French wine is populair around the globe, but what better place to try it than in France? The French drink the most glasses of wine per person per year, and it always goes with everything. Lunch? Wine. Dinner? Wine. Something to celebrate? Wine. Sunny day? Wine. Cheese board? Wine to go with it. And as the world’s largest wine producer, there is thus no better place to taste fine wines. From red wine in Bordeaux, to Champagne in the one and only Champagne region, you’ll pass everywhere with this wine tour.

From start to finish, the itinerary takes about 23 hours of train travel time, spread over 9 stops. (Including Paris as a stop, excluding travel time to Paris.) Most train rides are max 3 hours, so it’s good to combine with a full breakfast before you leave, lunch at a stop along the way or already a fun activity at the next destination. There is only 1 long train ride that takes a day.

I recommend taking at least 14 days for this trip. However, you could combine some stops, because of the short travel time. If you do that and possibly skip Paris as a stop, you could do the route in a week, but it would be a rushed trip.