Renting an auto in Paris, check selection, price, and ease of booking on the web.
Shop online well ahead of your trip and choose diesel or gas, luggage space,
important) standard or automatic,(important) two door, four door and other options.
Speed limits will be clearly marked and the Rotary will be a welcome site with its directions to various
towns. Gassing up is similar to US with credit card and automatic shut-off at modern pumps. Car rental are
available in all large cities and at many TGV Train Stations.
Information for those renting a vehicle in Provence
TGV Transportation From Paris, Station List, Traveling In France by High
Speed Train
Paris TGV Trains: Paris to Avignon in less than two and a half hours from Gare Lyon.
Rental cars are available at many TGV Stations including Avignon.
Paris Transportation Includes the TGV
Train, A Fast Train Within France or a
Fast Link To Other Parts of Europe.
First Class service is a better bet if
you have excess luggage. Air
conditioning exists in first class, not
in coach
Paris TGV Train from Gare Lyon
can reach Marseilles in the South
of France in about three hours.
At 180 miles an hour these TGV (Train a Gran Vitesse) trains offer an alternative to air
service.
TGV Train Transportation From Paris: Stations (Gare) List
From Paris Gare de Lyon (station) the TGV trains connect south to Nice Marseilles
Avignon, Dijon, Lyon and into the French Alps and then beyond to Italy and Switzerland.
From Gare du Nord, (station) the Eurostar fast train goes to London via the channel
tunnel. Other fast trains go to Belgium, Cologne, and the Netherlands. From Gare du Nord
the TGV trains serve Northern France.
Also from Gare du Nord, the RER (conventional) train serves to CDG Airport.
From Gare de L'Est, TGV trains serve Alsace, Strasbourg, Switzerland, and Germany.
TGV Trains from Gare Montparnasse serve southeast of Paris to Bordeaux Saint Malo,
and Nantes.
TGV Transportation From Paris offers high speed
trains throughout France from Five Paris Stations.
Use the list of stations below to choose TGV
Transportation from Paris and reach all of France
rapidly with high-speed, TGV trains that serve France
and Western Europe from Paris. (See
Station List, Destinations Below)
Paris, Charles de Gaulle TGV Airport
The Newest TGV station at terminal 2 serves many destinations with high speed
trains including Marseilles, Dijon, Lyon, Montpelier, Bordeaux, Lillie, Strasbourg,
Le Harve, Grenoble, Le mans, Nantes, Nimes, Toulouse, Valence, and Tours
TGV serves Marne La Vallée–Chessy the station for EuroDisney (10 minutes)
Reservations are required on the TGV trains. Make them well in advance, the trains
can fill up.
The TGV system is continually expanded and new equipment has repeatedly
set speed records,one of 357 MPH on a test run in 2007.
The TGV trains now reach over 200 destinations within France and Western
Europe.
With a three hour and fifteen minute trip from Paris to London via the tunnel
and a two and a half hour trip to Avignon in Provence the TGV trains have
competed successfully with air travel.