Any information regard my planning this is greatly appreciated.. We will leave Dijon Sept 20 heading to our hotel in Antibes. I researched trains and discovered it is approximately 7 - hours.
Help! I am thinking a flight would be better.
Lorieann
Lorie, See reply to your other post: https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/france/train-dijon-to-antibes
It's almost 7 hours if you were to drive it, so a car or bus won't be faster. I think the problem is there is no real direct route, you kind of have to go around. But to fly I think you'd need to get to a larger airport - Lyon or Geneva so by the time you take a train to one of those cities, then get from the train station to the airport (figure an hour, even though the airport to train station tram is only half an hour, you still have to walk to it, and wait for it). Then you need to be at the airport two hours before the flight. Then once you get to Nice you have to get to the city center to get a train to Antibes. I think unfortunately it is going to take you all day. When I'm in a situation like that, if the total trip itinerary allows, I break it up with a stay somewhere in between.
It will take longer to fly than to take the train, which is 6 hr. You would need to get to Lyon or Geneva for a flight so it would be a much bigger pain in the a** than the train. Take the train.
Duplicate question with similar answers to the other question.
Rent a car!
