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Paris, photographed for Wikimedia Commons
France

Explore France by Train

4 curated experiences · 6 destinations · 3 rail corridors

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France's high-speed lines radiate out from Paris, putting Lyon, Marseille, Bordeaux and Lille within easy reach of the capital. Beyond them, slower lines follow the Riviera, cross wine country and climb toward the Alps.

Where to go

Rail corridors

  • Paris to the Mediterranean

    Paris → Lyon → Avignon → Marseille

    The fast line south runs through Burgundy and down the Rhône valley, where green fields give way to olive groves and lavender before the sea.

  • The Riviera line

    Marseille → Cannes → Nice

    East of Marseille the railway hugs the coast, running beside beaches and harbours from Cannes to Nice and on toward Italy.

  • South-west to Bordeaux

    Paris → Bordeaux

    A fast line crosses the Loire valley and the plains of the west to Bordeaux, the gateway to the vineyards and the Atlantic coast.

Experiences in France

4 experiences

nice

The Riviera Line

Three towns, three very different sides of the Riviera.

Trace the French Riviera by rail, from Marseille's harbour to Cannes' film-festival glamour and Nice's Baie des Anges.

vienna

Central Europe Capitals

Three grand cities, each shaped by its railway.

Paris, Berlin and Vienna: three of Europe's great capitals, joined by some of the continent's fastest railways.

london

The Empires

Three Capitals, Three Empires

Travel from London to Rome by train through Paris and Turin, linking the capitals of three great empires with a crossing under the Channel and a climb over the Alps.

Martigny, photographed for Wikimedia Commons

Around Mont Blanc

From Lake Geneva to the roof of Western Europe.

Travel from Geneva along the lake and up the Rhône valley, then climb a narrow-gauge mountain line over the border to Chamonix, below Mont Blanc, before ending by the clear waters of Lake Annecy.

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