Planning a trip to Verdun

Arriving -- Six trains arrive daily from Paris’s Gare de l’Est; you’ll have to change at Meuse or Metz. The one-way fare from Paris is 32€ to 50€. For train information and schedules, see www.sncf-connect.com or call tel. 36-35 (.40€/min.). Driving is easy; Verdun is several miles north of the Paris-Strasbourg autoroute (A4).

Visitor Information -- The Office de Tourisme is on place de la Nation (www.tourisme-verdun.com; tel. 03-29-84-14-18).