fuzzbucket

Don't forget to get them by the 90 day cut-off period.
If you can be more flexible, look at the calendar of schedules to see if you can get a cheaper fare.
Remember to get reserved seats, and it would be a good idea to get the travel insurance SNCF offers, in case something happens.

pariswat

My Pommard is sleeping in my cellar waiting to get old and drunk.

Guys you know about wines !

Close by is Gevrey chambertin not to be missed.

geetika

<<Remember to get reserved seats, and it would be a good idea to get the travel insurance SNCF offers, in case something happens.>>

Thanks fuzzbucket. I knew about booking 90 days ahead to get the best fares but didn't know about the SNCF travel insurance, good tip!

StuDudley

>> I knew about booking 90 days ahead<<

Actually, unless they have changed recently, it's 3 months in advance - not 90 days. So if you are planning to travel on June 10, book on March 9 at 6:05PM Eastern Daylight time in the US (March 10, 12:05 am in France). That's 92 days in advance.

Stu Dudley

geetika

Noted, Stu, will watch out and book my tickets accordingly, thanks

StCirq

Yes, it's 92 days, but there is no need to obsess about this unless you want to. There are often significant discounts after the 92-day-out period and even sometimes last-minute specials.

cigalechanta

Provence is my Earthly Paradise. I could never have too many days. So many interesting things to see, lots of flea markets, the glorious food markets, wine routes and tastings, Art exhibits and lets not forget the FOOD !!!

StuDudley

Several years ago I posted my minute-by-minute experience with purchasing PREM TGV tickets the instant they went on sale. This was for June travel - a popular time for US tourists. By 12:30 am Paris time, the fares for PREM first class more than doubled from what they were at 12:05 (or something like that). Several days later, first class was "sold out" of reasonable fares. We paid about 40-50E per person for Paris to Avignon first class.

Stu Dudley

shelemm

Provence has a great variety of places and experiences, and it is hard to go wrong there either way. Here are my favorite places:

Fondation Vasarely and, in general, walking tours, Aix en Provence

Rousillon, especially the ochre quarry - warning- bring a change of clothes, you could get filthy. Read "Village in the Vaucluse" by Laurence Wylie before you go.

Fontaine de Vaucluse, site of mysterious spring, paper mill

Vieux Varnegues, ruins

Les Grottes de Cales, Ligurian cave dwellings, 7th century bc in the village of Lemanon.

Les Baux de Provence - clifftop village

Les Calanques - hiking near Cassis.

Marseilles, old port, boat ride out to Chateau d'if and Port Frioux.

geetika

Thanks for the suggestions shelemm, had never heard of the grottes de Cales, will most definitely make a stop there.

We probably won't go to Aix this trip, we were there last year, also visited Marseilles and Cassis, which we loved.

This time we want to concentrate on the Luberon hill top villages and the Roman antiquities around Avignon, combined of course with sampling the local wines, lol!