Day trips from Paris

The Bordeaux region is not near Dijon/Beaune and is not really within day trip distance of Paris. Do you mean the Bourgogne region? If so, I would take the train to Dijon or Beaune and pick up a tour there. I think that you will have more options for tours starting from within the region. Also, I find trains more comfortable than tour buses/vans so I would want to minimize the time in a bus by taking the train for part of the trip. Here is a link to a tour: http://www.burgundydiscovery.com/our-tours/daily-tours/ I have not taken this tour but know someone who did and really liked it.

Agree with the previous comment -- Bordeaux is too far from Paris to be practical for a day trip -- UNLESS you take the high-speed train (TGV). http://www.francetravelguide.com/getting-from-paris-to-bordeaux.html Once arriving there, you might have time for a half-day guided tour of the city and environs.

If it is the Burgundy (Bourgogne) region you meant, try this http://www.francetravelguide.com/getting-from-paris-to-burgundy.html

agree with other comments - Bordeaux is definitely not a day trip away from Paris. I would suggest that even Dijon/Beaune isn't a day trip from Paris either. The best way to discover that particular region is by car. If you are looking for day trip options from Paris, check out Riems, Fontainbleau, Versailles, Giverny, or Chartres. Easy train rides, can spend all day in any of those locations seeing the local sites, then hitting an evening train back to Paris.

Enjoy - and don't rush France. Tons to see - I still haven't seen everything on my France list, and I've been 6 times! Like Rick Steves mentions in several books, "assume you will go back."

There seems to be some confusion. Beaune is in Burgundy and I believe that's what you meant. Bordeaux is much further and really not a daytrip.

I think Burgundy is a long way out for a Paris daytrip. I haven't been yet, I'm expecting to visit in May - so view this as a guess and nothing more.

If I were planning it, I'd take the fastest train to Beune in the morning then see the wine place there (Patriarch Pere & Fils?) and maybe the medieval hospital by foot. Then the fastest train back to Paris. At the very best, it will be a looong day. It's certainly possible.

It looks like the better option for the train is straight to Dijon. If you could be satisfied with only seeing Dijon by foot rather than getting out to the smaller towns, that might be a better option - but I'm not sure you would have the wine tasting you might want. You could also see a little of Dijon then go to Beune, it looks like you can get a train that takes under 20 minutes. The more you try to add, however, the harder it is to fit into a daytrip.

Anywhere else you go, you will need a car to get out into the countryside and I think that definitely takes you out of daytrip range.

You can check out train options here:

https://www.raileurope.com/us/point_to_point/ptp_results.htm?execution=e1s17&resultId=145806960&eventId=next

Y'all are correct! My mistake, I meant Burgundy, NOT Bordeaux. Thanks for bringing this to my attention and for your suggestions!

There are so many fabulous day trips from Paris within an hour of the city by train that much as I love Burgundy I wouldn't do it as a day trip from Paris. You could go to Chartres, Versailles, Giverny, Auver sur Oise, Senlis, Rouen, Reims, Malmaison, Fontainebleau, Vaux le Vicomte, Provins -- just so many great things lie nearby. Here are a handful:
https://janettravels.wordpress.com/category/day-trips-from-paris/
Burgundy is terrific and best toured by car so you can visit the lovely small towns and vineyards and such but not a great day trip from Paris. If you had 3 nights for a side trip then either Burgundy or Normandy would be wonderful choices.

Fontainebleau was a nice day trip , about a 45 minute train ride and a 10 minute bus ride to the grounds , and some nice cafes to enjoy afterwords.

Versailles
Fontainebleau
Vaux-le-Vicomte
Chantilly
Giverny
Rouen
Chartres
Reims
Amiens
Provins

Although I would not do it, Beaune is about 2 hours from Paris, by train. That is within some people's day-trip radius. Leave early and come home late.

You can't get to the Cote D'Or nearly as quickly by van, but you could get to northern Burgundy.

Better would be to spend the night. But my day-trip radius is smaller.

Lots of possibilities for a day trip from Paris...Amiens, Arras, Chateau Thierry, Compiegne, Reims, Bayeux, Caen, Troyes, and , of course, Fontainebleau.

I am the original poster here, the one not knowing the difference between Bordeaux and Burgundy ☺. We finally did a tour to Vaux-Le-Vicomte and Fontainebleau with Viatour. It was a long day but both places were very nice. Both better than Versailles, I think.

A simple trip to Giverney....would be lovely too.

Your autocorrect probably messed it up--Fouquet.
I keep getting weird words with this auto overcorrection. It just changed weird to where.

We loved Vaux le Vicomte and spent a full day there. I don't know if it is 'better' than Versailles; the gardens of Versailles alone are dazzling and far finer than the wonderful gardens of Vaux BUT the crowds make Versailles Chateau so unpleasant that I can see why people prefer Vaux le Vicomte and Fontainebleau. We were lucky to have see Versailles Chateau 20 years ago and it was crowded then but apparently nothing like the crush in the public rooms now.

Trivia: the series Versailles (US spelling, I believe), available on Netfix, was filmed at Vaux-le-Vicomte.