading on to Paris. (Burgundy will have to wait until a later trip) If memory serves, the trip from the CT to Nice is about five hours, and last summer we had an enjoyable time in Provence. Perhaps we'll spend a couple overnights in Villefranche and two more in Antibes. From there we can take the TGV to Paris. It leaves from Nice, does it not?

Thanks again for your reply.

ExplorerB

ira

Hi EB,

>From there we can take the TGV to Paris. It leaves from Nice, does it not?

See www.voyages-sncf.fr