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Tchou tchou! All aboard: let's discover our most beautiful monuments that are easily accessible by train. For each one, find out how long it takes to get there from the nearest towns, and how to get there on foot from the station.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Monastère royal de Brou
Bourg-en-Bresse station
From Lyon: 45 min.
From Paris: 1h50
From the station to the monument: about 20 min. on foot
Trésor de la cathédrale de Lyon
Lyon Part Dieu station
From Paris: 2h
From the station to the monument: about 45 min. on foot
Ensemble cathédral du Puy-en-Velay
Le Puy-en-Velay train station
From Clermont-Ferrand: 2h10
From Lyon via Saint-Étienne: 2h20
From the station to the monument: about 15 min. on foot
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Centre-Val de Loire
Cathédrale, tours et trésor de Chartes
Chartres train station
From Paris: 1h
From the station to the monument: about 10 minutes on foot
Château d'Azay-Le-Rideau
Azay-Le-Rideau train station
From Tours: 25 min.
From Paris via Tours: 2h
From the station to the monument: about 25 min. on foot
Cloître de la Psalette
Tours train station
From Paris: 1h15
From the station to the monument: about 10 min. on foot
Château de Châteaudun
Châteaudun railway station
From Paris: 1h30
From the station to the monument: about 10 min. on foot
Crypte et tours de la cathédrale de Bourges
Bourges train station
From Tours: 1h45
From Paris: 2h
From the station to the monument: about 25 min. on foot
Palais Jacques Cœur
Bourges train station
From Tours: 1h45
From Paris: 2h
From the station to the monument: about 20 min. on foot
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Flight over the château de Châteaudun
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Grand Est
Tour de la cathédrale de Reims
Reims train station
From Paris: 45 min.
From the station to the monument: about 15 min. on foot.
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© Jean-Pierre Delagarde / Centre des monuments nationaux
Hauts-de-France
Cité internationale de la langue française au château de Villers-Cotterêts
Villers-Cotterêts railway station
From Paris: 50 min.
From the station to the monument: about 10 min. on foot.
Tours et trésor de la cathédrale d'Amiens
Amiens train station
From Paris: 1h10
From the station to the monument: about 10 min. on foot
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Normandie
Abbaye du Mont-Saint-Michel
Pontorson station then shuttle bus to the foot of Mont-Saint-Michel
From Paris: 4h35
April to October only
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Tour Pey-Berland
Bordeaux Saint-Jean railway station
From Paris: 2h
From Toulouse: 2h10
From the station to the monument: about 35 min. on foot
Cloître de la cathédrale de Bayonne
Bayonne train station
From Bordeaux: 1h45
From Toulouse: 3h30
From Paris: 3h55
From the station to the monument: about 15 min. on foot
Tours de La Rochelle
La Rochelle Ville train station
From Nantes: 1h45
From Paris: 3h
From the station to the monument: about 10 min. on foot
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Occitanie
Tours et remparts d'Aigues-Mortes
Aigues-Mortes train station
From Nîmes: 45 min.
From the station to the monument: about 5 min. on foot.
Château et remparts de la cité de Carcassonne
Carcassonne train station
From Toulouse: 40min
From Montpellier: 1h30
From the station to the monument: about 30 min. on foot
Forteresse de Salses
Salses-le-Château railway station
From Perpignan: 12 min.
From Narbonne: 30 min.
From the station to the monument: about 15 min. on foot.
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© Geoffroy Mathieu / Centre des monuments nationaux
Pays de la Loire
Château d'Angers
Angers Saint-Laud station
From Paris: 1h20
From the station to the monument: about 15 min. on foot
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Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Cap Moderne, Eileen Gray et Le Corbusier au Cap Martin
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin station
From Nice: 30 min.
From the station to the monument: about 15 min. on foot.
Cloître de la cathédrale de Fréjus
Fréjus train station
From Cannes: 40 min.
From the station to the monument: about 10 min. on foot.
Flight over Cap Moderne
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