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>Paris to Nice in 5h37 from €25: See the Paris to Nice page... The impressive TGV Duplex trains from Paris to Nice take just 5h36 centre to centre with fares f
by on_and_off 8y ago
>Paris to Nice in 5h37 from €25: See the Paris to Nice page...
The impressive TGV Duplex trains from Paris to Nice take just 5h36 centre to centre with fares from €25. A flight takes 4 disjointed and stressful hours of train, airport, flight, airport & bus, as well as pumping up to 10 times the CO2 emissions into the upper atmosphere. As an experience, there's no comparison...
Absolutely right. The site also forgets to mention that crossing France by train is also often even faster than doing it by plane.
Sure, the actual high speed travel part is faster on a plane but :
- train stations are usually inside the city so you don't need to add 30-60 minutes to your travel just to go to them, not to mention the same amount of time after landing.
- you can arrive at the train station 5-10 minutes before the train leaves.
- once the train stops, you can just disembark in a couple of minutes. You don't have to wait for a bridge to be deployed and everybody in front of you to get up.
On top of that, you have way more space in a TGV than any plane, a nice view of the country and even wifi.
I lived and worked in the South coast of France for a couple of years while my family lives in the North of the country.
Each time I had to visit, I just took a train. It was a way better experience.
- ambicapter 8y agoFrom my recent experience TGV's are not that cheap any more.
- stubish 8y agoThey are certainly more expensive than the discount airlines, but it comes close when you add up the costs of getting too and from the airport. I easily justify the extra euros for the half day saved by not hanging around in airports and security queues. Also, book early for better train prices.
- anticensor 8y agoOuigo TGVs are cheap.
- de_watcher 8y agoPrices are about the same for the last 10 years.
- on_and_off 8y agoI did not want to call it out but yeah it seemed cheap to me too. I just did a quick research and 35 euros was the minimum I could find for Nice -> Paris on a third party website.
- igrekel 8y agoBook early, check different departure times, or check Ouigo. It can quite cheap.
- ido 8y agoLiving in Berlin & my wife's family being in Vienna, I'm really disappointed by the canceling of the sleeper train service between the cities - you used to be able get on at the evening on one end, get a good night's sleep in the (comfortable!) bunkbeds & wake up in the early morning in your destination. I've tried doing the same trip via bus and it was a nightmare, mostly due to me not being able to sleep on bus seats but also bumpier ride & I can't as comfortably read on a bus as on a train. Additionally there is no high speed connection directly between Vienna and Berlin (it would have went through the Czech Republic which is probably the reason?), if you want that you have to go via Munich which negates a lot of the speed benefit vs taking the direct but lower speed route via Prague. All around frustrating situation considering these 2 large cities are not all that far apart geographically.