France or Spain

 train tickets/schedules: DB app raileurope    

most train times from RailEurope

REVISED
ORD 10/14 0920 TO BARCELONA 1245 10/15 nonstop

CDG 0915 10/26 TO EUG 1837 10/26 1 stop SFO

might change return date

 BCN

 

Carcassonne

Barcelona to Marseille is about 5 hours by train; consider a stopover (I'm leaning Beziers)

Barcelona to Carcassonne, FR 3-3h30 Carcassonne to Marseille 3h Cassis 4h

Carcassonne: argument against tourism UNESCO

Barcelona to Beziers 2h30 Beziers to Cassis 3-3h40 (Marseille 3h)

Beziers: cool hotel visit Forbes

Beziers

Cassis

Marseille to Cassis 20min

Cassis (my preferred base): blog 1 blog 2 Rick Steves

Marseille to Avignon 1h15-2h Rick Steves

Marseille to Aix-en-Provence 45min Rick Steves

near Aix-en-Provence

 

FRANCE

ORD 1815 10/14 TO CDG 0920 10/15 (nonstop)

ORD 1510 10/14 TO LYS 1000 10/15 layover 2h15 FRA

CDG 0915 10/26 TO EUG 1837 10/26 1 stop SFO

LYS TO EUG (2 stops)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Annecy

Paris to Annecy: train from CDG (2h) stops in Lyon for a bus (2h) to Annecy 

Lyon (Part Dieu) to Annecy: direct bus (2h) or regional train with a transfer (2h40)

Annecy: Lac Annecy Tourisme Rick Steves National Geographic Travel + Leisure

• hikes
• bus to Chamonix? 
  
  

Annecy to Dijon? train 4-4h30 1 transfer (Annecy to Colmar is 6-7h)

Dijon: National Geographic

Colmar

Dijon to Colmar about 2h, direct and 1 transfer

Colmar: Colmar Tourisme Rick Steves

Annecy to Lyon (2h)

Lyon to Colmar (3h15-3h45)

Colmar to Strasbourg (30-40min) consider Ribeauville and Riquewihr (accessed by bus)

Strasbourg: Rick Steves

Strasbourg to Paris (2-3h)

Strasbourg

Strasbourg to Lyon (4-4h30)

Lyon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPAIN

ORD 10/14 1100-1400 TO MAD 10/15 0800-0900 1 stop either EWR or IAD

ORD 10/14 0920 TO BARCELONA 1245 10/15 nonstop

MAD TO EUG 2 STOPS

BARCELONA 10/25 1600 TO EUG 10/26 0033 1 stop SFO

 

Rick Steves Spain

Sevilla

Madrid to Cordoba (2h)

Cordoba

Cordoba to Sevilla (1h)

Sevilla: NYmag Rick Steves

Sevilla

 

 

 

 

 

Ronda

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Sevilla to Ronda: 3h30 (Cordoba to Ronda 2h30)

Ronda: Spain Tourism

Cordoba to Cadiz: 2h30

Sevilla to Cadiz: 1h30

Cadiz: Spain Tourism NYT

Cadiz