London-Paris and where next?
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London-Paris and where next?
We are flying to London and flying out of Paris 12 days later end of June, early July..
We have been to both these cities and would like to see some of the French countryside. I have been doing some research but cant quite find an area that seems right. We like to walk, historic touring, nice restaurants. Am looking at Burgandy, Normandy, Alsace.
Has anyone got any suggestions of a nice place to settle in to for 4 days in the french countryside. We are willing to rent a car.
We have been to both these cities and would like to see some of the French countryside. I have been doing some research but cant quite find an area that seems right. We like to walk, historic touring, nice restaurants. Am looking at Burgandy, Normandy, Alsace.
Has anyone got any suggestions of a nice place to settle in to for 4 days in the french countryside. We are willing to rent a car.
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That's very good news about the TGV finally going east. I enjoyed Strasbourg, even though I didn't think the cuisine was good myself (but I don't like German food or Alsacien cuisine). It is an attractive city, but it is not a town and not in the country because it is a major urban area. The city itself has a population of around 300,000. It's the seat of the Coucil of Europe and the European Parliament, among other things. Because it is a city and has a lot of business travelers, it does have good transportation and a good train station, as well as lots of hotel rooms.
If you want to go to Alsace, though, it is a good central location for that, but I don't know where would be the best place to stay there with a car, you'd be on the outskirts perhaps. You can't drive in certain nice areas in the old quarter, for example.
If you want to go to Alsace, though, it is a good central location for that, but I don't know where would be the best place to stay there with a car, you'd be on the outskirts perhaps. You can't drive in certain nice areas in the old quarter, for example.
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Hi Christina, good write up about Strasbourg. I have stayed at central hotels even in the downtown area and they do usually have places to park. Otherwise there are secure lots scattered about so a car would not be a problem. I usually rent a car so that I can go to the villages on the wine road as well as Colmar etc.