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3 Days in Quieter Area

Posted by (Alberta, Canada) on

We are doing a tour of Paris/NW France with our 8 year old daughter at the end of June/beginning of July in 2025. We then have 3 days of down-time before finishing our trip at Disney Paris and then flying home to Canada. I would like to find a smaller, quieter city or region that we could spend those 3 days in, just enjoying some peaceful time regenerating our batteries. Positives would be if we could hop on a train to get there. Hotel or house rental are both an option, it would be really handy to have access to a swimming pool. Does anyone have a town or city recommendation that meets our criteria?

On the tour we are covering Paris, Giverny, Honfleur, Bayeux, Mont-Saint-Michel, Loire Valley/Blois, Chenonceaux/Amboise/Blois, and Versailles

Posted by
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I presume that since your tour ends in Paris that you don’t want to retrace your steps back to Normandy/Brittany/Loire and since you only have 3 days you don’t want to stray too far. Assuming that’s the case, Burgundy might be a nice option. My family and I stayed here in July 2022 https://www.lacombotte.com/en/bed-and-brekfast-beaune-nantoux.html

We had a car and it was a 10 minute drive to Beaune. The pool was nice and the town is as quiet as it gets.

If you want to be more centrally located I recommend looking into outdoor public pools. We’ve done that in a few places. They are fun (no shorts style swimming trunks allowed).

Matt

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Colmar and Strasbourg are both <3hours by train from Paris. Both very appealing cities, no need for a car, very different from the cities you mentioned. Lots to see in Alsace. Brad

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