Round The Med from Paris — 5 days
5 days · From Paris · Round trip
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Your journey, at a glance
Sète → Nice → La Spezia → Florence → Paris
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Places along the way
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Paris
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Day 2 · Marseille
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Nice
France
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Promenade des Anglais
Iconic seafront boulevard curving along the Baie des Anges with belle-époque splendour
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Vieux Nice (Old Town)
Baroque labyrinth of narrow streets with Cours Saleya flower and food market
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More about Nice
Nice, the jewel of the French Riviera (Côte d'Azur), basks in Mediterranean sunshine between azure seas and the foothills of the Alps. Nice-Ville station connects to Paris via TGV (5h30), Marseille (2h30), Monaco (20 min by TER), Genoa and Milan, and the spectacular scenic Train des Merveilles to Tende in the Alpine hinterland.
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Day 3 · Ventimiglia
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Day 3 · Genoa
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Our own photograph — Simon Harper, co-founder of Conductor Sam
Florence
Italy
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Uffizi Gallery
World's greatest collection of Italian Renaissance art including Botticelli and Leonardo
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Florence Cathedral (Duomo)
Brunelleschi's revolutionary dome with city panoramas from the top
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More about Florence
Florence, the birthplace of the Renaissance, is a living museum of art and architecture. Firenze Santa Maria Novella station, designed by Giovanni Michelucci, sits minutes from the Duomo and connects to Rome (1.5 hours by Frecciarossa), Milan, Venice, Bologna, and other Italian cities via the high-speed network.
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Day 5 · Milan
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Day 5 · Paris
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Tickets for your journey
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| Journey | Sam | Trainline | Omio |
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| Paris Sète | Search | Search ↗ | Search ↗ |
| Sète Marseille | Search | Search ↗ | Search ↗ |
| Marseille Nice | Search | Search ↗ | Search ↗ |
| Nice Ventimiglia | Search | Search ↗ | Search ↗ |
| Ventimiglia Genoa | Search | — | Search ↗ |
| Genoa La Spezia | Search | — | Search ↗ |
| La Spezia Florence | Search | — | Search ↗ |
| Florence Milan | Search | — | Search ↗ |
| Milan Paris | Search | Search ↗ | Search ↗ |
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How a rail pass fits this trip
This outline has 5 days with travel or an excursion: day 1, day 2, day 3, day 4, day 5. That is a planning count, not a confirmed number of pass days. Optional excursions, uncovered transport and night-train departure times can change it.
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Read before you go
Destination Guides from main Stations in France
Find out the tourist locations that can most easily reached by train from Paris, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille and Strasbourg
Destination Guides from main Stations in Italy
Find out the tourist locations that can most easily reached by train from Milan, Rome, Florence, Venice, Bologna and Verona
Graz in Austria Becomes a Major European Rail Hub
Graz now has direct international rail links with Berlin, Budapest, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Florence, Frankfurt, Krakow, Ljubljana, Munich, Prague, Rome, Trieste, Venice, Zagreb and Zurich
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Round The Med
Paris → Bordeaux → San Sebastián → Madrid → Barcelona → Montpellier → Nice → La Spezia → Turin → London
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Round The Med
Bordeaux → San Sebastián → Madrid → Alicante → Barcelona → Montpellier → Nice → La Spezia → Rome → Paris
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Round The Med
Montpellier → Barcelona → Beziers → Nice → La Spezia → Turin → London
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Our photograph — Simon Harper
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