![]() However, with Paris and the Dordogne, plus driving, you already have a lot for two weeks. Bourges is an interesting city and worth a stop if you do end up adding Burgundy into the mix. If you don't want to go further west into Normandy and Brittany, you could still dip down toward the Loire and on to the Dordogne from there. Good luck planning your trip.ĭrive as far outside of central Paris is why Ed suggested going to Rouen for the first night. If you want to visit Burgundy, go there, not Lyon. In addition, I suggest, if you want to visit the Dordogne, go there, not Lyon. I think a quick look at a map of France, even online, will help you to visualize some of the logistical constraints you face. You can save on bag fees by traveling light. If the Air France flight you mention is reasonable, you might consider what it is worth to you to have an extra day (most of one) in your short trip. You are being coy about these arrangements, so I am guessing that you have already bought airplane tickets round trip via CDG. Traveling on the ground from CDG to the Dordogne is wasteful of time. (And there's quite a bit of driving in Dordogne + Normandy + Paris.) The impulse to start in the south is a good one, as is the imperative to not waste time. Any 3 of those destinations is feasible, though I would not recommend Dordogne + Burgundy + Paris - it's too much driving for such a short trip. Your original post said you had enjoyed 2 weeks in Provence and will be "returning to France for another weeks." Assuming you meant "another two weeks," you do not have time to visit and enjoy Paris and Normandy and Burgundy and the Dordogne. From Lyon Burgundy is, furthermore, in the opposite direction than the Dordogne. Instead you can take a train to Beaune and rent a car there or in Dijon. Do you have a question about it? If you are interested in exploring Burgundy (good choice), it is not necessary to detour to Lyon to rent a car. But I have taken the bus to the train station. Neither really helps you to get to the Dordogne. Nancy, I think maybe you are confusing the Air France bus from the airport to Gare Lyon, a train station in Paris, with a nonexistent bus to Lyon, a city in the Rhone valley. We are thinking of spending a full week in Paris. The train is much more expensive than the bus, and the bus only takes 30 minutes more. It's about a four hour drive from there to Dor. the same route that we will leave by, so considered taking the bus ( I think Air France has a bus that runs between CDG and Lyon) to Lyon and renting a car there, and possibly exploring Burgundy a bit. We are not much interested in the chateaus there, but may swing up to Normandy. ![]() After visiting Dordogne, we will drive from Dordogne to Paris through the Loire Valley. If we fly, we will incur extra baggage charges althought there is a well-timed Air France flight to Bordeaux. However, it's a five hour drive and we will be tired from being up all night. Our original idea was to rent a car at CDG and drive to Dordogne.
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