Eurostar, France and UK
Airing Date: Oct 2nd, 2006
How to do London and Paris in one day? Eurostar. For those familiar with air travel, the first big difference with Eurostar is that your departure and arrival points are actually centrally located in the cities that bear their names - not in an airport over an hour away.
The cruising speed of an airplane may beat the train, but add on the time involved in actually getting to and from an airport and the Eurostar service wins hands down (2 hours 35 minutes from London to Paris by Eurostar).
Passenger traffic shows that more and more people agree, Eurostar from London to Paris and Eurostar from London to Brussels now carries more passengers on these city to city routes than all of the airlines combined.
The most amazing section of the Eurostar journey is the one that you'll see least of - the journey under The English Channel through the Channel Tunnel. It took three years for tunneling machines working from France and England to meet up underground.
Trains speed through the tunnel at up to 300 kilometres an hour so journey time under the channel takes as little as 20 minutes.
FURTHER INFORMATION Eurostar tickets from $136 return. Price includes taxes. Subject to fluctuation. Conditions apply. Prices correct at 2/10/06.
Air Tahiti Nui return to Paris - From $3130 ex Sydney, $3305 ex Brisbane, $3310 ex Melbourne, $3525 ex Adelaide, $3710 ex Perth. Price includes taxes. Subject to fluctuation. Conditions apply. Prices correct at 8/9/06.
Car hire from $48 a day - based on 7 days rental of an economy sized vehicle. Price includes taxes. Subject to fluctuation. Conditions apply. Prices correct at 2/10/06.
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