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Métro Paris

544 Reviews yes Relays is one, and so many other merchant sell them too, its in the Ratp site too. I know when visitors come time is of the essence so every little time save is precious. Locals know the ins and...

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Trains & TGV Lyon

14 Reviews The German and French railways have announced that starting March 23, 2012 there will be a direct high-speed train connection (only once a day at first, but still) from Frankfurt am Main via Mannheim,...

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Getting There Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

19 Reviews I travel across Europe frequently and never have I had such a bad experience as that with CHAMEXPRESS. They are just that a sham!! I had ordered a child seat for a journey returning to the airport...

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Train Cannes

11 Reviews Like many train stations in France, this place looks dirty (I'm sure it is)...but you will only have to be here, if you have a train to catch (DUH!). It's the fastest way to get to Nice and other...

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Train to Lille Lille

23 Reviews I just had a glimps of the Lille Eurostar station on my way to London; the stop is called LILLE EUROPE. Well, in Belgium half of the population still rever to Rijsel in stead of Lille. On my way back...

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Metro & Bus Toulouse

11 Reviews Chauffeur de bus et collectionneur, il est incollable sur l’histoire locale Jérôme Bonato, chauffeur de bus, est aussi un passionné ès transports. L’ouverture de la ligne B ? Cela fait des années...

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TRAINS Rouen

8 Reviews The easiest way to reach Rouen is by train from Paris. An almost hourly connection exists from St. Lazare directly to Rouen, duration of travel is around 70 to 90 minutes. Online reservations for the...

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Train Avignon

8 Reviews For many tourists to Avignon, their point of arrival will be the gorgeously futuristic TGV (high speed rail) station on the outside of town, which is a glorious piece of design. To avoid confusion,...

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By Train Colmar

5 Reviews Colmar is a great half day trip when you are staying in Strasbourg. Trains run from Gare du Strasbourg at least once an hour and the duration of the journey is approx. 33 minutes. Fare wa 16 Euro...

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Cruise Yvoire

3 Reviews This is a must do. When you're in Evian or Thonon-les-Bains, make a day-trip to Yvoire. A return ticket costs you 25 € but it's really worth it on a sunny day. The boat takes you slowly along the...

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From the Airports to Paris Paris

136 Reviews you can contact the airline you are flying for the booking; or the airport directly Icare lounge in the sud terminal for about 30 euros per person here is more info in...

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Metro, Funicular, Bus & Tram Lyon

25 Reviews Unlike most other French cities, Lyon never completely abandoned its old network of trolleybus lines. Instead, these lines have been modernized. They now use modern Cristalis trolleybuses, either...

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Touristic Trains/Cable Cars Etc Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

8 Reviews The slopes in Chamonix now offer 4 hour passes, which are good starting at any time (ie no more 'half day' passes where you must wait until noon to start using them). The clock counts down from the...

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From/To Nice Airport Cannes

5 Reviews When you look at the official website of the Nice Airport for the taxis you will find a price indication of 67 - 72 € for a trip Nice airport to Cannes. This is a minimum theoretical price because...

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Metro Lille

4 Reviews The first time we visited Lille, we stayed in nearby Roubaix and took the Metro to the center of Lille, the second time we drove to Roubaix, parked and took the Metro. It's very quick, service is...

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Flights & Airport from/to Toulouse Toulouse

7 Reviews It seems that Toulouse is the biggest airport in South-western France. There is shuttle bus (line 4) that connects airport with the central railway station. The bus stop is to the right of the exit C...

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FERRY-BOATS-SHIPS Rouen

1 Review In Rouen, the Seine river is wide 2 to 3 km and deep enough to allow even large ocean ships to reach Rouen harbor. This is why Rouen is living along the river and the Seine has and had always, a main...

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Various Methods of Transport Avignon

9 Reviews The regional (as opposed to navette) bus station in Avignon would probably be considered pretty horrible by any standards, but in comparison to the glorious space age confection of the TGV station,...

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Road trip Yvoire

4 Reviews To get to Yvoire from Geneva, we enjoyed a leisurely ride along a country road (D25) that passed through some lovely little villages to get to Yvoire, it was barely imperceptible that you were passing...

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Trains: SNCF, TGV, and more Paris

202 Reviews It is great traveling from Holland to Paris by train (Thalys). Remember one thing, your tickets are reserved for a specific train. We took one train earlier without knowing this, so half way we were...

