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Trip to Paris, Lourdes, London, Canterbury, Stonehenge

Am trying to figure out the train for this. Also is it better to get a "tour" for Paris and London and then change the return flight for another week and go off on our own. This has been a quick decision to do this and now am trying to hurry.

We're tentively planning on leaving Oct 12 and return Oct 27 or 28. Hubby is 76 and I'm 59 and 1/2!

Should we do the Lourdes, Canterbury, Stonehenge on our own or is it cheaper AND better to buy a tour? Do we buy it before we go or when we get there?

Thank you so much.

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Hmm, seems your main destinations are Paris and London. You can easily daytrip to Canterbury and Stonehenge from London.

Lourdes is the tough one for me,, it is not a daytrip from Paris, but you can likely find a tour that runs from Paris down and back.

You can fly into London, spend 5-7 days( this includes the daytrips from London to Stonehenge and Canterbury) then, take the Eurostar to Paris( nicer then flying , only 2.5 hours city center to city center) spend the rest of the time there with a 2 day side trip to Lourdes( this is a guess, I would google a few tour companies from Paris to see if they do trips to Lourdes) then fly out of Paris. You could of course do this in reverse( fly into Paris and fly out of London,, which may be better as arriving at the Paris airport( Charles De Gaulle) is generally considered much easier then leaving( in terms of lines and signage in terminal,, many prefer not to fly out of CDG)Arriving is very straighforward and easy though,, I get through that airport pretty easily.

I will google a bit and see what I can see for Lourdes.My basic feeling is do the daytrips with a tour, but do the actual stays on your own,, far more relaxing and not hard to do .

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Wow, just googled " Tours to Lourdes from Paris" tons of companies do 2, 3, or 4 day trips. I know Cityrama and ParisVisions are reputable, and I am sure that most of the rest of fine too.. I would spend some time on a few other forums to get some recommendations on which company to use.. that said, you could do this trip on your own,, but frankly it may just be alot less stressful in your situation to have someone do the organizing and guiding.

Check out tripadvisor.com , go to France forums, then to Lourdes forums.. hopefully someone will give first hand advice. Good luck and enjoy.

Ps . In London consider the Stonehenge and Bath combo tour,, I heard that Stonehenge can be a bit of a let down,, but I know Bath is lovely having been there!

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Thanks so much. You make it seem so much easier. Your suggestions will be taken.

The book says the museums, etc. are closed in Paris on Tuesday and we want to make the square on Sunday in London where everybody voices their opinions.

So flying into Paris, going to Lourdes, back to Paris and then on to London would work well.

Thanks again.