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Best Eurostar Deals to Paris and Beyond
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| Contents |
| Eurostar Deals to Amsterdam |
| Eurostar Deals for Alsation Markets |
| What is the average fare from London to Paris via Eurostar? |
| Record-breaking High Speed 1 run from Paris to London |
Eurostar Deals to Amsterdam
Author: Alex
New Faster Eurostar Deals to Amsterdam
For Eurostar Deals to Amsterdam up until now, the advice has been to take the Eurostar train from St. Pancras International in London to Brussels Midi Station and then catch a connecting train to Amsterdam. But starting this winter, there are changes which will make the through route a lot more conveient. In December, a new high-speed rail connection between Brussels and Amsterdam opens, cutting the journey from London to Amsterdam by a whole hour, making short city breaks to Amsterdam by train much more practical.
More about Fyra, the Brussels to Amsterdam High Speed Train
New Fyra train for Eurostar deals to Amsterdam
Fyra is the name of the new high-speed train which will start duties between Brussels and Amsterdam in the autumn of 2010, and means `four’ in Swedish. The name is derived from the fact that it will link up the four major cities in Belgium and the Netherlands, Brussels, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Amsterdam. How this will affect the kind of Eurostar deals available from London, I’m not exactly sure yet – the best thing to do probably will be to have a good look around on the Eurostar Planet booking website for now.
Fyra is a project of cooperation between the national rail network NMBS and Hispeed, a consortium of the Dutch railways NS and the Dutch airline company KLM. By 2010 the high-speed train will travel between Brussels and Amsterdam sixteen times a day using 19 trains, three of which will belong to NMBS and sixteen to Hispeed. The rail infrastructure of the high-speed train has been finalised in Belgium and in the Netherlands, but Fyra’s safety system must still be checked by the European ERMTS. Over the next few weeks test drives will be conducted across the entire route. If the tests prove successful, the Italian company AnsaldoBreda can start the production of the trains. The Fyra will not be the only high-speed train on the route, with the Thalys travelling from Paris six times a day from December to Amsterdam. The Fyra will only take to the tracks a year later, when competition for Eurostar deals through the channel tunnel will become very interesting indeed.
Photo credit Arnold de Vries
read comments (1)Eurostar Deals for Alsation Markets
Author: Alex
Eurostar Deals to Alsace
In the run up to the festive season, Eurostar deals can turn the present-buying chore into an exciting foreign holiday break, returning with all sorts of treats from a traditional north European Christmas market.
Travel by Eurostar from London to Strasbourg from £89 per person
The Alsace region of France is home to some of the oldest markets in Europe. For example, the Christkindelsmärik, in Strasbourg, dates from 1570. After the 25th of November there will be almost 100 authentic Christmas markets across the region to choose from, selling everything from jewellery, glass, decorations and hampers to spicy sausages and hot mulled wine. At Thann in the south and you can taste 999 varieties of bredele, a type of Christmas biscuit. Book Eurostar deals from London to Strasbourg from £89 per person return, with onward connections within Alsace also available.
Do you know of any travel tour agency that can offer sightseeing tours including transportation and hotels when in Paris (example: Anderson Tours)?
It’s about £59 each way for an adult fare. People under 26 and seniors can get a discounted fare. There are also low cost carriers like Easyjet with one way fares around £70. Most of those carriers fly out of secondary airports, though, like from London Luton, so you do have to factor in the extra cost of getting there.
You might want to checkout Rick Steve’s Wall which is just for travel within Europe or TripAdvice for more advice. Both sites are laid out really well & informative.
Happy travels!
Video footage of Eurostar’s record-breaking run from Paris Gare du Nord to London St Pancras International, in just 2 hours and 3 minutes, on September 4 2007.
Duration : 0:8:22