Paris to bayeux

Hi Experts

I am travelling to paris via air (CDG) and wish to take a train from the airport. to bayeux is this possible ? or do i need to travel into paris to do so.

Any guidence would be apprciated very much

thank you

dali

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You%26#39;ll have to go to Paris Saint Lazare to catch your train.

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Thank you very much

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If you get the chance, spend a few hours (or days) in Rouen, which is about half way between Paris and Bayeux.

I spent a week in Bayeux in April this year - it is a beautiful place - make sure you have a good camera!

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%26gt;%26gt; If you get the chance, spend a few hours (or days) in Rouen, which is about half way between Paris and Bayeux. %26lt;%26lt;

It%26#39;s impossible, or at least very hard, if Dall is travelling by train. Rouen and Bayeux are not on the same radial lines, and there are only a few slow trains between Rouen and Caen.

It%26#39;s possible by car, but that%26#39;s because the A13 doesn%26#39;t follow either of the railway lines !

However, Caen is also very interesting for a day%26#39;s rest.

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Hi again - I do beg to differ re the train....perhaps if you chose to go directly to Bayeux you may by-pass Rouen - but I actually stopped overnight in Rouen on the way to Bayeux.

the journey was Paris St Lazare - Rouen - Caen - Bayeux.

Of course, Dall may have already purchased tix.

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I think you misunderstood SHD. First, direct trains to Bayeux definitely do NOT go anywhere near Rouen. As SHD says, they are on different lines from Paris. The Rouen line follows the Seine valley. The caen/Bayeux line des not and is about 60km from Rouen at its closest point.

You *can* get from Rouen to Bayeux by train but the trip is slow as SHD says and there are no direct trains — and few of any kind. It actually takes longer, even with the best connections, to get from Rouen to Bayeux than it does to get from Paris to Bayeux direct. To travel from Paris to Bayeux via Rouen and spend enough time in Rouen to make the stop worthwhile is doable, but the possible combinations of trains are very limited, no more than two or three per day. The OP would have to leave G.St.L. no later than the 10:51 train to Rouen and would spend about four hours on trains instead of two.

Rouen is an interesting enough city but not IMO one of the %26quot;must see%26quot; places in France. Actually the places between Paris and Rouen, e.g. Giverny and Château Gaillard, and around Rouen, e.g. Jumièges, the Château du Champ de Bataille, Le Bec-Hellouin and the St. Wandrille monastery (among others) are what make exploring the area truly wothwhile, but you need a car to see those places and explore the rest of the region.

Incidentally, Rouen is not %26quot;between Paris and Bayeux.%26quot;

Just as a side note, I wouldn%26#39;t argue with SHD when it comes to the French rail system. I keep trying to find something he does not know about it. So far I have failed.

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Hi there- I certainly wan%26#39;t trying to argue - but I am a bit confused....(perhaps you may say that%26#39;s obvious!)

Our train trip took about 1 hr to Rouen, then the next day it took about another 2.5 hrs to get from Rouen to Bayeux via Caen.

I did think that was pretty goo timing - but then, it may be slow in comparison to what it could have been, had I gone directly from Paris to Bayeux...

Anyway - I enjoyed Rouen - and loved Bayeux!

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BTW, best way to go from CDG to Saint-Lazare: Roissybus (after 10 am) to Opéra, then métro or walk to Saint-Lazare. The rail alternative would be RER B to Gare du Nord, then RER E to Saint-Lazare. It also depends on what terminal you arrive at CDG.

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