With approaching 3,000 kilometres of high-speed line, France has the second-longest high-speed rail network in Europe - here's where you can go by high-speed TGV trains.

Inaugurated in 1981, the TGV is regarded as an emblem of national technical prowess. It revived rail travel and shrank the country’s mental map.

To answer my reader's query, TGV stands for "Train à Grande Vitesse", which in English translates as High-Speed Train travelling at speeds up to 320 kph in commercial use and when being tested ...

Without question, yes….Eurostar is a highly impressive and extremely efficient way to travel from the UK to Europe and the TGV is an equally impressive way to travel around parts of Europe.