Calais to Rouen

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Calais to Rouen
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Hi

I will be travelling to Brugge over Easter on a tour. On the way back we thought we would disembark at Calais and make our way to Rouen and stay a few days to explore the surrounding area with a hire car.

Can anyone suggest the best possible way to get from Calais to Rouen. I have explored hire car options to no avail as they all seem closed (we will be travelling on Easter Monday)

Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Beaumont, France
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Not an easy one as you've already found the rental agencies are all closed on Easter mondey, the train situation isn't much better looks like only 1 train all day - SNCF departure Calais 1527hrs arrives Rouen 2055hrs, changes at Lille with a 75 min wait there.

May be easier to stay in Calais on the monday and hire a car tuesday.

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Thanks for the information!

We will probably go with the train. Do you think I will need to book it or could we organise at the station.

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Another option would be to take a train to Paris where the car rental offices (at least tthe Europcar one) apparently *are* open on Easter Monday and pick up a car there. There is a train leaving Calais at 11:32, arriving Paris at 14:02 and there are other possibilities both earlier and later.. The second class fare is ~47€.

It's about a 90 minute drive from Paris to Rouen. This option would have the added benefit of allowing you to stop at Les Andelys en route and visit the ruins of Richard the Lionheart's Château Gaillard on a bluff overlooking the Seine, definitely worth the visit. You could even spend the night at the lovely Hôtel de la Chaine d'Or close by.

One reason for booking early if you take the Rouen train is that the SNCF site is showing a special on the Calais-Rouen train for that day with first class fares the same as second class, 39€. I doubt that offer would be available for a last minute booking.

Good luck!

www.voyages-sncf.com

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I hadn't thought of the suggetion put forward by Irish Rover, I had thought of picking up a car a Lille but they're all closed too.

I wouldn't leave anything to the last minute here on a bank holiday

Alan

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