The Spain-Paris AVE is already underway


The past weekend has been one of the most prolific in terms of train route openings. In addition to the famous Madrid-Valencia which will take barely an hour and a half to complete the journey, Renfe has also launched the line of High Speed ​​between Paris and Figueres, something that makes the long-awaited journey much closer Barcelona-Paris. Currently the trip from Barcelona usually lasts about 9 hours, totally bearable, especially if you take a cabin with bunk beds.

With the Figueres-Paris route It takes about five hours, that if you add two and a half by train to Barcelona, ​​the journey from today will be just over seven. From the Figueres-Vilafant station Starting today, two high-speed trains to Paris every day, having excellent connections to Barcelona. It is calculated that the AVE line Complete will be ready in early 2013, and it will be then when you can do Barcelona-Paris in just over 5 hours. Great. I did Madrid-Paris a few months ago in 13 hours.

As for the price, Figueres-Paris costs between € 54 and € 109 each wayDepending on the category you want and buying it weeks in advance you can get an interesting offer. The bad thing is that the tickets for this journey cannot be bought online, only at the box office, unless you are a user of the SNCF online service, the French company that manages trips with Renfe.

From now on there is no excuse for not giving you a good weekend or bridging trip and going to enjoy the thousands of charms that Paris offers you, especially if you live in the province of Barcelona, since Figueres is close to you and in a very short time you will be in Paris, the City of Light taking a walk on the Seine and admiring the Eiffel Tower. A luxury.

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