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Airport & Flying Lyon

7 Reviews No problem flying into Lyon. Leaving by international flight is more problematic if you use T1. The security section (X-rays) is grossly inadequate with queues routinely meaning 20 or 30 minutes...

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Getting Around in the Chamonix Valley Chamonix-Mont-Blanc

10 Reviews See my other tip for getting 'to' Chamonix from the Geneva airport. Once in town be sure to get a 'Carte d'Hôte' from the tourist office or from your hotel or host, which gives you the right to free...

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Car & Taxi Cannes

7 Reviews From the airport of Nice to our hotel in Cannes (near the Plage du Midi) we took a normal taxi at the airport. It did cost us with all the usual supplements (ref. my tip from/to Nice airport) 85...

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Tours Lille

1 Review Lille has a good transport network with metro stations dotted around the city. If you don't have much time but would like to see most of the sights and learn some of the history of the city, take one...

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Train Toulouse

6 Reviews La ligne C est en quelque sorte le RER toulousain. C'est une ligne de trains, spéciaux, à cadence élevée, qui relie Toulouse à Colomiers. Les rames sont très modernes, accessibles aux personnes...

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drive Nice to Barcelona

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great best way to travel,and you will see and enjoy it more.Nice roads there on the A8/A9 roadsyou can use www.viamichelin.comfor the Frenchandhttp://www.repsol.com/es_en/productos_y_servicios/servicios/estaciones_servicio/de_viaje/for the Spanish section, see both,use the best or combination of advice.for car rental do not know if needed, the international brokers good for years in europe arewww.autoeurope.comwww.kemwel.compassing Cannes, Aix-en-Provence,Montpellier,Narbonne, Perpignan,and Girona, all wonderful places to stop for rest; about 7 hrs easy normal driving without stopping but for gas.Cheers

DON'T BUY RAIL PASSES FOR FRANCE!

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Me and my wife bought 1st class rail passes for traveling around France for up to 9 travel dates. What we didn't know is that France rail system is REALLY BAD and that most long routes are covered by private companys. Well, I bet you can't see the problem yet... So here it is: private companys (all tgvs) reserve less than a handfull places for railpass holders! To get one of those few places you have to make reservations ages before your trip!!! Of course if somebody didn't do it before you! Also you will find yourself always having to go in those trains cause most routes you may have to go through are not covered by the regular ones!So after paying a considerable price for our 1st class rail pass (Rail Europe) we found ourselves having to buy ultra expensive last time 2nd class tickets to go where we wanted (and had hotel reservations) to. And since all that wasn't enough... we had to...

Paris Orly Airport

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Paris Orly Airport handles mainly domestic and intra-Europe flights, but some international carriers fly into Paris Orly as well. Paris Orly Airport is nine miles (14 kilometers) southeast of Paris, and there is convenient public transportation into the city.Airlines serving Paris Orly Airport: Aigle Azur, Air Algerie, Air Berlin, Air Burkina, Air Caraibes Atlantique, Air Europa, Air France, Air Ivoire, Air Mali, Air Malta, Air Nostrum, Airlinair, Alitalia, Atlas Blue, Brit Air, CCM Airlines, CityJet, Corsairfly, Cubana Airlines, easyJet, easyJet Switzerland, Hex'Air, Iberia, Iran Air, Jet4you, Mauritanian Airways, Norwegian Air, OpenSkies, Pegasus Airlines, Royal Air Maroc, Syrian Arab Airlines, TAP Air Portugal, Transavia, Tunisair, Twin Jet, and Vueling Airlines.

Lease a car for longer trips

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If you are using the car for 21 or more days, you should consider the buy-back (lease) program. We always do this and it is wonderful. You get a brand new car of your choice. We use the Peugeot 207 automatic for ourselves and also when we have one of our daughters with us. Four people would need the 307 or 407. There are larger models available. Since parking spaces are small, fuel expensive and roads can be very narrow, I suggest you get the smallest car you can fit all your things into. It's a good idea to keep everything you tote in the trunk out of sight but you usually have all your luggage only from the airport to your accommodations so you can put things in the back seat for that one trip . . . and keep an eye on the car at all times when stopped.You have full insurance coverage, 24-hour roadside assistance and a new car. We always pick up and drop off in France so we don't have...

