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London & Paris day trips
Posted on 11/27/22 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 11/27/22 at 2:06 pm
Doing a London/Paris trip next year, 5 nights in each city. Was thinking of doing a day trip from each one of the days. From my early research looks like Bath/Stonehenge is popular for London and Versailles from Paris. Anyone ever done those trips and have any tips, or other recommendations they’d add instead of those?
This post was edited on 11/27/22 at 2:27 pm
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Posted on 11/27/22 at 2:44 pm to DukeSilver
I have taken a bunch of day trips out of Paris.
Versailles is the easiest. You can get there on the RER train that you can catch from the Place St. Michel metro station across from Notre Dame.
My favorite one is to Reims in Champagne country. The high speed train gets you there in an hour.
Monet's house and gardens in Giverny is a good one if the weather is nice.
Chartres for the magnificent cathedral. But if this is your 1st time in Paris I would save that for another time.
Fontainbleau is not quite as extravagant as Versailles and is harder to get to, but it will be less crowded.
Get a multi day museum pass.
Versailles is the easiest. You can get there on the RER train that you can catch from the Place St. Michel metro station across from Notre Dame.
My favorite one is to Reims in Champagne country. The high speed train gets you there in an hour.
Monet's house and gardens in Giverny is a good one if the weather is nice.
Chartres for the magnificent cathedral. But if this is your 1st time in Paris I would save that for another time.
Fontainbleau is not quite as extravagant as Versailles and is harder to get to, but it will be less crowded.
Get a multi day museum pass.
Posted on 11/27/22 at 3:01 pm to geauxpurple
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My favorite one is to Reims in Champagne country. The high speed train gets you there in an hour.
This one sounds interesting. Any details or recommendations about doing that day trip?
Posted on 11/27/22 at 3:44 pm to DukeSilver
I preferred Windsor Castle over Versailles
Posted on 11/27/22 at 4:35 pm to DukeSilver
We did a day trip from Paris to Normandy. Visited Pont du Hoc, Omaha beach, American Cemetery, Gold and Juno beaches.
Posted on 11/27/22 at 4:43 pm to Detective Gamble
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We did a day trip from Paris to Normandy. Visited Pont du Hoc, Omaha beach, American Cemetery, Gold and Juno beaches.
Didn’t know/think that was doable as a day trip.
Posted on 11/27/22 at 4:59 pm to DukeSilver
Yea we did a tour with 4 other people. We were picked up from our hotel at 7 am. It’s about a 2.5 hour drive. We were back to our hotel around 7 or 8.
Posted on 11/27/22 at 5:23 pm to DukeSilver
Normandy is doable as a day trip but it is very long. We went to Normandy in 2019 and spent about four days in Bayeux. That is the way to do it.
The OP asked for details about going to Reims. I will post that later when I get my notes.
The OP asked for details about going to Reims. I will post that later when I get my notes.
Posted on 11/27/22 at 5:23 pm to DukeSilver
Cotswolds from London would be cool.
Maybe a trip to see Mont st Michel from Paris.
Maybe a trip to see Mont st Michel from Paris.
Posted on 11/27/22 at 6:15 pm to DukeSilver
Stonehenge is one of the world's most overrated attractions. I was in Salisbury (just 15 minutes away), and it wasn't worth the 15-minute drive.
As someone already said, Windsor Castle is a great daytrip from London. I was in Canterbury in June and loved it, but I spent a night there, as it's a little far for a daytrip.
As someone already said, Windsor Castle is a great daytrip from London. I was in Canterbury in June and loved it, but I spent a night there, as it's a little far for a daytrip.
Posted on 11/27/22 at 6:23 pm to DukeSilver
Windsor and the Cotswolds are excellent day trips from London as others have said. I will add Brighton to that list. Stonehenge is not on my list once I found out they are not in their original location. I believe they were set in place in the early 1900’s.
From Paris Normandy is a long day as noted but if you think this may be your last trip to France you can’t go wrong with a Normandy tour. Every American should see those beaches and the cemetery.
Have a great trip wherever you decide to go.
From Paris Normandy is a long day as noted but if you think this may be your last trip to France you can’t go wrong with a Normandy tour. Every American should see those beaches and the cemetery.
Have a great trip wherever you decide to go.
Posted on 11/27/22 at 8:45 pm to jkylejohnson
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Cotswolds from London would be cool.
