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Easy Day Trips from Paris: A Frolick at Fontainebleau

May 21, 2013 at 2:29 PM | by | Comments (0)

For most people, Paris is such a dream destination that the idea of leaving town sounds anticlimactic. However, even lifelong Parisiens know the value of occasionally getting out of the city. This week, we'll be looking at four daytrips—or even two-day trips—that you can take from the City of Light.

Today's destination: Fontainebleau.

While Fontainebleau is much less famous than its cousin, Versailles, this palace is an excellent daytrip from Paris, especially for the traveler who's "done everything already" in town. To get there, you’ll need to go to Gare de Lyon and take the regional train—go all the way to the top floor and use the green machines (there are about a thousand yellow SNCF ones and probably two Billet Ile de France green ones, so don’t be afraid to ask people where they are or just go to an information booth/help desk).

Trains leave about once every 30 or 40 minutes, so just look for ones that make a stop at Fontainebleau Avon. This is the station for both the forest and the chateau. Both are quite a long walk, so you’ll need to check the signs for appropriate buses; the number one drops you off right in front of the palace and is usually chock full of tourists, so you should find it easily. Because the train station is pretty bare bones (only two tracks, no shops or cafes, minimal signage), return buses from Fontainebleau often time it so that you’ll arrive at the station just in time to catch the next train back to Paris. No dawdling!

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Easy Day Trips from Paris: Crossing Versailles Off the List

May 20, 2013 at 1:06 PM | by | Comments (0)

For most people, Paris is such a dream destination that the idea of leaving town sounds anticlimactic. However, even lifelong Parisiens know the value of occasionally getting out of the city. This week, we'll be looking at four daytrips—or even two-day trips—that you can take from the City of Light.

Today's destination: Versailles.

By far the most famous and popular daytrip from Paris is Versailles. It’s quite easy to get there, as there are dozens of trains per day. The most efficient way is to take the RER line C, which picks up from tourist-central metro stations including Invalides and Musee d’Orsay. Just look on the map for a letter C inside a big circle. The RER is sort of like New York’s Metro North or Long Island Railroad, as it serves Paris suburbs and is not considered part of the metro.

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London to Paris by Eurostar: Onboard the Train

April 16, 2013 at 4:45 PM | by | Comments (2)

Come 2015, it will be 20 years since Eurostar started services through the Channel Tunnel between London and Paris and Brussels. This week, we're having a look at what the rail link is like today.

We’ve told you what to expect at both London St. Pancras and Paris Gare du Nord stations, so now it’s time to talk train.

London to Paris is a journey of about two and a half hours, of which you’ll spend 20-25 minutes in the Channel Tunnel. Traveling on Eurostar, you have a choice of three classes of service: Standard, Standard Premier, and Business Premier. We’ve traveled in all of them on various occasions, and sampled both Business Premier and Standard Premier on this trip.

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London to Paris by Eurostar: Inside the Stations and Lounges

April 15, 2013 at 3:03 PM | by | Comments (0)

Come 2015, it will be 20 years since Eurostar started services through the Channel Tunnel between London and Paris and Brussels. This week, we're having a look at what the rail link is like today.

If you've never experienced zooming along at 200 mph while watching the landscape zip by, a high-speed train journey is really something you should try and fit into any European trip (or elsewhere) if you can. It's more than a bucketlist experience; sometimes it's just the best way to get where you're going.

Last week, we hopped on the Eurostar on its most popular route between London's St. Pancras and Paris Gare du Nord train stations, and here's what happened...

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The Best Thing I Ever Bought at An Airport...Black Sweater Edition

Where: Paris, France
February 15, 2013 at 2:32 PM | by | Comments (0)

With airports these days resembling malls filled with clothing stores, gadget shops and restaurants-fine, casual and fast, it was inevitable that we would do a little shopping while we wait to board our flight. In our newest series, we take a look at some of the airport swag Jaunted contributors have found and loved, even years later. Kicking it off is managing editor, Juliana, whose travels lately have been grounded by babies but her airport buy lives on.

Whenever I wear this oversized but thin black sweater from Zara (which is a lot), I'm reminded of Paris' Charles DeGaulle Airport. Way back in 2008, I was returning from a 10-day trip to Europe that started off in Paris, continued on to Munich and Barcelona and then back to Paris. Before heading to the airport for my return flight home, I took one last stroll around the 7th Arrondissement, picking up some patisserie chocolates to take home.

