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Help with train from CDG to Tours

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Hello all, I am looking for some advice regarding getting to Tours from CDG. I will be traveling to France at the end of May with my husband and 2 grown daughters (carry on only). We will arrive at CDG from IAD at 11:15am via Air France. We will start our vacation in the Loire Valley that same day (staying in Amboise). I plan to take a train to Tours (probably Saint-Pierre-des-Corps) and then rent a car to drive to Amboise to stay.

I understand there are direct TGV trains from CDG to Saint-Pierre-des-Corps at 11:17a,. 4:12p, 6:18p. I don't love the idea of hanging around the airport/train station until 4:12pm. I also have read that we can get ourselves to Paris Montparnasse and have more trains to choose from, so possibly a shorter wait. But it doesn't seem super straightforward to get to Montparnasse (and possibly a little stressful with our bags and being jetlagged).

What would you recommend? Should we mess with going to Montparnasse to get on a train earlier than 4:12p? Or just hang out and wait? Or is there some other/better option to consider?

Thank you very much for your advice!
Lisa

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Its too early for all of the trains to be listed for late May. But getting to Montparnasse Station from CDG couldn't be easier. Take a taxi. By official taxi, from the taxi queue at the airport, it's a fixed rate of €65 for up to 4 passengers. Buy your train ticket online once you clear Passport Control, or in person at the station.

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There is a 14:10 train (2:10pm) from Paris Montparnasse getting to St-Pierre-des-Corps at 15:13.
A taxi that time of day should take 50-60 minutes. So, that’s the only train I see on Trainline that MIGHT work for you—other than the 16:12 direct train from CDG to St-Pierre-des-Corps.

After a long day flying into France and making a train connection to St-Pierre-des-Corps, you might want to pick up your rental car the next day. The last thing I’d want to do after a transatlantic flight is approach a rental car counter and sign contracts— much less attempt to drive while jet lagged. There are rental car agencies in the town of Amboise.

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