{"id":8612,"date":"2016-12-18T13:31:51","date_gmt":"2016-12-18T12:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainpassions.com\/winter\/?p=8612"},"modified":"2023-04-13T11:00:07","modified_gmt":"2023-04-13T09:00:07","slug":"train-to-the-alps-paris-stopover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainpassions.com\/winter\/ski-features\/train-to-the-alps-paris-stopover\/","title":{"rendered":"By Train to The Alps \u2013 with a Paris Stopover"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Paris Stopover<\/h2>\n
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W<\/span>hen planning travel to the Alps, it\u2019s natural to plot the fastest route. However, there\u2019s a slower way of travelling to the slopes by train: the \u2018Paris stopover<\/strong>\u2019 \u2013 and while it takes longer, it has some advantages. Instead of trying to do the journey the same day, you head to Paris by Eurostar the night before and stay over in a hotel there.<\/p>\n

Next morning you take one of the many high-speed TGV trains<\/strong> which leave Paris, bound for the Alps. By doing this not only do you get to enjoy some of Paris and break up the journey; you still arrive in resort earlier<\/strong> than you would have done if travelling in one go, the same day from the UK. In many cases, arriving in resort for around midday means that you can sneak a first afternoon on the slopes<\/strong>, too.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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For skiers with holidays starting on a Sunday in the popular Tarentaise region of the French Alps, stopover journeys are particularly useful because there\u2019s no Sunday-to-Sunday daytime Eurostar Ski Train service.<\/p>\n

When you arrive by Eurostar into Paris Gare du Nord<\/strong>, it\u2019s easy to transfer by taxi to one of the many hotels close to Gare de Lyon<\/a>, a locality with restaurants nearby for dinner. You can see the journey in this new film by Snowcarbon<\/strong>, which follows 24 friends making a trip together this way.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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