Trying to get my family of 5 from France-FRA Flughafen economically. Would it work to take the Thalys Paris-Koln for 39Euros for all 5 - their Adult & Co fare? Then what? Should we stay in Koln for the night(Sunday) or take a train the morning of our flight? Thanks for the planning help.
Posted by
Lakewood, Colorado
19274 posts
If you book in advance online from the German Rail website, Paris to Frankfurt can be as low as €39 on the TGV (or ICE), direct via Saarbrücken, Kaiserslautern, and Mannheim.
Posted by
San Francisco
14980 posts
Laurie,
If at all possible, I would strongly suggest avoid taking a Thalys train from Gare du Nord; no need to go through Belgium; from what I see you don't need to go Cologne anyway since you're taking the more southerly route from Gare de l'Est to Frankfurt Hbf. I would avoid taking the TGV to Frankfurt, unless you have to arrive at a particular time. If not, take the ICE train, stay over in Frankfurt, take the S-Bahn with Wiesbaden as the terminous to the airport the morning of your flight.
Posted by
Seattle, WA
313 posts
Laurie, I just booked this trip. I found that the Deutsche Bahn website gave me a better reduced fare than the SNCF site for the days we're travelling. (You can book and purchase this trip on either site -- I guess because it's a direct train between the two.)
I checked both, though, to see which was better -- it can go either way.