Day trip out of Paris
Aug 21st, 2003, 10:23 AM
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Day trip out of Paris
Looking for suggestions for a day trip out of Paris. We are considering Fountainbleu, Mont St. Michel plus Dinan and St. Malo(on the TGV), or possibly a tour of the Champagne region with wine tasting and cellar tours.
I would love opinions on these, or other suggestions.
I would love opinions on these, or other suggestions.
Aug 21st, 2003, 10:37 AM
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I have not done MSM but know it is logistically quite time-consuming for a day trip. The TGV doesn't go there, but nearby to Rennes, and you must then take a bus and there are limited schedules for both.
Reims is a lovely day trip and you can do champagne cellar tours right there in the city, as well as see so many other things (museums, cathedral, etc). I recommend that highly and it is a simply train trip of about 2 hrs one way. I don't know about wine tasting, however, as you'd have to go in the countryside for that and get into renting a car, I suppose. That seems like a bit much for a day trip.
Fontainebleau is a great idea -- a lovely chateau and gardens and an easy train trip (short bus trip from train station, but easy).
There are many others and this is a very frequent question on this board so there are many threads on them, many quite recent. Some of my other favorites are Rouen, Auvers-sur-Oise, Giverny, Chantilly and Lyon. Of course other usual suspects are Versailles and Chartres, and I found very close suburbs St-Germain-en-Laye and St-Denis both worthwhile visits. You could even see a few chateaux if you want.
Reims is a lovely day trip and you can do champagne cellar tours right there in the city, as well as see so many other things (museums, cathedral, etc). I recommend that highly and it is a simply train trip of about 2 hrs one way. I don't know about wine tasting, however, as you'd have to go in the countryside for that and get into renting a car, I suppose. That seems like a bit much for a day trip.
Fontainebleau is a great idea -- a lovely chateau and gardens and an easy train trip (short bus trip from train station, but easy).
There are many others and this is a very frequent question on this board so there are many threads on them, many quite recent. Some of my other favorites are Rouen, Auvers-sur-Oise, Giverny, Chantilly and Lyon. Of course other usual suspects are Versailles and Chartres, and I found very close suburbs St-Germain-en-Laye and St-Denis both worthwhile visits. You could even see a few chateaux if you want.
Aug 21st, 2003, 10:43 AM
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There have been a number of posts on this very topic the past month. I was going to paste the links here but it seems it would 'widen' the thread list into that irritating format - if you've seen it before you'll know what I mean.
Anyway, if you type in 'day trip' and select France and the find button, you can see a number of posts about day trips to various locations outside Paris, by TGV, or with chateau etc..
Anyway, if you type in 'day trip' and select France and the find button, you can see a number of posts about day trips to various locations outside Paris, by TGV, or with chateau etc..
Aug 27th, 2003, 07:27 PM
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last May my daughter and I had a delightful day trip to Giverny. The train is easy and a bus is waiting right at the train station to take you directly to Giverny. Monet's gardens were spectacular despite the crowds. Don't miss the American museum a short walk down the road - a lovely small collection of American impresssionists.
