Milan to Paris by high-speed train: better than flying?

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After spending the past week in Florence and Milan, we’re leaving Italy and traveling to a killer 2-bedroom suite in the heart of Paris. By train. That takes 7 hours. And gets us into the city late enough that we’ll be cramming into a temporary room for the night and completing our journey about 24 hours from now.
Will this trip feel like a scenic and relaxing journey through the French countryside? Or a never-ending trek with eight bags and couple of tired and hungry kids? We’re about to find out.
Contents:
0:00 Intro
0:45 Arriving at Milano Centrale Railway Station
2:07 Arriving at Milano Porta Garibaldi
4:47 Departing Milan for Paris
5:18 Visiting the Dining Car
7:58 Settling in as we cross the French bordedr
9:41 Arriving in Paris
11:05 Checking into Hotel Castille
11:57 Outro
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@josecancio497 Жыл бұрын

You dont have to 'beg' me to watch you guys. I see the world thru your videos, so thank YOU!

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

🤗 Thank you 😊

@edwardfersch9661 2 ай бұрын

Love the quiet ride, comfortable seats, and central location of the train station!

@JustinBrehm Жыл бұрын

Found you the other day to subscribe and I got to say it's very enjoyable to watch thanks for taking us along on your journey

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏 So happy you found our channel!

@norrisbethke7770 Жыл бұрын

Love them Euro trains, especially the high speed under the “chunnel” …and…the scenery is much better..and..the food cars are good enough..happy travels 🙏🏻🕊

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

Totally agree! There are very few cons to train travel.

@gratefultess Жыл бұрын

I love how passionate the whole family and sharing this inspiring video. Very informative and entertaining also ❤ love from the Philippines. Maligayang pasko 🎄

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🥰 We love what we do and we can’t wait for our trip back to PH!

@markc7274 Жыл бұрын

Another great video.

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

🤗 Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it 😊

@alex.druganov Жыл бұрын

Great healthy family. Great vlog🙏

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! 😊🙏

@benedictofernandez6179 Жыл бұрын

Your subscribers here 😊 Filipino family living in Belgium. Thank you so much for sharing your adventures ❤ as we also travel with you😊… take care and God bless ❤️🙏🏼

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. We’re so happy you’ve been following 🤗

@zqgyt.7328 Жыл бұрын

Missing the train would’ve sucked. Glad you made it!😅

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

Thank you! We ran so fast to get there. We were lucky it was only a short drive away. 😮‍💨

@mrsgomezmd Жыл бұрын

Have a Merry Christmas Eve! We took a train into Paris from Belgium on a prior trip. One of the instances when it is faster than flying 😅. I’d love to be able to experience a sleeper train with a multi-day itinerary like the Orient Express. So expensive though. 😔

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

Oh yes! We’d love to experience the sleeper trains too. We’ve looked into them and haven’t found the right fit yet. It’s either not family friendly or outrageous prices. But I know someday we’ll do it!

@amynguyen9360 Жыл бұрын

yes, I watched your family and travel along as well ...

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

🥰🥰🥰

@100islandds6 Жыл бұрын

beautiful family, i pray for your health and more love

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏

@ingridnh1 Жыл бұрын

I honestly really like train travel better than flying. More space, quieter, food whenever you want and seats are so much more comfortable. The upside to flying is just that it’s quicker. 😊

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

I totally agree! I really like that it took longer, I got so much done 🤗

@albertkgill7116 Жыл бұрын

Very nice video

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

Thanks! So glad you liked it 😊

@gravis778 Жыл бұрын

I didn't know Milano and Roma were the two biggest train stations in Europe. I've been to both. Yeah they were huge, but I could have sworn Zurich Hbf was bigger. And Paris (depending on which station) is also huge and has an excellent first class lounge. I am highly amused that you thought there might be meal service, but then I thought about it and some train lines DO have meal service. I'm thinking the train I took from Amsterdam airport to Brussels had meal service. But yeah, unless you are on a regional train, there is almost always a restaurant car. The quality of the food varies greatly depending on which train line you are riding (in my experience, Austria's öbb has the best food like restaurant quality stuff, and the worst was Deutsch Bahn was the worst food. TGV in France was okay I get claustrophobic, so the extra room on a train vs a plane is much nicer

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

Wow! You are so much more experienced than we are 😆. Hoping we can continue to travel by train in Europe more and more. It was a great and affordable way to go.

@Lorre982 Жыл бұрын

ok the flight is 1 hour and a half, a tourists from a city center need to go to the airport 1 hour arrive airport and at 2hour at least 1hour before boriding and check, flight 1,30 (already at 4,30) , you arrive at paris areoport let say 30 min for the luggage and another 1 to arrive in city center total time 6h. Train starts alway from city center, so 15 min min to reach the station, 10 minut before the departure you arrive at the platform (zero check and zero weight limits for luggage), 7hour trip whit a lots of space, and than you arrive guess where in another city center.

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

And a much more relaxing, stress free experience… as long as you’re on time for your train 😆

@JamieWhiteman-sy7jq 9 ай бұрын

Hi, did you have to show your Passports at any point during the train from Milan to Paris or the train from Florence to Italy?

