Traveling from Amboise to Paris - 8th. What would be the best route of travel?

So where is the hotel in the 8e arr.? Tough to say what is closer until we know...

Paris is a rail hub with spokes going out from a half-dozen stations in largely unique directions.

Trains from Amboise arrive at either (and only) the Montparnasse or Austerlitz stations depending on time of departure and length of trip you want to endure. None will stop at both due to the absence of connecting tracks.

You've figured out where Montparnasse is. Austerlitz is up-river near the botanical gardens. Thus, Montparnasse is closer to the 8th Arrondissement (which would be monetarily insignificant except by taxi).

Taking a cab rather than the metro or a bus is a matter of choice. As Nigel said, that's as far as we can go without a final address.

If you are coming from St Pierre des Corps, you have no other choices. All the trains on that line go to Montparnasse and no other. Its just the way the French railway network was built. You can take the Metro line 13 to the 8th.

Thank you everyone... We are staying at the Hotel Lancaster on 7 Rue de Berri, 75008 Paris, France. As a note, we will have luggage with us. One carry on each.

Just so you understand your own question:
St Pierre de Corps is in Tours which is west of Amboise while Paris is east. You'd have to backtrack to catch a fast train. The total travel time would be about the same. Trains from Tours go only to Montparnasse, from Amboise to either of the two stations noted above.

To use the metro to get from you hotel from Gare Montparnasse, you'd walk from the SNCF station through the tunnel over to the metro side, catch Metro 13 and switch to Metro 1 at Champs Elysees for the short jump up to George V. You could probably skip the last segment since you could hump it as fast as you could change lines - - it's only about a half mile.

If you wind up at Austerlitz, it's Metro 5 over to Bastille and Metro 1 up to Geroge V.

Thanks Ed, So in other words the train station I would go to from Amboise is in Tours? If so, how are is that from Amboise by cab.
Thank you

I have no idea about a taxi.

You can do it by train in about thirty minutes.

My point is that you'd take a thirty minute train west, then get on an hour eastbound train in that case and wind up at Montparnassse. If you buy that ticket, that's the routing you'd get.

If the departure time suited you better and you were happy with Austerlitz (I would be since all cross-town metro rides take about the same time), you could head straight east from Amboise and make a change at Orleans (I think that's where it happens). It's about a two and a half hour trip.

The dang confusion comes from the dopey travel agent who tossed Saint Pierre de Corps into the mix without explaining its significance and location or connecting all you points.

Last month we did something similar to what you're suggesting, not exactly the same but perhaps this will help. Spent the night in Amboise. Were at Bigot patisserie in the morning as it opened and got their famous macarons for a picnic lunch on the train : ) It's an easy relatively short drive from Amboise to the Tours train station, the route follows the Loire most of the way (to the city center station, there are two stations in the Tours area). Topped off the gas in the rental car during the drive in and turned it in at the station. The rental car return is next to the train terminal building; the Avis office is inside the train terminal building. Took the 11:50(?) TGV to Paris Montparnasse, which took a little over an hour and was an easy trip. Bought sandwiches and drinks at the station to eat on the train. When we got to Paris we took a cab to our apartment in the 2nd (almost in the 6th). I don't remember the exact cost of the cab but it was less than $50 euro. There were four of us. We had pre-booked our train tickets online as early as possible, which I believe was three months prior to the travel date. They were about $25 euro each. The TGV takes about half the time to make the trip compared to the slower train service. There are just a couple of stops along the way. Since there were four of us we got 'family seating' which means four seats all facing each other with a foldout table in the middle; perfect for lunch on the train.

Amboise is not a large city; I don't think it would be expensive to take a cab from anywhere point A to point B in the city, including to the Amboise train station. If you have a lot of luggage or a large party, cabbies seem to prefer that you request a larger cab by booking in advance. Our group of four with one piece of reasonably-sized luggage and small carry-on bags for each of us seemed just on the cusp of the amount of people and gear that a 'standard' cabbie wanted to transport. When we took a cab to the airport in Paris we booked the night before and they sent a slightly larger vehicle with a little more space for luggage. P.S. had some trouble booking a cab online in Paris, but Rick had an English-speaking phone number in his Paris guide book that was perfect for booking. Thanks, Rick!

If you are staying at the Lancaster, I think the 15 euro cab fare should not be a budget buster. Door to door with your luggage in 15 minutes.

Thanks everyone. Appreciate all the "helpful tips".

Thanks, again, to all.

Did I read this right that Lia paid "less than 50 euros" from the Montparnasse train station to the 2nd, near the 6th! The 2nd should be a 20 euro ride, 30 if you hit traffic. It's not near the 6th, so I'm really confused. What am I not understanding?

I bet Lia meant to write 9th where she wrote 6th.