France Travel Forum

My wife and I plan to spend 2 nights in Paris in late April or very early May of 2009. This will be a side trip from our annual visit to Maastricht. We are in hopes of finding a budget price room (50-75Euro)located in the St Germain or Latin Quarter. I would appreciate some advice. Thanks in advance.

Hi,

Just wondering if someone could give me advice on where is a fun family location to stay in the south of France that insn't around the expensive areas of St tropez and Cannes.
We have always gone to the Vendee area, but thought we would give the South a go but need to identify a location before I can start sourcing accomodation.
We love water parks and nice beaches, so preferabley a seaside town location, we dont want to be out in the sticks!

If anyone can offer advice I would be grateful, thanks for your time!

Help - I need a laptop (usb) to Olympus camera connection lead as i have lost mine and I would like to download to computer my photos. Is there a camera shop or similar in Amiens that sells such items. Thanks if you can help. Gilbert

I'm going to be staying in a self-catering apartment in the Cours Saleya area of Nice for a week in September, however am arriving on a Saturday evening. Is there going to be anywhere open on either the Saturday evening or Sundayb that i can get basic provisions from (bread, milk etc)and which is within walking distance? Thanks.

I'll be in france from september to mid december. Does anyone have any advice in regards to finding work as a backpacker in france? i studied french at school and did quite well, so I have a reasonable ability (far from perfect though)

thanks.

I'll be in europe up until mid december, and i really want to go skiing in some decent mountains (I'm from australia and our mountains are pretty pathetic).

- does anyone have any recommendations on the best area in the french alps to go, considering that i have a reasonably small budget, will not have a car with me, and have only been skiing a few times in my life before.

- how much would I be looking at to hire full skiing gear for 6 days?

thanks in advance for any responses.

I'll spend two weeks in Paris at the end of August (it will be the first time I'll leave US for Europe :)). Can anyone suggest me a good prepaid Sim card that will work in Paris and that can be bought here in US?

Can anyone tell me roughly how much a taxi would cost from CDG airport to the Novotel in La Defense (in the evening).
Thanks for any info!

I know you can buy expensive tours that do both destinations in one day, but we are a family of 4, and I was hoping for a more economical way to go. We are staying in Paris and I see you can go by Train to Versailles, and then a train with a connector for Giverney, but can you go between them to make both stops in one day and then end up back in Paris for the evening.

Can anyone suggest a good place to stay for one night on the way from Alsace (near Colmar) to Paris?
Thanks for any advice!

Does anyone know how much tickets for the D'Orsay museum cost if you buy them from the museum the day before visiting?
Thanks for any info!

Hi
Could you please advise what attractions / restaurants /sightseeing you would recommend.
We are there – 29/12/2008 to 2/01/2009.
We would really like a place to eat near the Eiffel Tower on New Years eve for the view etc.
Thanks
Russ

Can anyone please reply to my questions posted Sunday July 19th as yet no replies. Desperately need this information. Please see questions re hotel Eurodisney etc.

Does anyone by any chance know of a launderette in Dijon?
Thanks for any info!

Hello,

Me and my friends will be at Paris between 8-18 Aug. and I have been wondering whether there are some decent inexpensive places to have something to eat, 15-20 euros per persons would be great, but up to the 30 euro range for a nice place to eat would also be OK. Some traditional french cuisine within that range would also be great.

Thank you.

This year we are holidaying at the Castelle Verde Hotel, Santa Giulia, arriving on the 31st August and would like to know if the bus service to Porto Vecchio continues after the 31st August (If so on what frequency?). Also, are there taxis available to the nearest town? We would prefer not to hire a car (as we want to do as little driving as possible) but we have a one year old son and do not want to be stranded. Any advice on this subject would be much appreciated, thanks.

Hi. My wife and I and our two children are flying to Carcassonne in August and need to go to Montpellier. What is the easiest way to do this? We don't want to hire a car. Is it necessary to pre-book the train?
Thanks.

