What is the most interesting, beautiful and fun route to take from Paris, France to San Sebastion, Spain?

Any advice is much appreciated. I have a book on France I am reviewing, as I search for the most appealing cities to see while I travel from Paris to San Sebastion, Spain (located in the Basque country, which borders the southwest end of France). I will be in France in the first week of April, I have 8 days total travel time. I know Spain well, but have never been to France. It is hard to decide which cities and route to take, as I want to stay in hostels and take advantage of my time in France, thus not travelling too far out of the central and southwest parts of France, as I make my way down to San Sebastion, Spain. I would like to see Strasbourgh but I think this would be too far out of the way... Marseille is another city I would like to visit but it is quite far from San Sebastion by train. I would prefer to visit only a few cities and spend less time travelling in between. I am contemplating purchasing a France-Spain Eurorail 5 ride in 2 months pass. However, I may do well taking buses if I take a route that goes straight down from Paris to San Sebastion with only a few stops in between. I would love to be able to choose a route that would allow me to see the natural beauty of france, while also having the opportunity to take in the french culture. Do you have any suggestions on must see cities or a route that I might want to take??



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=] My advice to you is to make a list of all the cities you'd like to visit... and visit the one's which you possibly could -- if you're from North America? if you're from Europe then simply come back again



You can go Par铆s %26gt; Strasbourg %26gt; Marseille %26gt; Barcelona %26gt; Donostia



I'm Basque ;) So I'll tell you to visit here



You can get trains from Par铆s to Bordeaux

Then in Bordeaux you can go directly to Donostia/Ir煤n or you can visit some of the Basque Country in (64) , or some of Landes (40)

There's quite a lot to do in Bordeaux it's a huge city,

then you can visit Landes - if you'd like to try Surfing then you'd have fun here

Lot's of sand and sea (Although COLD in April!)



Then there's Biarritz, and all the little Basque villages around here such as Donibane Lohizune/Saint-Jean-de-Luz or Donibane Garazi/Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port

Maybe visit Lake Gentau in the Pyr茅n茅es (Depending when in April depends whether there will still be snow)



As for transport... I prefer trains to buses, they are faster quieter - you can get food. drinks. use toilets... and is more peaceful...

also the view is more scenic because in bus you're on motorway, in trains they build the lines through mountains and farmland - they also generally take you into a town center



I'd plan first, and it might be cheap to buy individual train tickets - depending on the stops





If you wanted to explore "real" France then maybe you shouldn't have Donostia as your end destination, for me France is only in the South... not South West which is the Basque Country

and also because you're going in April... it will be a lot warmer in the South compared to the South West