The Great MES
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In advance online. Going on holiday to Northern France and we're fancying a trip to Paris while we're there. Has anyone on here done this and is it hassle free?
Booking train tickets to travel through France
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easy enough to just get on the day unless its TGV you want
The Great MES
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Is it not quite pricey though to do that like it is here?
not that I've noticed when I've been there
where are you staying ditance wise to paris. you going in July/august
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No, very cheap compared to Uk trains. SNCF is the site you want - excellent site in English.
DIdn't know you'd been to France. Tell us more!
Hoon
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SNCF will post them out to you n all for a nominal fee IIRC. Certainly did for the Euros.
The Great MES
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Calais and yeah we're going in July
Well I once staying in Chartres (great Cathedral.. a better Notre Dame for me) and wanted to go Paris for th day. the cost of 4 train tickets was about £100 return so I drove into Paris instead thinking £20 parking maybe. anyway.. parked almost at the foot of that git big metal tower in a parking bay. went to pay in the metre and it was free. parking in Paris is free in august as all the traffic wardens have the time off. 12 hours for not a penny/franc/euro
staying in Calais... actual Calais ?
The Great MES
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Just outside La Bien Assise
www.eurocamp.co.uk/La-Bien-Assise
TGV from Calais it is then.. or a 3 hour drive
if you want beach days head an hour to Le Touquet. best part of that area.
any kids in tow
TGV from Calais it is then.. or a 3 hour drive
if you want beach days head an hour to Le Touquet. best part of that area.
any kids in tow
OUIGO par SNCF : TGV low cost à partir de 10 € this is the budget version of sncf. few lads I knwo when i was out there france swore by it
The Great MES
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Yeah 2. Excuse my ignorance but what is TGV?
high speed train.. should be able to get from calais to Paris on one. wont be dirt cheap though but quick and easy.
The Great MES
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What's it like for driving then and is there places to leave your car just outside of Paris as I don't fancy tackling the centre of Paris
there is an option to park just north and then train the last 20 or so miles on a commuter train..
July and August is a doddle as parisians fuck off for the month. Just read that parking is no longer free in August... ah bugger
