Luxury route

Le Grand Tour

Paris → Paris · France

Le Grand Tour in pictures

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Distance

4,000 km

Fastest time

6 days

Top speed

160 km/h

Operator

Le Grand Tour (Puy du Fou)

Train

Belle Époque rake (ex-DB coaches)

Countries

France

In service since

2025

Figures are published values, not live data · corrections log

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: 71.9% of this line lies within 250 m of real track (median 35 m); the longest stretch away from it is 21.5 km

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