We are going to Paris in October 2009 for a week. We want to visit another city for 4 days. Inside or outside of France would be ok. Brussels by train from Paris? Somewhere with cheap airfare from Paris? Anywhere else?
Posted by
Portlandia
3313 posts
What about London?
Posted by
Seattle, USA
990 posts
Depends on what you enjoy doing.
Posted by
Tel Aviv
15794 posts
It's 4 hours by train to Amsterdam. There are cheap tickets up for grabs - you need to be online when they go on sale (exactly 3 months in advance). I got a one-way ticket for 25 euro - called the smoove fare. Brussels is closer, but not as interesting. If you don't have your plane tickets yet, you may be able to get open jaw flights for about the same price as the return fare from Paris.
Or London by train. Also relatively fast and inexpensive.
A major advantage to trains is departing and arriving in or near city centers, as opposed to airports which are miles and miles from where you want to be.
Posted by
victoria, Canada
11507 posts
London is only 2.5 hours by train.Better then flying too as check in is only 1/2 hour before departure, and you travel city center to city center. Tickets if bought in advance can be quite cheap too!
Posted by
Des Moines, IA
2193 posts
Unless you’ve already visited, I’ll also recommend London as a very logical option. Eurostar makes the trip quick and convenient. Probably stating the obvious, but it’s a world-class city and shouldn’t be missed.
Posted by
vancouver, bc, canada
421 posts
You could easily do London.
you could easily do amsterdam for 3 days and Brussles for one.
What about southern france....you can take the train to Nice or fly to Nice on Easy jet. In Nice you could do 4 days there and do a day trip to Monocco, you could also stop and see Eze (which is one of the hilights on my last trip to France)
Posted by
near NY, NJ, USA
445 posts
You can get to Avignon in less than 3 hours on TGV. October is a good month to visit. In general the prices for hotels, restaurants are less than in Paris and there are many day trips to take.
Posted by
victoria, Canada
11507 posts
Keep in mind , trip is only one week, I wouldn't go nuts ...
Posted by
Myrtle Beach, USA
12315 posts
I would probably choose a Benelux combination for 4 days by train.
Posted by
Atlanta
3262 posts
Hi Roger,
You already have a lot of great suggestions--here's one more! We enjoyed spending time in Paris and then 4 days in Lyon last January. The food in Lyon is great and it's an interesting part of France to visit.
Another option would be the Alsace region of France--Colmar and/or Strasbourg.