Food on the TGV - Paris to Aix - What are we allowed to bring?
 

Hello!
We are taking a 3 1/2 hr TGV ride from Paris to Aix...we are hoping to bring along a little lunch to avoid what we've heard are expensive food options on the TGV. Is there anything that we're not allowed to bring? Many thanks for your suggestions!

I do not recall anyone checking. In other words, there is not any kind of a security procedure prior to boarding the train and no one questions what is in your bags.

Anna Roz

You can bring anything you can carry on the TGV. There is no verification whatsoever. The only train in France with any sort of security check is the Eurostar, but even on that, all foods and drinks are permitted.

That's a really slow TGV you're taking. Paris-Avignon is 2h45 and Paris-Marseille is 3h -- and Aix is between those two cities.

Anything you feel like bringing.

It's a question of politeness to avoid stinky Munster cheese or heavy amounts of garlic (you get what I mean) - otherwise is entirely up to you.

Oh, definitely - hold the Limburger!

My son once took a paper plate and a plastic fork-mashed up a banana and mixed in peanut butter. The smell was good to me, but I'm not sure everyone liked it.

There's no problem bringing and consuming beer or wine on the train too, right? If we're in seats facing each other, is there a little table that can be extended? (I've seen that years ago on other European trains.)

tekwriter, yup to both. And in Switzerland and Germany (at least), grocery stores sell small bottles of wine with a twist-cap. So civilized!

s

I have heard (but perhaps it is just urban legend) that the only food prohibited on the Paris Metro is Epoisses cheese. Perhaps that holds for the TGV as well.

http://www.cheese-france.com/cheese/epoisses.htm

It may smell a bit like the "feet of angels" but it sure is yummy!

:-)

Nothing is forbidden in the Paris metro. However, the transport of durians is very officially forbidden in the Singapore MRT.

hi jenn,

there's an english cheese called "stinking bishop" you might want to pass on.

and some french goat's cheeses aren't called "crotin" for nothing.

have a great trip,

regards, ann

It is good to know, Kerouac, that I was misinformed, and I can bring Epoisses in the Metro.

I agree with Singapore that the Durian should be banned from any public place. My son loves them, and brought me one once. I am an adventuristic eater, but I really had trouble getting the first bite past my nose.

There was no second bite!

:-)

The seats that face each other have a fairly good-sized table in the middle. As I recall, it just stays there--can't be folded up.

One of several drunk people returning on the TGV to Paris from picking grapes in Burgundy, dumped an entire beer on my wife - so I guess beer is legal...

Stu Dudley