A reclining mermaid takes time to look at the landscapes crossed by the TGV The unique TGV travel guide by Laurence Lemaire for free. The contryside your train will pass.

The unique TGV travel guide. The countrysides it will pass.

Travel web sites usually propose you to download, before your trip, mental exercises, crosswords, sudoku.
I describe for you, the landscapes and places you'll see by the window, on your train journey in France.
On the aeroplane, our itinerary and countries flown over are indicated on a screen as we proceed, and we all watch it. You, passengers, running at a speed of 300 km/h, have time to admire the countryside at leisure as you pass. But what exactly do you see ? What history and tradition are connected with this landscape ? What is the name of this castle ? Who lives there ? What are the plants you see in the fields ? What breed of cows are watching the trains go by ?

What area are we crossing ?
Question asked by most travellers who regret not to have any information on these.

Click on the file in pdf.  Download it.  Print  the 10 pages folded as a book.
Download the html in your computer,  your I pod or your  mobil phone.

Contents
The file is divided by half-hours.
You have a map of your trip with the names of the cities which have a speed train station, and the reference marks : N° of descriptions.
The departments of each region are indicated.
The places you can see, landscapes, villages, castles… are described and numbered on the map.
I tell you regional and rural stories with anecdotal details.
And about some great men who lived in these places
You can see some photographs.
There is good places to go and some official link.

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Paris - Marseilles
pdf  in english
html  in french

Paris, Dijon, Le Creusot, Mâcon,
Lyon, Valence, Avignon,
Aix-en-Provence, Marseilles


Marseilles - Paris
pdf  in english
html  in french

Paris - La Rochelle
pdf  and  html
in french

Paris,  Vendôme, Tour, Poitiers,
Niort, Surgères, La Rochelle


clic on the map

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