Easiest way to Givency and Versailles from Paris?
Mar 7th, 2006 | 03:59 AM
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Versailles is an easy train ride (on the RER, I think). The various options are rehashed here http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34493447
Give<b>rn</b>y (note spelling) is not really in the same direction. Also an easy train ride - - to <u>Vernon</u> - - and then a 5 minute cab ride.
Best wishes,
Rex
Give<b>rn</b>y (note spelling) is not really in the same direction. Also an easy train ride - - to <u>Vernon</u> - - and then a 5 minute cab ride.
Best wishes,
Rex
Mar 7th, 2006 | 04:51 AM
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Agree with Rex. Here's a little info I've learned.
Giverny - check the train times though. There is a fast train and a slow train. The fast train is about 45 minutes. I think it leaves from Gare St. Lazare. Once you leave the train station there will be a bus stop and a taxi stand (and a place to rent bikes). If you take the bus, be sure you know the departure times for Giverny to Vernon and coordinate with the train schedule. You can always take a taxi back to town if you need to. It takes 2-3 hours to see the gardens and house. There is a lovely cafe nearby for lunch.
Here's the url for the France rail system:
http://www.sncf.com/indexe.htm
Giverny - check the train times though. There is a fast train and a slow train. The fast train is about 45 minutes. I think it leaves from Gare St. Lazare. Once you leave the train station there will be a bus stop and a taxi stand (and a place to rent bikes). If you take the bus, be sure you know the departure times for Giverny to Vernon and coordinate with the train schedule. You can always take a taxi back to town if you need to. It takes 2-3 hours to see the gardens and house. There is a lovely cafe nearby for lunch.
Here's the url for the France rail system:
http://www.sncf.com/indexe.htm
Mar 7th, 2006 | 06:45 AM
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If energetic there is a great three-mile hike to Giverny from the town of Vernon - just cross the Seine bridge and then follow the path along the abandoned rail line to the sweet village of Giverny - goes along the Seine the whole way. This is the train line that Monet was once riding when he first saw Giverny and fell in love with it.
Mar 7th, 2006 | 07:53 AM
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I think the easiest way to get to Versailles from Paris is to take the Metro to Pont de Sevres and then take the #171 bus which leaves from right in front of the metro exit. Its a pleasant bus ride and will drop you off right in front of the Chateau entrance.
