Country b&b outside Paris

hey hey ron and leann
when is this trip planned? is it for only 2 people and what is your budget in euros? need more info about what your interests are, any towns/villages you prefer, only train travel or are you planning to rent a car?
aloha

Your brief is very wide and covers much of France!

I would look at sawdays.co.uk. once you have pinned down a location. They specialise in quality and sometimes quirky B & Bs. I have never been disappointed with any accommodation from this website.

The best way to get into Paris is by train. Know that staying in the countryside you will need transport from your B&B to the nearest train station, meaning it can take easily more than an hour travelling.

I have no specific B&B in my mind but Chantilly is really nice and a train ride from there will take around a half hour. It’s a little town, but the open spaces there give you the feeling being in the countryside. Nearby Senlis is nice too, from there you can take the bus to the train station of Chantilly.

Paris has seven train stations, each serving a different part of the country. Do you plan to commute to the city for sightseeing?

For example, Gare St. Lazare is in a major tourist area. Gare du Nord is farther from the center and not very convenient. The trains from Chantilly arrive at Gare du Nord. All train stations are connected to metro stations. If you want sightseeing, consider that you'll probably have to take a metro more often than not to get to another part of the city - maybe even 2 metros. You'll also want to make sure that there are late trains back to your home base. Paris after dark is wonderful, but sunsets are often quite late in spring and summer. Even in October sunset isn't till aroun 7 pm and expect an hour of dusk until the Eiffel Tower lights up.

Not necessarily the (RER) trains from Chantilly arrive “only” at Gare du Nord, RER will take you further for instance to Châtelet Les Halles and St. Michel – Notre Dame. However many other trains arrive only at Gare du Nord, in that case Chani is right. From Châtelet there are good metro connections to most hotspots of Paris.

RER is the commuter railway network connecting nearby places with Paris. A much used and helpfull website about trains and the metro is: www.parisbytrain.com

Take a look at Moret-Sur-Loing. It’s a historic small town 77 miles SE of Paris on the east side of Fontainebleau. You reach the town by train from Gare de Lyon. I don’t know of a specific b&b, but there are several.

do you mean Montigny-sur-Loing, Becky? If so, there's an hourly train, takes 57 minutes into Gare de Lyon....

I think she meant Moret, Nigel. It's a lovely little town.

Here is Moret sur Loing
https://janettravels.wordpress.com/2013/03/03/moret-sur-loing-for-charm-always-follow-the-impressionists/
Note that it is a good walk from town to the train station; it is a lovely town and a great day trip from Paris but if you want to see Paris stay in a Paris neighborhood rather than spend your day on logistics of getting there. Paris is charming -- do Paris then stay in a small town to enjoy that for a day or two. In years of travel I have always regretted being a commuter to a place I wanted to visit; logistics really takes the pleasure out of a trip if you aren't careful.