Suggestions to plan your travel…

Provence Cycling Tour

Your tour begins in the beautiful Provençal city of Aix-en-Provence, which is 30 minutes from the Marseille airport.

Most major airline carriers offer connections to the French city of Marseille through European airport hubs. We suggest booking a flight from your hub city to Marseille Provence Airport (IATA code: MRS).

If you arrive the day prior to your tour start, and are staying at our recommended hotel, we provide MRS-airport pick up and transportation to the hotel in Aix-en-Provence. Similarly, you can take a taxi or Uber from MRS-airport into Aix-en-Provence.

You can also book a TGV train (super fast train-approximately 3 hours) from Paris to Aix-en-Provence TGV station. Once you arrive at the train station, you can take a taxi or Uber to your hotel.  The train station is only 10 minutes away from the center of Aix-en-Provence.

After booking your tour, we’ll send you a complete travel packet on traveling from Paris to Aix-en-Provence, packing, and and other helpful information to facilitate your trip. 

We suggest embracing “l’art de vivre” by arriving in Europe early and spending a couple of days in Paris, Bordeaux or Lyon before meeting us in Aix-en-Provence!

Dordogne Cycling Tour

Getting there: We suggest flying into either Bordeaux or Paris, then taking a train to Sarlat or the nearby town of Souillac (approximately 30 minutes from Sarlat).

If landing in Bordeaux, you will need to take the train from the central train station in Bordeaux (Gare St-Jean).  You can take a tram from Bordeaux airport to Gare St-Jean, or hire an Uber from the airport  to the train station. There are multiple direct trains daily, which take approximately 2.5 hours to Sarlat.

If landing at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport, there are no direct trains to Sarlat. We suggest taking a taxi or Uber from the airport to the Gare d’Austerlitz train station in Paris to take the approximately five and a half hour ride to Souillac. Souillac is approximately half an hour from Sarlat. We will offer a free shuttle van the day prior to the start of your tour  from  the Souillac train station  to Sarlat, otherwise a taxi will get you there in about 30 minutes.


Departure: On the final day of your tour, we will provide a shuttle  to the train station in Sarlat, which offers direct trains to Bordeaux Gare St-Jean throughout the day. Trains from Sarlat to Gare St-Jean take approximately 2.5 hours.

Trains from Sarlat to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport take approximately 6 hours, with train changes in Bordeaux and Gare Montparnasse in Paris. Another option if you are wishing to spend more time Paris after your tour, we suggest taking a direct train from Souillac to the Gare d’Austerlitz. The Souillac to Paris journey takes approximately 5 hours.


Provence Walking Tour

Travel to Arles:

  1. From Paris Charles de Gaulle airport (CDG) to Arles. The TGV (fast train) runs from CDG to Arles in about 4 hours.  There are about 6 trains daily from CDG to Arles.  Trains are operated by TGV INOUI or OUIGO.  The Arles train station is about a 10 minute walk to our hotel, or you can also hire a taxi.

  2. From Paris center (if you wish to spend a few days in the City of Lights before your journey), you can book a TGV from the Gare de Lyon to Arles.  

  3. The closest airport to Arles is the Marseille Provence airport (MRS).  Flying from Paris CDG to MRS takes approximately 1 hour 20 minutes.  From MRS, you can take a local train to Arles, approximately 1 hour.  

  4. Let’s Explore! LLC will provide a free shuttle from Marseille airport for those of you arriving on Sept 30 before 6 p.m.   

  

Travel from Avignon:

  1.  Direct TGV trains run from Avignon to Paris center and take approximately 2 hours and 37 minutes to 2 hours 41 minutes. 

  2. Multiple daily direct TGV trains run from Avignon TGV station to Charles de Gaulle airport, arriving at terminal 2. 

  3. Direct trains run from Avignon to Marseille Provence airport (Vitrolles-Aeroport-Marseille) in approximately 1 hour and 4 minutes to 1 hour 38 minutes.  This train runs throughout the day.