Many of us are striving to be more eco-conscious travellers these days, including reducing our carbon emissions, and one of the ways of doing this is by using rail travel where possible. We’ve picked out some of our favourite European journeys made possible by train travel, but if you’re looking for other ways to travel more responsibly, please get in touch with your Travel Counsellor.
London to Marseille: about 7.5 hours
0.292 tonnes CO2e saved
Take the Eurostar to Paris, change stations and hop aboard a direct train to the Mediterranean to enjoy the wonders of this seaside city with its Paris-by-the-sea meets North Africa feel about it. Marseille is a place of architectural icons including mucem (the Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean), Le Corbusier’s Cité Radieuse and Zaha Hadid’s CMA CGM, but also of wild nature in the form of sparkling calanques – fjord-like inlets on the nearby coast. Best of all is a stroll around the Vieux-Port with its fishmongers’ stalls arrayed along the boat-lined quay and its brasseries vying to each serve the best bouillabaisse in town.
