CDG-Roissy: Getting there is NOT half the fun:( and other Paris, France Transportation Tips

CDG-Roissy: Terminal 1

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Category: Airplane
Getting TO/AROUND: Most long distance international flights land at Charles de Gaulle-Roissy. Since the collapse of part of the new Terminal 2 there have been many adjustments to normal gate locations for various airlines and destinations. So be sure to check with your airline and with the website for CDG.
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Terminal 1 is architecturally interesting, but exceedingly annoying to use.

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Trains: SNCF, TGV, etc.: Blink and you're there!

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Written by shrimp56

on Aug 21, 2003

'Mode': TO
Category: Train
Getting TO/AROUND: The easiest way to get to Paris from London is the Eurostar train. [It's even faster if you catch it at Ashford, Kent where we did]. You are only under the channel for about 20 minutes -- in fact that is rather a non-event in my view.

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From the Airports to Paris: I'm a Roissybus-er

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Updated by shrimp56

on Feb 17, 2007

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Category: Bus
Getting TO/AROUND: More often than not I take the Roissybus from the airport to Opera where I catch the metro, usually to my haunts in the 7eme. It cost under 10 euro, often provides a nice tour of the back streets of Montmartre on the way in and deposits you right behind the Opera Garnier on rue Scribe. Can't beat that! And you don't have to worry about the pickpockets on the RER.

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Métro: The Paris Metro

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Updated by shrimp56

on Jun 27, 2005

Cluny station

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Category: Subway/Metro
Getting TO/AROUND: The Paris Metro works -- unless there is a strike! It is always smart to check the monitors to see what "lignes" are having trouble for the day.
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You need to know the number of your line and what direction you want to go in. Other than that [and the long walks when you change] -- c'est trčs simple:)
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Many of the stations are handsomely decorated.

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Métro: Paris Métro revisted

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Written by shrimp56

on Nov 25, 2003

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Category: Subway/Metro
Getting TO/AROUND: The St. Germain de Prčs métro station was alive with projected images -- while the colors and design looked surprisingly like the US flag, it turned out to be an exposition about the Italian poet, Dante.

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Métro: Speed your way with Méteor

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Written by shrimp56

on Feb 28, 2005

Méteor stations

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Category: Subway/Metro
Getting TO/AROUND: In 1998 the first new metro line in 60 years opened in Paris. It is a fully automated, driverless line that, at the moment, has 5 or so stops between Gare St. Lazare and Bibliothčque François Mitterrand.
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It can be very useful during busy times as it parallels RER C and Line 1 at various points. The trains, platforms and stations are very futuristic in design. It is designated as "line 14" on the metro maps.

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Métro: The Métro -- old & new

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Written by shrimp56

on Feb 28, 2005

Two métro 'bouches'

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Category: Subway/Metro
Getting TO/AROUND: Many of the métro station entrances have become fairly prosaic as very few of the original Guimard entrances survive. You will, however, see the red métro sign to guide you as the one here does for La Tour-Maubourg in the 7th.
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On the other hand if you see the entrance or "bouche" on the right you are at the Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre station and are enjoying "Le Kiosque des Noctambules" ["noctambules" means "nightbirds"], opened near Comédie Français in October 2000. It is by Jean-Michel Othoniel. It is constructed of aluminum and glass "pearls".

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Métro: A view of the Eiffel Tower from the Metro!

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Written by shrimp56

on Mar 14, 2005

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Category: Subway/Metro
Getting TO/AROUND: The one place that I know in central Paris that the metro goes above ground is on line 6 when it crosses the Seine between the Bir-Hakeim and Passy stations. You get a nice view of the Eiffel Tower as you cross the river.
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This is a view of the La Motte-Picquet-Grenelle Station on line 6.

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Driving: If you MUST drive in Paris ...

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Updated by shrimp56

on Jun 27, 2005

une petite voiture ;)

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Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: I would recommend the "smart car" -- they can fit into those impossible parking spaces. This one was parked near rue Cler next to Café Marché on rue Chanps de Mars.
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The longest I have ever seen a parking space in Paris stay empty was 45 seconds. This was done as a semi-scientific survey while sitting in a café in the Latin Quarter drinking wine :)

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Driving: On on the "hoof" ...

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Written by shrimp56

on Aug 20, 2003