Hello everyone I booked a flight in May to go to France, however I am going to Besançon (4 hours away) France to see my cousins after a few days of being in Paris. Is the train/bus station close and central to Paris. Is it ideal to travel with luggage?. My cousin told me the Basel airport in Switzerland is about an hour and 20 min away from her do you by any chance know if the bus and trains are frequent. My friends are picking me up from the Basel airport since they live like an hour and 30 min away after being in Besançon for a few days I plan to travel to Switzerland.

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Thanks
. Any tips from pairs to Besançon ?. I'll be travelling with a luggage and carry on. I'm just thinking if I'm better off taking a flight or taking the train or bus.

Flight is probably going to be cheapest, but see what you can find. Train will be pretty quick too.

Train is your best bet 2 1/2 hours - no flights to Besancon - use Rome2Rio to help fiqure it out

Paulette thanks Paulette my cousin has offered to grab me from Basel airport and I looked at flights and its 100.00 which I told her for us it's cheap we can't fly to Kelowna for that price lol

That's great, especially if you can make your travel time a short haul - try http://ca.edreams.com/ for super cheap flights in Europe (is a search engine of all the low cost carriers)
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Paulette thanks again. I've never been to France, Germany and Switzerland. I can
off my bucket list. Then the next bucket list will be Italy, Spain and Greece

Have fun, I may pick your brain later about Portugal - it;s on my bucketlist

Paulette pick away.

Pretty easy to get to Basel from Paris. Trains are fast and not too expensive. Shouldn't be a problem to have luggage. Flight might be even cheaper. Look at some of the budget carriers for your dates.

Thanks
it's my first time going to France I'm pretty organized. So I know I'm ahead of my game lol.

Good way to be!

I never make plans....... planning tires me out in the first week of my trip

Gets easier to go with the flow the more you travel, especially if you're repeating the destination.

Andrew lol if I don't plan everything turns out to be a big mess. Plus I'm coordinating with my cousins in France and friends in Switzerland

Tessa Leigh thanks I know Portugal pretty well

http://www.sncf.com/en/trains/tgv Do a sample reservation for all the answers. I have been on these trains. No problem with the luggage.
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Better yet Air France has return flights from Paris CDG to Basel Airport $135 CDN Return (skyscanner) 1:15 minute flight

Thanks phayyte I leave from May 20-June 10

I'm just an organized traveller. Plus I'm coordinating everything with my cousins and friends lol

Try trainline.com. Very user friendly site. Tickets same or cheaper.
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