It's time-effective option! Sleep your way from Paris to Nice, Cannes, Antibes, Toulouse, Perpignan, Latour de Carol or Cerbère on the Spanish border from €29 with a bed for the night. Formerly branded Lunéa, French domestic overnight trains are now Intercités de Nuit.
What is the best way to travel from Paris to Nice?
To get from Paris to Nice, the fastest and also most economical method is by plane. Driving will take much longer but offers a chance to stop at some lovely spots along the way. You can also use a combination of trains and a plane to get to Nice or you can travel exclusively by train or bus.
Is there an overnight train to Nice?
You can take the Intercîtés de Nuit night train, which departs from Paris' Gare d'Austerlitz in the late evening, and arrives in Nice the following morning (day trains depart from Gare de Lyon).
Is there a sleeper train from Paris to Nice?
Where can you get a sleeper train from Paris?
- Paris – Strasbourg – Munich – Salzburg – Linz – Vienna.
- Paris – Die – Gap – Briançon.
- Paris – Toulouse – Carcassonne – Perpignan – Cerbère (Port Bou)
- Paris – Montauban – Toulouse – Foix – L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre – Latour de Carol.
- Paris – Tarbes – Lourdes – Hendaye (Seasonal)
How safe is TGV?
High-speed rail is one of the safest modes of transportation; since service started in 1964, there have only been fatalities in high-speed operation in a 2015 derailment. Today TGV trains accumulate of the order of 50 billion passenger-kilometres per year on lignes à grande vitesse (high-speed lines) alone.
What sleeper trains run from Paris?
Intercités de NuitThis French night train service, operated by SNCF, runs four domestic overnight routes to and from Paris. Go to sleep in the capital and wake up refreshed in either Toulouse, Rodez, Briançon or Latour-de-Carol. Find out more about SNCF trains.
Is the Thello Night train still running?
The Thello sleeper train from Paris to Venice was suspended in 2020 and has now been permanently discontinued.