Green TRAVEL

Forget the hassle of flights - travel across continents by train and soak up every second of the sights

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We all love a holiday, but the impact air travel has on the planet? Not so much.

Luckily, there's a way to sate your wanderlust while treading lightly. Enter the new age of the train: you can now journey seamlessly from London to Morocco by rail, with all the luxury of a sunny getaway and an equal dose of eco-consciousness.

DAY 1: LONDON ST PANCRAS - PARIS - BARCELONA

There's a train renaissance occurring in Europe. Night trains to Stockholm. Overnight couchettes from Paris to Venice. But what if you have Morocco in your sights? My family did. So, my husband and I found ourselves at St Pancras International with our two children, who were 11 and 14 at the time, heading to Paris for lunch. After all, when you travel by train, Paris is the gateway to the world.

From Gare du Nord, we made our way to Gare de Lyon, where we boarded a double-decker TGV. This sped through France, past the vineyards of the Rhône Valley with its castellated chateaux to the etangs of the south and their flocks of pink flamingos.