Mandatory Equipment in Cars in France

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Hiring or Leasing a Car?? Check to see if the mandatory equipment is included!Ask the company if they include all the bits. You could get on-the-spot fines if caught wanting! I quote:"As of the 1st of July 2008 you are required to carry not only a warning triangle in your car but also a fluorescent safety vest while driving in France. In fact the safety vest must be carried inside the car and not in the boot. So keep your safety vest under your seat or in your glove box etc.... The theory being that if you breakdown in a dangerous place you should get your safety vest on before getting out of the car in France. If you fail to have these available there are some hefty on the spot fines for these motoring offences if caught driving in France without them! The standard fines are around 90 euros per item. It is thought that the French police will be checking out lots of cars at random spot...

Booking trains in France

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The online France Train Booking Site is France Rail : http://voyages-sncf.comThe site is in French.If you choose the English option (by clicking the British Flag) it invariably transfers you to another site which charges higher prices and does not offer every train schedule option.(tvg dot com ; RailEurope or some-such)For advice on how to use the sncf site (which is in French) : http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g187147-c3019/Paris:France:Booking.On.Sncf.htmlThere is a "Quick Guide" and a more detailed "Step by Step" how-to!I last used voyages-sncf.com and the advice offered by the trip advisor site to book a return rail journey from Strasbourg in France to Stuttgart in Germany in May/June 2010. I used the option to pick up my tickets at the station in Strasbourg before departure. In fact, I did a reconnaissance of the station a couple of days in advance so we would know the layout of...

SNCF Trains and Bicycles

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If your bicycle can be partially dismantled and placed into a bike bag 120 x 90 centimeters (47.2 x 35.4 inches), then it can be taken on board any SNCF train without additional charge as "hand luggage". (Although the luggage section at the ends of TGV cars can be quite full.)Otherwise, you will have to first determine if your desired train can accommodate bicycles. Currently, the official SNCF website (in French only) has TWO buttons -- one for reservations and one for timetables. Clicking reservations will show you prices. However, it may NOT show what services are available. So you will have to start by clicking TIMETABLE. For trains with a bicycle compartment, there will be a blue BICYCLE symbol. (The schedule will only show trains within the roughly the next 3 months only. So for planning purposes, pick a closer date for a given Day of the Week.)In general, it is the TGV that will...

Use Tourism Office Websites for Road Information

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I've already suggested asking the Tourism Office for route information and for special buses for ascending Tour de France mountain tops....But SOME of the tourism websites will actually post detailed information about the Tour's route as it enters the region -- including road closure times, parking and camping restrictions. (Surprisingly, sometimes you'll find that information the town's website -- since the town has to pass and post a new bylaw for traffic control.)As a place to start searching, the Official TDF website (letour.fr) will list the departure and arrival towns along with their municipal and tourism websites. Searching for a town's name along with the keyword "tourisme" (with the "e" at the end) will usually show you the region's tourism office's website.However, sometimes the websites are difficult to navigate or the relevant pages are not displayed if you choose the...

Road Closures / Special Buses

by wandering360

The officials / police are closing the roads used on a Tour de France stage earlier and earlier. Don’t expect “regular” buses which normally use one of these roads to operate at all. It’s not worth it for the bus company to operate a partial schedule. Even if you’re cycling, expect the police to close the roads to even cyclists at an early hour.If it is an important finish, ask the Tourism Office (of any nearby town) whether there are any special buses which can take you to the finish line. Often, special tour organizers will arrange for special buses to the finish line… but be persistent. Even if one person tells you there isn’t anything and there is no way of reaching the finish line, ask again… and be sure to ask the bus station.At Bourg d’Oisans (at the foot of Alpe d’Huez), I was told by the Tourism Office (twice) and the receptionist at the campground that there was no way of...

Alpe d’Huez

by wandering360

One of the favorite Tour de France mountain top finishes is the ski resort of Alpe d'Huez. The nearest town is Bourg d’Oisans which sits at the foot of Alpe d’Huez. Both towns can be reached by Transisère buses from Grenoble. (Note that buses first stop at the main VFD bus station at Boug d’Oisans before stopping at the Tourist Office or before going up Alpe d’Huez.)The legendary 21 hairpins / switchbacks of Alpe d’Huez are numbered from the top — starting just below the main commercial area where the Tourist Information Office is. The finish, however, is further up — just below the cable car station.If you are taking the bus up, you can stop at VFD bus station to reach the Tourist Office or a bit further up at Les Bergers which you can recognize by the huge parking lot. (I mention these two stops since they are easily recognizable.) Both stops have restaurants and other shops. There is...

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Q: Dear all, Does anyone knows whether it is possible to get a phone sim card in France for use during a short term/traveller stay...

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