Greetings,
Planning on three adults taking the Train from Paris to Munich on Saturday, September 8th. Do desire comfortable seating. Any suggestions and tips. Thank you.
the first train leaving Paris is at 07:06, the last at 20:05. There is an average of 21 trains a day between Paris and Munich, leaving approximately every 37 minutes. The trip from Paris to Munich last about 5 hours and 50 minutes.
When you book your ticket you can pick your seat in 2nd or 1st class:
You can also buy tickets at www.bahn.com.
1st class prices are pretty good for Sparpreis Europa Frankreich tickets. They are train specific, but refundable up to the day before for a 19 EUR fee. Consider the direct train. It gets you to Munich at 11:30 pm, but if comfort is important, it avoids train changes. The ones at Stuttgart are 10 minutes or less, so that might get your heart pounding.
Second class seats on the TGV are perfectly comfortable unless you are extremely picky. All TGV tickets come with a seat reservation, so you will get a seat unless there is serious train disruption, in which case they just pack people in.
Thank you for your responses and information. All very helpful. My reviews imply that the Gare de Nord Station is difficult at times. We are staying down by the Eiffel Tower area prior to leaving for Munich, is there a better station to leave from for our train to Munich. We will have already had some experience with the Gare de Nord Station as we will arrive there from London a few day prior. Thank you again.
Trains for Munich leave from Paris, Gare de l'Est, You don't have a choice, trains for any destination always leave from the same station. Gare de l'Est for eastern France and southern Germany. Gare du Nord for northern France, Belgium, Netherlands and London.
"Gare de Nord Station is difficult at times" - not sure what you mean by "difficult". I have had no problems with Gare du Nord or any other Paris main line station.
Forget reading these reviews saying that Gare du Nord is "difficult. "....this sort of myth. Just following the signs carefully. Nord is a big junction point for TER, RER and TGV trains as well as the Meteo. There are numerous individuals working as "troubleshooters" identified by their yellow jackets, whose job is to provide info on the station, etc. I find Gare de Lyon more challenging to navigate, esp with the current construction.
Every trip to Paris (I was there in early May and backtracked in early June, ie several days total. ) includes being at Gare du Nord since I stay there.....no problems, no panhandling any more.