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Tchou tchou! All aboard: let's discover some of our most beautiful monuments that are easily accessible by train. For each one, find out how long it takes to get there from major cities, and how to get there on foot from the station.
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Royal Monastery of Brou
Bourg-en-Bresse station
From Lyon: 45 minutes.
From Paris: 1 hour 50 minutes
From the station to the monument: about 20 minutes on foot
Treasury of Lyon Cathedral
Lyon Part Dieu station
From Paris: 2 hours
From the station to the monument: about 45 minutes on foot
Cathedral Complex of Le Puy-en-Velay
Le Puy-en-Velay train station
From Clermont-Ferrand: 2 hours 10 minutes
From Lyon via Saint-Étienne: 2 hours 20 minutes
From the station to the monument: about 15 minutes on foot
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Céline Bilahorka / Centre des monuments nationaux
Patrick Müller / Centre des monuments nationaux
Centre-Val de Loire
Cathedral, towers and treasury of Chartres
Chartres train station
From Paris: 1h
From the station to the monument: about 10 minutes on foot
Castle of 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
La Psalette Cloister
Tours train station
From Paris: 1h15
From the station to the monument: about 10 min. on foot
Castle of Châteaudun
Châteaudun railway station
From Paris: 1h30
From the station to the monument: about 10 min. on foot
Crypt and towers of Bourges Cathedral
Bourges train station
From Tours: 1h45
From Paris: 2h
From the station to the monument: about 25 min. on foot
Jacques Coeur Palace
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
Towers of Reims Cathedral
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 at Villers-Cotterêts Castle
Villers-Cotterêts railway station
From Paris: 50 min.
From the station to the monument: about 10 min. on foot.
Towers and treasury of Amiens Cathedral
Amiens train station
From Paris: 1h10
From the station to the monument: about 10 min. on foot
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Normandie
Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey
Pontorson station then shuttle bus to the foot of Mont-Saint-Michel
From Paris: 4h35
April to October only
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Pey-Berland Tower
Bordeaux Saint-Jean railway station
From Paris: 2h
From Toulouse: 2h10
From the station to the monument: about 35 min. on foot
Cloister of Bayonne Cathedral
Bayonne train station
From Bordeaux: 1h45
From Toulouse: 3h30
From Paris: 3h55
From the station to the monument: about 15 min. on foot
Towers of 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
Towers and remparts of Aigues-Mortes
Aigues-Mortes train station
From Nîmes: 45 min.
From the station to the monument: about 5 min. on foot.
Castle and remparts of the city of Carcassonne
Carcassonne train station
From Toulouse: 40min
From Montpellier: 1h30
From the station to the monument: about 30 min. on foot
Fortress of 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
Angers Castle
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 and Le Corbusier at Cap Martin
Roquebrune-Cap-Martin station
From Nice: 30 min.
From the station to the monument: about 15 min. on foot.
Cloister of Fréjus Cathedral
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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