Comments on: Cheaper holidays in French towns http://travellingcheap.co.uk/cheap-hotels-accommodation/cheaper-holidays-in-smaller-french-towns-334 The blog guide to cheap travel worldwide Wed, 14 Dec 2011 17:21:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Doralina http://travellingcheap.co.uk/cheap-hotels-accommodation/cheaper-holidays-in-smaller-french-towns-334/comment-page-1#comment-472 Doralina Tue, 14 Apr 2009 15:37:58 +0000 http://travellingcheap.co.uk/?p=334#comment-472 The smaller towns are recommended, indeed. Thus you make sure you will find a place in a hostel or an hotel during the rush holiday hour in the summer. For example you need to be very lucky to find a place in a hostel if you call from the Eurolines coach station in Eastern Paris to any hostel generously advertised in the area. If you don't book in advance your place in the hostel you risk to spend the night in the open, as the coach/train/tube stations will be closed and night trains are rare gems. You mention Lourdes in your article - I have never been there, but I am sure it is a charming place. Lourdes is a place of pilgrimage to the grotto and the church mainly, but I am sure it offers a lot for every visitor. The smaller towns are recommended, indeed. Thus you make sure you will find a place in a hostel or an hotel during the rush holiday hour in the summer.

For example you need to be very lucky to find a place in a hostel if you call from the Eurolines coach station in Eastern Paris to any hostel generously advertised in the area. If you don’t book in advance your place in the hostel you risk to spend the night in the open, as the coach/train/tube stations will be closed and night trains are rare gems.

You mention Lourdes in your article – I have never been there, but I am sure it is a charming place. Lourdes is a place of pilgrimage to the grotto and the church mainly, but I am sure it offers a lot for every visitor.

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