We're interested in taking a day trip on public transportation to Verdun while staying in Reims. Is it easier to take the train to Paris and then to Verdun than to travel directly to Verdun from Reims of either the train or bus? Can you get there and back in one day on public transportation?
Same questions for a day trip to Belleau Wood.
Thank you.
Verdun covers a large enough area that you would best see it by a car. It is not just a town to visit. If you don't wish to rent a car, then maybe arrange a tour which will take you around the woods and to the museum and Duomont Ossuary, etc. Perhaps you could rent a car at Reims for the day and return it there. A Verdun visit is best "felt" , not just seen, IMO.....the quiet and stillness in the forest and the shapes of the battlefields, now covered by nature's growth but still recognizable as a place of conflict, are what set this place apart. I have been three times, DH five or six. It always affects us, as it did our children in their late teens.
It might be possible to visit Verdun from Reims on public transportation, but I haven't been able to cobble it together. I was considering using this company for separate day tours from Reims to Verdun and Reims to Belleau Wood, but ended up deciding to stick with Germany for our next trip.
