Luxury route
Le Grand Tour
Paris → Paris · France
Puy du Fou’s rolling theatre: a Belle Époque sleeper loops 4,000 km around France in six days, actors staging a mystery from Reims to Chenonceau.
How this line was checked
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: 73.1% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 26 m); the longest stretch away from it is 21.5 km
Questions and answers
How long is the Le Grand Tour?
The Le Grand Tour is a 4,000 km round trip from Paris.
How long does the Le Grand Tour take?
The fastest scheduled journey is 6 days for the 4,000 km. The line's top service speed is 160 km/h.
Who runs the Le Grand Tour?
Le Grand Tour (Puy du Fou), with Belle Époque rake (ex-DB coaches).
How old is the Le Grand Tour?
The line has been in service since 2025. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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