That is a beautiful part of the country. If you do that, stop at Bourton-on-the-water. “England’s most picturesque village”. It is a beautiful, quaint village.
Posted on 11/27/22 at 9:00 pm to kciDAtaE
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Windsor Castle
Good day trip
Also, a good day trip from London is to Stratford upon Avon or Oxford
Posted on 11/27/22 at 9:45 pm to DukeSilver
This is how we did the day trip from Paris to Champagne country:
We went to Gare d' L Est train station in the morning (which you can get to by metro)and bought a round trip high speed train ticket to Reims with a return ticket for the 8:15 pm train. The train left shortly before 9am and the ride only took 45 minutes.
The 1st thing we did was visit the beautiful and historic cathedral which is a few blocks from the train station.
Then we went to the Champagne houses which are a short distance from downtown. We took the city bus there. It drops you off by St. Remy Basilica which is worth a quick look.
If you want to tour a Champagne House (and you do) you must make reservations in advance. We toured Veuve Cliquot which I highly recommend. They take you around the facility to show you how the wine is made and take you down to the old Roman limestone caves under the premises where the bottles are stored at a constant cool temperature. It was interesting. Of course the tour ends in the tasting room where you can sample their best offerings.
We had the 2:00 tour. Before that we went to the tasting rooms at Martel and Pommery , the latter of which is right down the street from Veuve.
Upon leaving the champagne houses we did some cafe sitting in the downtown area for a while (by this time we had switched to coffee) before catching the 8:15 train back to Paris which got us back in time for a late dinner.
Fun day trip, especially if you are in to Champagne.
We went to Gare d' L Est train station in the morning (which you can get to by metro)and bought a round trip high speed train ticket to Reims with a return ticket for the 8:15 pm train. The train left shortly before 9am and the ride only took 45 minutes.
The 1st thing we did was visit the beautiful and historic cathedral which is a few blocks from the train station.
Then we went to the Champagne houses which are a short distance from downtown. We took the city bus there. It drops you off by St. Remy Basilica which is worth a quick look.
If you want to tour a Champagne House (and you do) you must make reservations in advance. We toured Veuve Cliquot which I highly recommend. They take you around the facility to show you how the wine is made and take you down to the old Roman limestone caves under the premises where the bottles are stored at a constant cool temperature. It was interesting. Of course the tour ends in the tasting room where you can sample their best offerings.
We had the 2:00 tour. Before that we went to the tasting rooms at Martel and Pommery , the latter of which is right down the street from Veuve.
Upon leaving the champagne houses we did some cafe sitting in the downtown area for a while (by this time we had switched to coffee) before catching the 8:15 train back to Paris which got us back in time for a late dinner.
Fun day trip, especially if you are in to Champagne.
Posted on 11/27/22 at 10:05 pm to geauxpurple
A day trip to champagne, as you have well described, is absolutely perfect from Paris. We had a private tour guide/driver pick us up and take us to a grower champagne house and then to Tattinger; checked out cathedral, lunch, a few other things.
It’s a great way to spend a day.
It’s a great way to spend a day.
Posted on 11/27/22 at 10:28 pm to geauxpurple
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Fun day trip, especially if you are in to Champagne.
That has me real intrigued. I’ll have to do some research and come back to you with some additional questions. That’s probably the front runner dor the Paris trip, didn’t know it was only 45 min away.
Posted on 11/28/22 at 6:13 am to DukeSilver
Isle of Wight is a nice visit. If you are going to cycle then do a short route. We did the 32 miles route but i wouldnt advise it
Posted on 11/28/22 at 8:06 am to GOP_Tiger
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Stonehenge is one of the world's most overrated attractions.
Waste of time
Posted on 11/28/22 at 9:54 am to BlackenedOut
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We had a private tour guide/driver pick us up
From where, the train station in Reims? How’d you find your driver?
Posted on 11/28/22 at 9:57 am to midlothianlsu
Sounds like Windsor or Cotswolds is a better call than Bath/Stonehenge.
I assume take the train to the Cotswolds, but from there would renting a car be the best way to get around and see the different villages? Is it easy to rent a car in that area for a day? Or would Uber/public transport be sufficient?
I assume take the train to the Cotswolds, but from there would renting a car be the best way to get around and see the different villages? Is it easy to rent a car in that area for a day? Or would Uber/public transport be sufficient?
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