Eurostar Prices London to Paris: How It Compares

Ticket price: Eurostar prices London to Paris vs the ferry

Eurostar prices London to Paris from £39 on its UK page, and the price you pay rises as the train fills. That headline fare is the cheapest Standard fare. Eurostar's terms say it is a one-way price that needs a return trip booked, for travel from 4 November 2026 to 14 February 2027. Eurostar's fares page lists London to Paris from £39 in Standard, from £70 in Plus and from £245 in Premier. The fare is quoted in pounds, so your own bank decides the dollar cost.

Eurostar's help centre says the earlier you book, the better your chance of its lowest fares, and tickets on London routes go on sale 10 to 11 months ahead. Eurostar also says its cheapest tickets are usually for trains on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Its pages say fares change by day and time and rise as the train fills. So book as early as your dates allow, and compare a few days if you can move. The help page gives no exact number of days before departure for the lowest fare.

A ferry looks cheaper at first. P&O Ferries lists a Dover to Calais foot passenger fare from £13.50 for an adult. That ticket stops in Calais, not in Paris. DFDS says foot passengers are not carried on its Dover to Calais route, so walk-on travellers have one company to choose. Boats also leave from Dover, not London, so you need a train or coach to reach the port.

FlixBus lists a coach from London to Paris from £44.99, and it takes about 8 hours 20 minutes. FlixBus says the best fares come from booking early or choosing midweek departures. Other coach firms did not show a readable fare. The ferry fare also leaves out the trip from Calais to Paris, and no official page gives that price. So the coach is the only priced road option here, at £44.99 against the train's £39.

The cheapest ticket is rarely the cheapest trip once you add every leg.

For the full Paris-side picture, the Eiffel Tower summit access ticket starts at €59 per person, which shows how a short trip adds up once you land.

Arrival: Gare du Nord vs the Paris airports

The Eurostar arrives at Gare du Nord, which Eurostar describes as the heart of the city, so you step off the train inside Paris. From there, a normal metro ride costs the €2.55 ticket, according to Île-de-France Mobilités fares, as described in our guide to Paris uber and the other ways to get around once you land.

Flying costs more to reach the centre. The Paris Region-Airports ticket is €14, and it covers RER B to Charles de Gaulle and metro line 14 to Orly, according to Île-de-France Mobilités. A taxi has a flat fare set by the state. In 2026 it is €56 between Charles de Gaulle and the Right Bank and €65 to the Left Bank, and from Orly it is €45 to the Right Bank and €36 to the Left Bank, according to the French government. The Roissybus and Orlybus buses are not on that fare page, and we found no official price or timetable for them, so we do not price them. Paris Aéroport does not publish a ride time we could read, so we give no minutes for the RER B. Gare du Nord needs no transfer at all. Our guide to Charles de Gaulle to Paris shows each option step by step.

A flight is shorter in the air. British Airways gives about 1 hour 15 minutes from London to Paris Charles de Gaulle. Air France shows economy return fares from about £101 from London. Those are snapshots of dates in late 2026 and early 2027, so your fare may differ. Neither page gives a one-way fare. Then add the way in from the airport, which costs €14 by train or from €36 by taxi. The Eurostar needs neither, because it stops in the city.

Pro Tip When you compare a flight with the Eurostar, add the €14 airport train ticket or the €56 Right Bank taxi fare to the flight price, because the Eurostar needs neither.

Journey time: Eurostar vs the ferry and a flight

The fastest Eurostar from London to Paris takes 2 hours 16 minutes, according to Eurostar. Add the check-in. Eurostar asks you to arrive at least 60 minutes before departure, and check-in opens 90 minutes before.

A boat takes longer. The Dover to Calais crossing is about 90 minutes, and check-in closes 90 minutes before sailing, says P&O Ferries. You must still reach Dover from London and travel from Calais to Paris. This guide does not time those two legs.

Flight times and airport waits are set by each airline and airport, and we did not confirm them on an official page. Leave time for the airport train or taxi shown above.

Luggage and changes: Eurostar Standard vs Premier

Eurostar Standard and Plus tickets include two bags and one small piece of hand luggage, according to the Eurostar luggage page. Premier allows three bags and one hand item. Each bag can be up to 85 cm long on routes to and from London, and there is no strict weight limit.

Changes depend on the fare. Eurostar's help page says a Standard ticket can be exchanged without a fee up to one hour before departure, and you pay any difference in price. If the new ticket is cheaper, you do not get the difference back. Premier tickets are the flexible option. Plus rules were not in the pages we could read, so check them before you book.

Key Takeaway Eurostar's headline £39 is a starting fare, and a flight adds a €14 airport train ticket or a €56 taxi, so compare the full cost of each route and not just the ticket.

Short visit: a day trip vs a night or two

A day trip from London works, but the day is long. The London day trip with Eurostar and Eiffel Tower lunch runs for 14 hours and costs from €345 per person. Premium Tours runs it, the group is up to 40 people, and it starts at St Pancras International. It includes the Eurostar, lunch on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower, a Seine cruise and a visit to the Louvre. It is not suitable for wheelchair users or people with limited mobility.

So is it worth it? It depends on you. The tour suits you if you have one day, want one booking and do not want to plan. Going on your own suits you if you want to save money or choose your own hours. It also suits you if you want more than one day.

Here is what the tour is. Premium Tours runs it. It costs from €345 per person and lasts 14 hours, with a group of up to 40 people. It meets at St Pancras International in London. It includes the Eurostar, lunch on the first floor of the Eiffel Tower, a Seine cruise and a Louvre visit. The listing names no excluded items, so check it for extras. It is not suitable for wheelchair users or people with limited mobility.

Free cancellation is unclear. Our data gives two different answers, so check the listing before you book.

You can trust the numbers because they come from the booking data. The tour is rated 4.6 from 284 reviews on GetYourGuide.

Going on your own costs less, since the train starts from £39. The trade-off is that you plan each part yourself.

Best Things to Do in Paris' count of GetYourGuide listings on 24 October 2026 found 1 of 658 Paris listings starting in London, so this is the one London-start day trip in our list.

Staying a night or two costs less per sight. The Seine cruise from the Eiffel Tower is from €18.49 per person and has free cancellation, and the cruise suits a first evening. For the top sight, plan the Eiffel Tower first, because tickets for each floor and the summit are booked by date. More ideas are in our list of Seine river cruises.

Summary: Eurostar vs the other ways

The table sets the main differences side by side. The ferry and flight columns cover only what official pages showed.

One limit applies. We could not confirm flight or coach fares on an official page, so this guide does not price them. Eurostar fares also change by day and by time, so the £39 you see may not be the fare for your date. Our figures come from the operators' pages as read on 24 October 2026.

Prices and ratings are as shown on GetYourGuide on 24 October 2026.