if travelling from Barcelona to Paris, and if you can only stop in one city, What would it be?
Posted by
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, USA
14042 posts
Well, laughing, to me it would depend on how many days you have in Paris as to what I'd want to do on the way....
Posted by
Chicago
7910 posts
We stayed in Nimes. It takes 3:30 to get there on the train.
Posted by
Corvallis OR
7042 posts
Traveling by car or train? It would make a difference in my choice.
Posted by
Sweden
6469 posts
There are many choices, but my choice would probably be Lyon.
Posted by
OP
4 posts
We will be travelling by train.
Posted by
L'Occitanie, France
10237 posts
What do you want? What are your interests? Roman ruins, a taste of the south of France, Provence, art or history museums? What month?
BCN is a fairly recently built Catalan city. Paris is mostly 19C buildings and monuments and updated medieval. Lyon has a large mix. Nîmes is the south and has two remarkable Roman structures. Narbonne the same. Another stop on that line is Montpellier, a thousand year-round university city. Vibrant. Valence is another stop depending on your train. It's the northern tip of Provence before Lyon.
Posted by
Paris
6920 posts
For 1-2 days, my top choice would be Nîmes, followed by Montpellier.
For 3 days or more, I would pick Lyon - or stick with Nîmes, with a day trip to Arles.