We are plannng 2+ weeks in Corsica next May. We've been reading a lot, and want to see everything, but suspect it's not going to be possible, given how slow the roads are said to be. The places we'd really like to see are Cap Corse; the Balagne; the area around Evisa with all the great hiking; Corte and the interior; Filitosa and Sartene; Bonifacio.

We generally like to stay in a self-catering apartment rather than hopping from hotel to hotel.

So, my questions:
-- Where do my fellow travelers think are good bases from which to see the most of Corsica?
-- Of the places I have listed above, which would you let go if you had to let something go?
-- The self-catering apartments I have seen on the Web are all by the week; does anyone know of places that might be willing to rent for 3 or 4 days in May?
-- Are the bigger roads e.g., N193 Bastia - Ajaccio good fast roads? Is it only the small coastal and mountain roads that take much longer to drive than usual?

Thanks for your help -- and happy traveling!

Does any one know what time the last bus (or train)leaves Montauban to go to
Toulouse on a Saturday evening?

Would appreciate advice on whether Carte Orange is available for tourists. Looks like the most economical travel option (we'll be in Paris for 5 days), however it appears one needs to supply a photo to obtain the card.

Thanks/Merci

Hello everybody,

i am planning holiday trip for my girlfriend to Paris in the end of August.
I am student so my budget isnt very big and I would like to stay somewhere
near to main attractions of Paris. Does anybody have any advice?

Thanks for all replies

How does one get to Euro Disney from the Latin Quarter of Paris?

Hi Everyone,

We will be travelling to France next month and doing a little driving (not too much thankfully). I did see a posting quite a while ago which had a link to a road distance calculator and route planner but didn't save the link (dumb!)

Does anyone know of a site where I can enter my location and destination and get an idea of the best travel route and estimated travel time.

Appreciate any ideas you have

cheers :-)

Hi folks!

You've helped with our hotel, you've helped with our meals, now how about some things to do around Xmas time. I was wondering if there were any places to go to see Christmas concerts or shows while we are in Paris?

Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.. Tom

(A)Can anyone recommend a hotel near to Sacre Coeur as we want to visit this area but my husband has Parkinsons Disease so we want to stay as close as possible to where we want to visit. (B)Also can anyone recommend any hotels in the southern end of Paris as we will be going to Moret-Suir-Loing and our friends will collect us from the hotel and the southern area of Paris would be most suitable for them. (C) How would we travel from the Montmarte area to Euro Disney what would be the most convenient way to get there. We have also considered if we were to get to Euro Disney and stay there overnight perhaps this would be a more convenient area for our friends to meet us to go to Moret. Your help and advice would be much appreciated and hotel names. Thank you

Hey Guys Thanks again for the help

I have found another time and better than staying at the airport for 12 hours for another flight .

This time my plane arrives from Beirut at 5:45 am to CDG T2F , and "ANOTHER" flight ( not connection flight ) to Hannover on Lufthansa departs at 8:55 am from T1.

So would i make it to my second flight taking in consideration going through the passport control and baggage reclaim then taking the CDGVAL ? please i need your help :):) thanks again and again

My boyfriend and I are travelling to Paris in September and I have come accross these great ideas for picnics in the parks and alot of people mentioning wine and such with them. Here in Canada public drinking is a big no no, so it is all good in Paris? Please let me know! Thanks alot.
Lauren

Would like personal recommendations for vacation rentals in Provence, in the area around St. Remy, Lourmarin, Goult, Gordes or Roussillion, Saignon
We will either be one or two couples so don't need recommendations for large villas.
Thanks!

I was just wondering where I could find any indoor/outdoor basketball courts in the Juan les Pins/Gulfe Juan area. The courts by my apartment are under construction and I don't know any decent place for my friends and I to go play. I did find another place in gulfe Juan but those courts were for kids (rims were 2 feet lower than they should be).

If anyone could help me then that would be great thanks!

I'll be visiting Paris next month and have been planning to go to see Montmartre and the Sacre Coeur one evening. However, I've just read some not very encouraging things about this area - overly - touristy, full of pick - pockets etc - and am now having second thoughts about going there.
Would be glad to have some advice on this subject, i.e. is it worth visiting there or not?