Hello! What is the best train from Venice to Paris? We are traveling in the afternoon and want to stop off some where possibly in between and spent the night and get back on the train and get off in Paris. Any suggestions? Do any of the trains stop along the way for us to at least explore another city?
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Bend, OR, United States
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You can find the schedules here:
http://www.bahn.com/i/view/USA/en/index.shtml The trains stop in quite a few places and you could get off at any of them and catch a later train. Geneva would be a good choice for an overnight stay. Look up trains for Venice-Geneva and Geneva-Paris to get the best connections.
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Elk Grove, CA, USA
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For your train journey from Venice to Paris, you will be on various trains that all require seat reservations. If you purchase a ticket from Venice to Paris, you will not be able to get off to explore a city and then get back on. The stops or train changes are not long enough for that opportunity. You can choose a destination somewhere along the run and purchase your tickets so that the chosen city is the destination on the ticket. Then, stay the night and get on another train into Paris the next day. Cities like Torino, Lausanne, Montreux, Geneva, Dijon and others are along the way. However, you will need to do your homework to set this up so that there are no difficulties. Note, however, that an overnight stay may not provide enough time to see a city or town. How much time do you have to get to Paris from Venice. There are about six listed train runs from Venice to Paris on any given day. Journey times range from 10.5hrs-16.0hrs. The number of train changes ranges from 0-5. All of this is dependent on the run you choose. There is one night train run on the Artesia train that is a night train. You depart Venice at 19:57 and you arrive in Paris at 09:16 the next morning. No train changes. For this train, you need to get your tickets as early as you can as this train fills up.