@AlwaysBeChanging 9 ай бұрын

No. They stopped and walked through at some point but I don’t remember showing passports. Italy and France have open borders between each other.

@fabiolaflores8919 Жыл бұрын

Great video, so professional. What a great experience for your kids. Do you know if they have gluten free food on trains. (My child has celiac)

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I don’t remember if there were any items labeled gluten free but I think they had salad options. I think the safest bet might be to bring food on the train if you’re gluten free.

@fabiolaflores8919 Жыл бұрын

@@AlwaysBeChanging thanks so much :)

@cywoods60 Жыл бұрын

Am amazing way to raise your children. I love this.

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

You are so kind. Thank you for appreciating our family.

@netscapeboy Жыл бұрын

Your kids will be delighted to hear that when the Mont D'Ambin base tunnel is completed this 7 hour trip between Milan and Paris will be possible in 5 hours That will make the competition between taking a flight and jumping on the high speed train a 'no brainer'. And like you mention in this video . . . travel by train is 100 times less stressful than talking a flight . . .

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

5 hrs, that’s fast! Hope we get to ride that someday. Thanks for the info!

@Lorre982 Жыл бұрын

The new tunnel will be complete by 2032, Paris to Milano Centrale is operated by Trenitalia/frecciarossa, Paris to Milano porta Garibaldi is operated by the French whit the TGV

@thefamilyvandy Жыл бұрын

❤

@naydedocarmo1459 4 ай бұрын

Hi, nice video , can you let me know the name of train station in paris ?thanks

@jinkim23 Жыл бұрын

the thing to do on a trip that long in europe is, if available, take the night train on a sleeper car. go to bed, and when you wake up its morning and you are at your destination. one less night paying for a hotel too.

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

We wanted to!!! But for some reason there weren’t any options for a sleeper train Milan to Paris when we were there. We really want to do that sometime.

@jinkim23 Жыл бұрын

@@AlwaysBeChanging oh, and I agree with Erin. I prefer trains when traveling in foreign countries, especially in places like Europe and Japan.

@edgar780429 5 ай бұрын

Hi , I want to do the same trip in train from Milan to Paris , but I can’t find it in Trenitalia or TGV , how did you get the tickets , in advance thanks for the support and love your trips.

@AlwaysBeChanging 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching us 🤗. This was a year ago and I had heard there has been train strikes in some parts of Europe recently so that might be effecting train schedules. I would look on their websites to see if you can purchase online. Try Italia rail, or if you’re already in Europe go to the train station ahead of time and purchase tickets there.

@AlwaysBeChanging 4 ай бұрын

ACTUALLY I just did a little looking around. You should try the app trainline. It looks like they have options and the app seems easy to use.

@eloisesusie7737 4 ай бұрын

I’ve been researching this journey for a trip I’m taking in August. There was a landslide on this line (between Lyon and Madrid) about 6 months ago and probably won’t be fixed until summer at the earliest 😢

@madreh7549 Жыл бұрын

you have to test the frecciarossa trains italian line trains, that what you take is the french line train isn't so good as italians trains are the best

@robertap8467 2 ай бұрын

Oh c'mon.. 7 hours is not that long. I had so many 5 hours travels by train. Time flies and it feels not more thean 2-3 hours.. 🤷‍♀️ And train stations usually are in city centers. ;)

@md1954 6 ай бұрын

I am looking for a direct train from Paris to Milan but can’t find any 🤷🏻‍♀️. All say 3 changes, could you let me know which train this is?

@AlwaysBeChanging 6 ай бұрын

When we were looking we wanted a sleeper train but found that they stopped running it. I also heard recently that there is a train strike in Europe, not sure if that affects Italy or not but I wonder if it's contributing to fewer options.

@banshee1133 Жыл бұрын

Trains are also more environment friendly than planes. Planes have a huge amount of carbon emissions.

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Right down to the wooden spoons 👏🏼

@ShadowGin3 11 ай бұрын

Do you know if they have any sleeper cabin train from Milan to Paris?

@AlwaysBeChanging 11 ай бұрын

They weren’t running at the time we traveled this past December.

@davidjackson7281 Жыл бұрын

The noisy background sound is quite annoying. Thanks.

@kunal9657 5 ай бұрын

Intelligent kids 😅

@AlwaysBeChanging 5 ай бұрын

They are the best! Thanks :)

@wendyjenkins6076 Жыл бұрын

hi youtube family happy holidays

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

Thank you, Wendy! Happy Holidays to you too 😊

@jaquelineflores5211 Жыл бұрын

😃👍👏🤗😚😍🇲🇽

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

Thank for watching! 😊

@theoztreecrasher2647 Жыл бұрын

I really love these travel videos where all that boring foreign scenery is nearly completely hidden from view by some lovely narcissistic Yanks! 😜🙄😁

@AlwaysBeChanging Жыл бұрын

The lack of more scenery footage has nothing to do with narcissism from us or our two children. Filming through glass is very difficult because it creates a lot of reflection and glare issues. We tried to capture the beautiful scenery, of course that was only possible in daylight too, but almost all the footage was unusable. I’m happy to share our raw footage with you. If you have any tips or tricks that would help, we’d love to learn! Have a great day.