Yet during the entire ride to the aiport, I kept smelling something funny--merde to be exact. I kept sniffing my clothes, the car, my bag, even my husband but could not find the culprit. It was only once I checked my bags inside the airport that I realized the merde was coming from me and my Christian Louboutin flats. Like 90 percent of Parisian tourists, I had stepped in dog shit.

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Eight Cities with Blinged Out Christmas Trees

November 29, 2012 at 1:48 PM | by | Comments (2)

Say goodbye to the days of Christmas trees decked out with strands of popcorn and cranberries or even homemade decorations. Cities around the world have turned to the Austrian crystal-iers of Swarovski to decorate their grand Tannenbaums.

If you're one to drive around the neighborhood oohing and ahhing at the Christmas displays, get your passport ready because we have the list of far-off (and not so far-off) places for you to check out the razzle-dazzle. Here's our list of trees with that special sparkle:

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Scarlett Johansson Knows Her Paris Restos

Where: Paris, France
August 20, 2012 at 4:34 PM | by | Comments (0)

Scarlett Johansson is back in Paris where she was spotted having dinner with her boyfriend, Nate Naylor, at Schmuck last night.

Le Schmuck, located at 1 rue de Condé, is popular with Parisians because the food is good and its scene is pretty glam, but it won't break the bank. The most expensive meal on the menu, a steak with potatoes, is under €25.

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The Adventures of Travel Cat: Paris and a Private Jet

Where: Paris, France
August 1, 2012 at 2:19 PM | by | Comments (0)

Kitty cats. They rule the internet and, whether we realize it or not, pretty much the world too. Ever noticed how cats sometimes stake out the coolest spots in a city? This new feature—Travel Cat—focuses on exactly that. Submit a photo to be featured by tweeting or Instagramming it to us (details below).

Travel Cat spotted in: a Karl Lagerfeld shopping bag in Paris, France.

This week's Travel Cat is special. She's Choupette, the white Burmese kitten owned by Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld. We're featuring her this week not because she's super cute (though she is), but because she travels in style...

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The Air France Dance: Flash Mob at Paris Airport (Video)

Where: Paris, France
July 16, 2012 at 2:29 PM | by | Comments (0)

Airlines and airport have what may be the healthiest recent history of breaking into flash mobs. Everywhere from Denver to Dubai do 'em, and today we can finally add a French airport.

Air France has just released the below video of their employees at Paris-Charles de Gaulle breaking into booty moves along with Jennifer Lopez's song "On the Floor." The song includes the lyrics, "Brazil, Morocco, London to Ibiza // Straight to LA, New York, Vegas to Africa," which are more than a few of Air France's destinations. Perfect.

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Hopefully This First IKEA Airport Lounge Won't Be the Last

Where: Paris, France
July 16, 2012 at 9:52 AM | by | Comments (0)

We hear it over and over from frequent travelers—why isn't Apple designing seat-back airplane entertainment systems and why isn't IKEA in the business of outfitting airline gate areas? Well it looks like we may have gotten the latter wish, as IKEA has opened a pop-up airline lounge at Paris-Charles de Gaulle International Airport.

Why Paris? Why not? There's a regular IKEA store like a 5-minute drive down the A1 from CDG, but it's not like it's that easy to just duck out of the airport to scarf some Swedish meatballs or purchase a living room set.

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The World's Worst Lines at the World's Worst Airports

June 1, 2012 at 9:54 AM | by | Comments (0)

There's something jarring about partaking in the miracle of heavier-than-air flight, of literally dining in a chair in the sky as you fly across an ocean, and then - upon arriving at your destination in mere hours - having to stand in some horrible airport's interminable passport control line. Really? We can build commercial jets that break the sound barrier but we can't figure out how to efficiently stamp people's passports?

Here's a list of three of the worst wait time offenders. We're hoping that - all other options having been exhausted - maybe sustained public shaming will get through to them. Two are in so-called Alpha++ and Alpha+ global cities, so you'd think they'd try something now and again, and one is in West Africa, because we just can't get over how bad it is.

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Paris' CDG Airport to Get an Attitude Adjustment

Where: Paris, France
April 6, 2012 at 10:35 AM | by | Comments (0)

We love Paris—and so does everyone else—but that love usually doesn't extend to the city’s largest airport. Well, city and airport officials have finally dealt with Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport and its reputation for long enough and it sounds like they’re finally going to do something about it.

This summer marks a new beginning for the airport, as Aéroports de Paris—they’re the ones in charge—plan to streamline operations. The hope is that things will become a little more convenient, a little friendlier, and whole lot more enjoyable for those flying to—or connecting through—CDG.

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