Towns just outside of Paris

[Dicko_82]

Anyone know any towns just outside of Paris which offer good transport links to central Paris?

Preferably just to north of Paris as will be driving down from Calais

[vehelpfulguy]

One option may be to stay at the East of Paris, near Disneyland.

The train service from Paris to Disneyland and vice versa is excellent.

Being near Disneyland there are probably loads of places to stay as well.

The station is called Marne-la-Vall�e - Chessy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gare_de_Marne-la- Vall%C3%A9e_-_Chessy

[Buenchico]

Chantilly is to the North of Paris and is easily accessible from Calais. (262km, 163 miles, around 3 hours drive).

The distance from Chantilly to Paris is 49km (30 miles). The station is on the main Calais to Paris rail line. There's an hourly train service into Gare du Nord, with additional trains at peak times. The journey takes around 25 minutes.
SNCF's UK website quotes the fare as �5.50 in each direction.

Route finder:
http://www.viamichelin.com

SNCF UK website:
http://www.sncf.co.uk/

All-Europe rail timetable (easier to use than the SNCF site):
http://reiseauskunft.bahn.de/bin/query.exe/en

Official Chantilly tourism website:
http://www.chantilly-tourisme.com/_UK-otchanti lly.php

Chris

[butterflies]

A bit further south of Chantilly is Pontoise which has a direct train into Gare St Lazare or there's Cergy-Pontoise with a RER train which gets you to the Arc de Triomphe.