Picasso
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Hello,
It's hard to give you some good advices, since you don't seem to have a good knowledge of the Paris area.
At first, like many other places in the world, if you want to visit and enjoy a stay in Paris, choose a hotel in Paris, not in the suburbs. Choosing a hotel in the suburbs are like people who want to visit Venice and take a hotel in an anomynous and often ugly place in mainland like Venezia Mestre. They ruin their stay by problems of transports and a stay in a hotel in an unpleasant place. Paris is an expensive city and a good stay will cost you the right amount of money, including an expensive hotel. There is no other way of enjoying your trip. Sorry to be rough like this.
You may forget all the stations along the line from CDG to Paris to find a place to stay. Otherwise your wife will never follow you for a next trip
Versailles could be a good place to stay, not too far from Paris, and very well served by frequent trains on 3 different lines and stations. It's a rich city and a place for tourists. But, the only Novotel I found in the area is at Le Chesnay (despite it's called Novotel Château de Versailles, typical false adertisement from hotels Accor), located at a very noisy roundabout (heavy road traffic). This hotel is not really at a walking distance from any stations in Versailles. And far from places of interest in Versailles, including restaurants and bars. Maybe you could consider the Ibis hotel, just in front of Versailles Rive gauche station. Of course, Ibis are less stylish than Novotel, but at least it's well located for rail travellers.
A couple of other answers. Yes, there are some loco hauled trains at Versailles-Chantiers, push-pull suburban trains and some unfrequent Paris Le Mans services on week days.
You may of course use the trains from Paris St Lazare to Versailles Rive Droite. They provide a good service (4 trains an hour until 9pm, 2 trains an hour after this). Lines which have the RER label are mainly routes from one suburb to an opposite one through Paris, with a good frequency (but much better on lines operated by RATP than those operated by SNCF). Otherwise suburban trains which are not labelled "RER" have a quite similar service.
A last advice, use Google maps pedestrian itineraries services for your walking trips, and ratp.fr or transilien.com for your train plans. I checked for you, from Roissy CDG to Versailles Rive Gauche, it' a 1h46' trip !
Good luck.
It's hard to give you some good advices, since you don't seem to have a good knowledge of the Paris area.
At first, like many other places in the world, if you want to visit and enjoy a stay in Paris, choose a hotel in Paris, not in the suburbs. Choosing a hotel in the suburbs are like people who want to visit Venice and take a hotel in an anomynous and often ugly place in mainland like Venezia Mestre. They ruin their stay by problems of transports and a stay in a hotel in an unpleasant place. Paris is an expensive city and a good stay will cost you the right amount of money, including an expensive hotel. There is no other way of enjoying your trip. Sorry to be rough like this.
You may forget all the stations along the line from CDG to Paris to find a place to stay. Otherwise your wife will never follow you for a next trip
Versailles could be a good place to stay, not too far from Paris, and very well served by frequent trains on 3 different lines and stations. It's a rich city and a place for tourists. But, the only Novotel I found in the area is at Le Chesnay (despite it's called Novotel Château de Versailles, typical false adertisement from hotels Accor), located at a very noisy roundabout (heavy road traffic). This hotel is not really at a walking distance from any stations in Versailles. And far from places of interest in Versailles, including restaurants and bars. Maybe you could consider the Ibis hotel, just in front of Versailles Rive gauche station. Of course, Ibis are less stylish than Novotel, but at least it's well located for rail travellers.
A couple of other answers. Yes, there are some loco hauled trains at Versailles-Chantiers, push-pull suburban trains and some unfrequent Paris Le Mans services on week days.
You may of course use the trains from Paris St Lazare to Versailles Rive Droite. They provide a good service (4 trains an hour until 9pm, 2 trains an hour after this). Lines which have the RER label are mainly routes from one suburb to an opposite one through Paris, with a good frequency (but much better on lines operated by RATP than those operated by SNCF). Otherwise suburban trains which are not labelled "RER" have a quite similar service.
A last advice, use Google maps pedestrian itineraries services for your walking trips, and ratp.fr or transilien.com for your train plans. I checked for you, from Roissy CDG to Versailles Rive Gauche, it' a 1h46' trip !
Good luck.
