My husband and I will be in Paris in April and have 5 days after our stay before needing to be back in London. Am tossing up between just flying to Nice and having 5 days there or working our way via public transport to Nice for the last couple of days. Any suggestions?

Hi Jennywren,
If you take the TGV train, the trip is a bit under 6 hours. I guess a lot depends on how quickly you need or want to get to Nice. There are 6-8 departures from Paris, depending upon day of the week you'll be traveling. I believe even the earliest departure would get you into Nice in the afternoon.

In terms of flights, you can fly EasyJet out of Paris, I think there are about 5 flights a day to Nice. The flight is about an hour and a half.

Only you and your DH can say how strapped for time you may be...

BC

You could take a TGV train in 2.5 hours or so to Avignon, one of the fabled ancient cities of Provence - spend a few days there and then blast onto Nice via TGV and spend a few days there and fly from there to London.

I would either:

- Take the TGV to Dijon & spend 2 nights there, and then the early TGV to Nice (6 hrs). Make sure your stay in Dijon doesn't fall on a Sunday or Monday.

-Take the TGV to Avignon or Aix (3 hrs) & spend 2 nights there, then to Nice. Also - make sure your days in Avignon or Aix don't fall on a Sunday or Monday.

- Spend the entire 5 days in Nice.

If you leave from Paris, I would take the TGV to Nice if you decide to spend the entire 5 days there. The TGV is more relaxing than an airport/flight, and "door to door" will get you to Nice in almost the same time.

Stu Dudley

Thanks guys, don't particularly want to fly so all of the above suggestions are great! I had a 3 day visit to Nice last year and loved it but was with my sister who wanted to spend all her time sitting on the beach so I am itching to get back and explore further.