hi everyone, <BR> <BR>still planning here. i am going to be in paris in october for 7 days. i have been twice before and have seen most of the paris sites, so this trip i want to take a day or two and make some day trips outside of paris. <BR> <BR>i have already decided to go to chartres and i am trying to decide on the second one. <BR> <BR>i really want to see the tapestry in bayeux but am not sure how to go about arranging the least expensive transportation. sncf said i can travel from st. lazare station to bayeux for about 398 francs roundtrip. is there a less expensive rail pass or special that i am not seeing. <BR> <BR>also in bayeux, what would you recommend that i try to see in a 6 or 7 hour time period besides the tapestry. any city tours that anyone can recommend and thru what company? <BR> <BR>thanks <BR>sandyc

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We drove to Bayeux from Paris, spending several nighs at Honfleur and Mont St. Michel in the in-between, so it 's not a fair comparison. Maybe someone who has done it as a day trip can comment. Bayeux has a lovely town center and I am sure you would have enough to do, but it seems like a bit of a push in terms of distance. At what time does the train leave St. Lazare?

I took a day tour to Normandy from Paris in November. booked it through a travel company in NY, French Accents, that found a small, guided tour. <BR> <BR>I would highly recommend that while in Bayeux that you visit the D-Day meseum in Caen. (It's probably about a half hour away.) It has a much broader focus than just the D-Day battle. <BR> <BR>If you are an American, you also might want to visit the American Cemetary and Pont D'Hoc.

A French railpass is $180 for 3 days travel; no savings there. If you're under 25 or over 60, you can get discounted fares on the SNCF; otherwise, the fare is around 370+ff. Across from the train station at Bayeux you can pick up Normandy Tours for a tour of the D-Day beaches. M. Bacon would probably work a tour around including the tapestries, or you could arrange with him to be picked up after your tapestry viewing for a trip to the D-Day beaches. <BR> <BR>This won't be a cheap trip no matter how you cut it. The D-Day beaches are about 15km from Bayeux; you could rent a bicycle and visit that way.