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Request help on France Itinerary !!!!
6656 wrote:
We are planning to stay in B&Bs or families who have room for hire. Again any suggestions on good host are welcomed. You can find French farms that offer 1) meals 2) local produce 3) room and lodging at http://www.bienvenue-a-la-ferme.com/ (only in French I'm afraid...) Bernard Higonnet |
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Request help on France Itinerary !!!!
6656 wrote:
We, family of 4 with 2 young kids are going to France at the end of Nov 03. You itinerary feels overly ambitious, particularly in view of your later comment that you don't like moving around. An itinerary covering Paris, the Rhone Valley, Provence and the Riviera (flying home out of Nice) sounds like an appealing but do-able trip. We will be there for about 20 days. We are planning to see Paris (also Disneyland) and drive along and stay in the following areas: a) Provence and the Riviera b) French Alps c) Rhone Valley Be sure to visit Lyon. Head to the tourist information center and purchase a map of the traboules -- the system of passage-ways through the buildings -- in both the Vieux Lyon and Croix Rousse districts. Your kids will get a kick out of these semi-secret passage ways and mom and dad will enjoy the Italianate architecture of the buildings housing the traboules. Another good place in Lyon for kids would be the Place des Terreaux. They might enjoy the grid of fountains at kid-level. Superb eating for mom and dad. Karen Selwyn |
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Request help on France Itinerary !!!!
"hotels Splendid + Gounod Nice" wrote in message ... bonjour for the riviera, check http://www.guideriviera.com for family there is a very nice sea oriented theme park in antibes You should probably limit your trip to Paris and then possibly head south. The Côte d'Azur is easy to get around in and there's plenty to see without doing a whole lot of travelling. Nice makes an excellent base and there are buses and trains heading in all directions for day excursions. The following site is quite good for exploring the South beyond the Riviera: http://www.provencebeyond.com In November, there are some Easyjet tickets available for 15 EUR one-way (plus taxes) on the Paris-Nice route, or you can take the TGV high speed train. It goes fast from Paris to Marseilles and then turns into an express for the rest of the trip to Nice. From Nice it might be nice to take the Petit Train des Pignes. It goes to Digne-les-Bains, but you can get off at one of the intermediate stops. Unfortunately, the Sunday steam train only operates in the summer, but it's still a nice trip for sightseeing. You can try www.abritel.fr for apartments. Lana |
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Request help on France Itinerary !!!!
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"R J Carpenter" wrote: "6656" wrote in message om... big SNIP The main purpose of our trip is to enjoy the French culture, food and maximize our interactions with the locals. And yes, we know a little bit of French that we hope to put in practice. The French are private people, so you may find them reserved. Your children could be a big help in breaking the ice. For maps, buy the large Michelin atlas of France. It costs no more than a few individual maps and covers the whole country at the same scale (1:200,000) as the individual maps. Well, on the one hand yes, that's a significant saving. But on the other hand, it's too heavy for your rucksack and the large number of small pages makes it harder to plan long journeys than the big sheets in the 24* series... The IGN 1:100,000 maps have more detail, but aren't "tuned" to tourism. Well, they used not to be, but the new series that was first published ca. 2000 calls itself "La carte locale touristique" presumably because it uses 20 special symbols to show features likely to be of interest to tourists. Details are on-line at www.ign.fr . The IGN 1:25,000 maps are very detailed, like the US Geological Survey 1:24,000 quadrangles. Not for tourists. Regards, - Alan (in Brussels - beware the spamtrap) |
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Thanks for the all the good advice.
We will be staying in Paris about 5 to 6 days and spend the other 15 days in Provence and one other area which we still haven't decided. I will keep all updated within a few days. Thanks once again for all inputs. |
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Thanks for all those comments.
We will be staying in Paris (7 days), Provence (5 days), Alsace (5 days)and probably a day or two somewhere in between Provence and Alsace since it is a long drive. |
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Request help on France Itinerary !!!!
6656 wrote:
Thanks for all those comments. We will be staying in Paris (7 days) You should rent an apartment in Paris (many available; can be found with any search engine) as hotels are expensive & B&B's unknown as far as I know (sic!). Bernard Higonnet |
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Request help on France Itinerary !!!!
Thanks for all the inputs.
We have finalised that we will be staying a week in Paris, Provence and Alps region.For Provence, we will be based in Arles and Alps region in Anncey (tentative). If it gets too cold in Alps in mid dec, then we may shorten the saty and move to Lyons or Alasce. Now we are looking for places to stay except for Paris, where we have free accomodations. We are looking for budget accomodation which ever is cheaper either B&Bs or self catering. ANyone have any recommendations. Anything to add ? thanks |
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