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In October of 2013, my wife and I will need to get to Arles. We will
fly from the US, probably to Marseilles (is that the closest international airport?) and then need some transportation to Arles, where we will board a river cruise ship. So can sometime tell me what our choices are to get from Marseilles to Arles? Train? Bus? Taxi (probably much too expensive), approximately how much they would cost, and something about the schedules of buses or trains? Or if you point me to web sites with that information, that would also be great. Thanks. -- Ken Blake |
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Ken Blake writes:
In October of 2013, my wife and I will need to get to Arles. We will fly from the US, probably to Marseilles (is that the closest international airport?) and then need some transportation to Arles, where we will board a river cruise ship. So can sometime tell me what our choices are to get from Marseilles to Arles? Train? Bus? Taxi (probably much too expensive), approximately how much they would cost, and something about the schedules of buses or trains? Or if you point me to web sites with that information, that would also be great. There are lots of trains. Probably one leaving roughly every hour during the day. I believe there is a station at the Marseilles airport, and that you can go directly from there. The trip should take (again, very roughly) about an hour. Here is the English version of the SNCF website. (I find the SNCF website very annoying. Slightly less annoying in French so if your French is adequate, use that version instead. http://www.sncf.com/en/passengers |
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On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:37:00 -0700, Ken Blake
wrote: In October of 2013, my wife and I will need to get to Arles. We will fly from the US, probably to Marseilles (is that the closest international airport?) and then need some transportation to Arles, where we will board a river cruise ship. So can sometime tell me what our choices are to get from Marseilles to Arles? Train? Bus? Taxi (probably much too expensive), approximately how much they would cost, and something about the schedules of buses or trains? Or if you point me to web sites with that information, that would also be great. http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTop...in-France.html http://www.bonjourlafrance.com/train...on_32_114.aspx http://www.rome2rio.com/how-to-get-to/Arles |
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On 25 Sep 2012 12:09:10 -0700, Doug Anderson
wrote: Ken Blake writes: In October of 2013, my wife and I will need to get to Arles. We will fly from the US, probably to Marseilles (is that the closest international airport?) and then need some transportation to Arles, where we will board a river cruise ship. So can sometime tell me what our choices are to get from Marseilles to Arles? Train? Bus? Taxi (probably much too expensive), approximately how much they would cost, and something about the schedules of buses or trains? Or if you point me to web sites with that information, that would also be great. There are lots of trains. Probably one leaving roughly every hour during the day. I believe there is a station at the Marseilles airport, and that you can go directly from there. The trip should take (again, very roughly) about an hour. Here is the English version of the SNCF website. (I find the SNCF website very annoying. Slightly less annoying in French so if your French is adequate, use that version instead. http://www.sncf.com/en/passengers Thanks very much. -- Ken Blake |
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On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:19:46 +0100, Bill
wrote: On Tue, 25 Sep 2012 11:37:00 -0700, Ken Blake wrote: In October of 2013, my wife and I will need to get to Arles. We will fly from the US, probably to Marseilles (is that the closest international airport?) and then need some transportation to Arles, where we will board a river cruise ship. So can sometime tell me what our choices are to get from Marseilles to Arles? Train? Bus? Taxi (probably much too expensive), approximately how much they would cost, and something about the schedules of buses or trains? Or if you point me to web sites with that information, that would also be great. http://www.tripadvisor.co.uk/ShowTop...in-France.html http://www.bonjourlafrance.com/train...on_32_114.aspx http://www.rome2rio.com/how-to-get-to/Arles Thanks very much -- Ken Blake |
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On 09/25/2012 08:37 PM, Ken Blake wrote:
In October of 2013, my wife and I will need to get to Arles. We will fly from the US, probably to Marseilles (is that the closest international airport?) and then need some transportation to Arles, where we will board a river cruise ship. So can sometime tell me what our choices are to get from Marseilles to Arles? Train? Bus? Taxi (probably much too expensive), approximately how much they would cost, and something about the schedules of buses or trains? Or if you point me to web sites with that information, that would also be great. Thanks. You might also consider flying to Lyon St-Exupery and take the TGV direct to Arles, a 2 1/2 hour ride. The TGV station is right on the airport. |
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On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:57:25 +0200, Tom P wrote:
On 09/25/2012 08:37 PM, Ken Blake wrote: In October of 2013, my wife and I will need to get to Arles. We will fly from the US, probably to Marseilles (is that the closest international airport?) and then need some transportation to Arles, where we will board a river cruise ship. So can sometime tell me what our choices are to get from Marseilles to Arles? Train? Bus? Taxi (probably much too expensive), approximately how much they would cost, and something about the schedules of buses or trains? Or if you point me to web sites with that information, that would also be great. Thanks. You might also consider flying to Lyon St-Exupery and take the TGV direct to Arles, a 2 1/2 hour ride. The TGV station is right on the airport. Thanks for the suggestion, but that's a considerably longer ride than from Marseilles. -- Ken Blake |
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Ken Blake wrote: On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:57:25 +0200, Tom P wrote: On 09/25/2012 08:37 PM, Ken Blake wrote: In October of 2013, my wife and I will need to get to Arles. We will fly from the US, probably to Marseilles (is that the closest international airport?) and then need some transportation to Arles, where we will board a river cruise ship. So can sometime tell me what our choices are to get from Marseilles to Arles? Train? Bus? Taxi (probably much too expensive), approximately how much they would cost, and something about the schedules of buses or trains? Or if you point me to web sites with that information, that would also be great. Thanks. You might also consider flying to Lyon St-Exupery and take the TGV direct to Arles, a 2 1/2 hour ride. The TGV station is right on the airport. Thanks for the suggestion, but that's a considerably longer ride than from Marseilles. Are there a lot of international flights from the US? I've seen suggestions to go to Provence by either going to Nice or to Paris and then train over. So you might spend a day at Paris though. |
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On 09/27/2012 04:00 AM, poldy wrote:
In article , Ken Blake wrote: On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:57:25 +0200, Tom P wrote: On 09/25/2012 08:37 PM, Ken Blake wrote: In October of 2013, my wife and I will need to get to Arles. We will fly from the US, probably to Marseilles (is that the closest international airport?) and then need some transportation to Arles, where we will board a river cruise ship. So can sometime tell me what our choices are to get from Marseilles to Arles? Train? Bus? Taxi (probably much too expensive), approximately how much they would cost, and something about the schedules of buses or trains? Or if you point me to web sites with that information, that would also be great. Thanks. You might also consider flying to Lyon St-Exupery and take the TGV direct to Arles, a 2 1/2 hour ride. The TGV station is right on the airport. Thanks for the suggestion, but that's a considerably longer ride than from Marseilles. Are there a lot of international flights from the US? I've seen suggestions to go to Provence by either going to Nice or to Paris and then train over. So you might spend a day at Paris though. My thinking was that apart from the direct train connection, St-Exupery has more flights than Marseilles, but I don't think that either has direct flights to the US. BTW I was surprised to read that Nice airport handles more passengers than both - must be all those Russian billionaires I suppose. |
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On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:00:03 -0700, poldy wrote:
In article , Ken Blake wrote: On Wed, 26 Sep 2012 10:57:25 +0200, Tom P wrote: You might also consider flying to Lyon St-Exupery and take the TGV direct to Arles, a 2 1/2 hour ride. The TGV station is right on the airport. Thanks for the suggestion, but that's a considerably longer ride than from Marseilles. Are there a lot of international flights from the US? Nice has flights to JFK. For someone coming in from the US, that might be worth the longer train ride. But if you're connecting through CDG anyway, go to Marseille. |
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