Hello! We're traveling to France the first week of November, and have 8 nights total. We're a family of 4, kids are 15 and 10.
We'd like to split the time between Disney (1 night), Normandy and Paris. We're very comfortable with trains, so ideally would prefer not to rent a car.
I'd love some advice about our itinerary. I've seen some great threads in this forum already, so trying to build on those discussions as we make our plans!
Right now we're planning to land at CDG on a Saturday morning, and go straight to Disneyland for 1 night. We figure if there's anywhere the kids can power through exhaustion, it's Disney :)
From there, I've tossed around a few options.
-Go straight to Bayeux on Sunday for 2 nights. Full day D-Day tour plus other local sites. Then train to Paris for 5 nights. Fly out of CDG Sunday AM.
In this scenario, what is the best way from DLP to Bayeux? I know they're in opposite directions. How long realistically will the journey take?
-Or, go straight to Paris from Disneyland on Sunday, and rent a place for a week, with an overnight in Bayeux in the middle.
-OR, go straight to Paris from Disneyland and stay Sunday - Thursday. Move to Bayeux Thursday/Friday night, then back to a different hotel in Paris Saturday night for our flight home.
It feels like a lot of backtracking in the second two scenarios, but maybe they make more sense from a transportation perspective?
Thanks for any suggestions, and thanks for bearing with my train of thought!