London To Paris
Day Tours, Independent Trips and Longer Short Break Stays
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Eurostar Trains
Whether you are travelling independently or on a tour between London and Paris, the benchmark means of transport between London and Paris are the Eurostar trains.
The Eurostar train service takes just two hours and 15 minutes to Paris, so with an early start its possible, and many people do, take a day trip to Paris. There are even day return fares to encourage you to do this
The Eurostar trains start at London's St Pancras station and terminate in the centre of Paris at the Gare du Nord. Hop on, Hop Off buses visit Gare du Nord or you can very easily independently travel around on the Paris Metro.
Fares
For the vast majority of travellers from Central London the Eurostar trains are the sensible option.
Fares are priced like the low cost airlines model. If you purchase last thing or at very popular times you can pay 3 or 4 times the amount somebody seated next to you who purchased well in advance. (Use the Eurostar fares interrogator facility using the link below for your dates)
Eurostar train ticketing facility
Eurolines Coach Between London and Paris:
If you want to go Paris cheaply and even further afield in Europe, Eurolines are a one stop solution that covers most of the key cities in Europe from London.
Most popular routes are probably the relatively short trips to Paris, Amsterdam or Dublin, normally the cheapest way of making this journey. But the Eurolines network interconnects 29 European countries so you can go much, much further.
Eurolines is an umbrella brand for a network of bus companies across Europe that work together to offer an integrated system. They are associated with National Express in the UK and as a result you can get combined ticketing coupling Eurolines European journeys with National Express services through out England and Wales.
London to Amsterdam and Paris are the busiest routes and these services have free wi-fi available too. Some services use the ferry, others use the tunnel to get to Europe.
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Flights To Paris From London:
Before the opening of the Channel Tunnel and the start of the fast Eurostar trains London to Paris was one of the busiest aircraft routes in the world.
Today, people flying between Paris and London are a very small portion of the market. If you are travelling city centre to city centre it makes no sense at all to fly, being slower and more expensive.
Most of the market now is for people interconnecting on flights rather than travelling city centre to city centre.
The respective flag carriers British Airways and Air France still operate services from Heathrow to Paris. Air France fly additional services from City Airport and easyJet the low cost budget airline fly to Paris from Luton Airport.
Day Trips To Paris From London
With the Eurostar services it is possible to get as much as 8 hours sightseeing in Paris by going out early and back late.
For a one day sightseeing trip one of the best ways is to buy a package combining Eurostar train tickets with a sightseeing tour of Paris which will make the most of your time in Paris and get you around all the main sights very effeciently maximisng your day.
3 Day Weekend Breaks To Paris From London
If a brief one day trip to Paris is too fleeting for your taste, then a better option that also offers great value is a weekend break of three days going out on a Friday morning and returning Sunday night. If you want you could even fit Versailles into such a break.
| Most Popular Tours From London 2013 With Adult Fares Stated & Links To Tour Detail Pages |
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Visiting Stonehenge and/or Bath and/or Windsor |
| Stonehenge & Bath (without admission to Roman Baths) - £45 |
Stonehenge & Bath (with admission to Roman Baths) - £55 |
| Windsor, Bath, Lacock & Stonehenge (Max 35 people) - £89 |
Stonehenge Summer Solstice 2013 June 20/21 |
Stonehenge Special Access Tours |
Visiting Cotswolds and/or Oxford and/or Stratford and/or Warwick |
Visiting Canterbury, Leeds Castle & Dover |
Small Group Tours (Maximum 16 people) |
2 & 3 Day Weekend Breaks Plus Day Trips To Paris |
Day Trip To Paris - from £149 |
| 3 Day Paris - from £229 |
| 3 Day Edinburgh & Scotland - £219 |
3 Day Amsterdam - from £229 |
