Take Eurostar from London to Lille or Paris, then a 300 km/h TGV (Train à Grande Vitesse) through the French countryside with a glass of red wine to hand from Lille or Paris to Avignon, Marseille, Nice, Nîmes, Montpellier, Perpignan, Lyon, Bordeaux, Toulouse, Rennes or Nantes... ...
Charles de Gaulle Airport also has its own TGV station, which is on the high-speed line that by-passes Paris. It's served by TGVs to Lille & Brussels in the north and to Lyon, Avignon, Marseille, Perpignan, Cannes, Nice, Rennes, Nantes, Le Mans, Poitiers, Bordeaux, Toulouse to the...