What is the most scenic train in France?

A scenic ride through the French and Swiss mountains. If the Polar Express took inspiration from a real-life train journey, it would surely be the Mont-Blanc Express . This alpine train runs from Chamonix to Martigny in Switzerland, taking 90 minutes and going through 21 tunnels and over 28 bridges en route.



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Reserve a seat on France's TGV high-speed train for fast and comfortable journeys between major cities. Or take it easy and explore the French countryside with RET regional trains, one charming village at a time. When traveling with a Eurail Pass, you simply can't miss out on la belle France.

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Le Grand Tour is a poetic and immersive luxury train journey where you will be able to escape into the French legend, therefore it is essential that on the final full day of your grand tour of France we stop at Le Puy du Fou.

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he Cévennes railway – Le Cévenol links the city of Nîmes (department of Le Gard) to Clermont Ferrand in Puy de Dôme. Opened in 1870, it took six years to build and cost a staggering 520 million francs. That's just over one billion euros!*

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The Japan Railway West Co., better known as JR West, debuted a Hello Kitty bullet train service on its Sanyo Shinkansen line on June 2018.

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The train is the easiest and most efficient way to reach Nice from Marseille. TGV OuiGo trains depart from Marseille's Saint-Charles station and arrive at Nice Ville in under 3 hours, traveling along a scenic coastal route for most of the journey.

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Clermont-Ferrand to Béziers, in Languedoc, takes a full day to travel and is the longest single track line in France.

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But there is added comfort in full class, and given the nominal price differnce and your travel companions, I would suggest that you choose first class. There's somewhat more room in first class and the seats are *supposed* to be slightly more comfortable. You can't be served a meal at your seat in second class.

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In most cases, we would say Lumo will have the edge when you're travelling alone. If you're travelling last-minute, you might snap up a great deal on quieter trains. However, busier trains might have little or no difference – it might even be cheaper to pick LNER.

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THE VENICE SIMPLON-ORIENT-EXPRESS Probably the most famous train in the world, and one of the best train journeys in Europe, the legendary Orient Express has now been reimagined by Belmond to emulate the Golden Age of travel.

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Volcanic cones jut forth from the rich tapestry of cultivated fields and high-altitude grassland spread across Ecuador's 400-kilometer long Central Valley, aptly christened “The Avenue of the Volcanoes” in 1802 by the German explorer Alexander Von Humboldt.

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