CHEAP TIPS and MAPS TO SURVIVE in PARIS and other Paris, France Transportation Tips

'Mode': TO
Category: Other
Getting TO/AROUND: CHEAPEST WAY to PARIS FROM CDG AIRPORT

- First buy 10 tickets of Metro for less than 10 Euros at the RATP desk (near the bus stop), then go to Roissy Pole (Fast Free navette), Terminal T2.
- Take the bus 351 to NATION or bus 350 to GARE DE L'EST (3 tickets of metro), it lasts nearly 90 minutes from Nation to CDG T1 or T2 or RER station.
- or Take the Roissy Bus (10 Euros), from OPERA, Invalides or Porte MAILLOT (75 mn)
- or Take the train RER from GARE du NORD or CHATELET or ST MICHEL (time: 45 minutes)
- or Take the Taxi (around 50 Euros): time is depending of the traffic (30-90 mn)

CHEAPEST WAY FROM ORLY AIRPORT
Take the bus 285 or bus 183, only one tocket.

METRO or BUS ?
The METRO is a good way to travel in Paris, but the bus is better is you want to see PARIS for one ticket only : take bus 80 or 69. Buy tickets by 10, it's cheaper, and you could use them for BUS 351, 285, funicular (Montmartre)...
You can buy also a ticket unlimited pass (PARIS VISIT) for 1, 2 or 3 days. this ticket can give some discount for museums.

PARIS VISITE PRICES (3 zones with discounts for museums)
1 day; 8.35 Euros
2 D: 13.70 E
3 D: 18.25 E
5 D: 26.65 E

*** Generally the METRO stop to work during the night after mindnight or 1am and start nearly at 6am .
CHILDREN < 4: free - < 10: half-price

TAXI RESERVATIONS:
01 47 39 47 39
01 49 36 10 10
CARS and TRAFFIC
it is like in Manhattan and all big cities (LONDON) , trafic is bad in some areas, and parking is not easy (the worse was London then Manhattan). Parking is better and cheaper during the wee.

Subway MAP

Good Maps

Paris Trains and Ticket Costs

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'Mode': TO,AROUND
Category: Other
Getting TO/AROUND: THE BEST MAP OF PARIS:

Map of the Metro www.citeefutee.com

Details information, Metro and Bus in English

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'Mode': TO
Category: Other
Getting TO/AROUND: PARIS FROM CDG AIRPORT
- Take the bus 351 to Paris Nation (3 tickets around 4 Euros), it lasts 60 to 75 minutes from Nation to CDG T1 or T2 or RER station.
- or Take the Roissy Bus (10 Euros), from Opera, Invalides or Porte Maillot (60-75 mn)
- or Take the train RER from Gare du Nord or Chatelet les Halles (time: 30-45 minutes)
- or Take the Taxi (around 50 Euros): time is depending of the traffic (30-90 mn)

CDG AIRPORT to PARIS:

1/ by train RER stop at Gare nu Nord, Chatelet Les Halles etc...

2/ by BUS

3/ by Taxi

4/ by shuttle

Come by train from UK or by plane.
in PARIS buy a day pass for 1 or more days

Ask for a DAY PASS TICKET 5 zones, it is valid to visit the castles of Versailles, Fontainebleau and Chantilly...

it is a good way to visit Paris

http://www.citefutee.com About Transportations

http://www.paris-on-line.com/eng/turisme/transport_conduir_aeroport.htm

http://www.parisdigest.com/transport/charlesdegaulle.htm

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'Mode': TO
Category: Bus
Getting TO/AROUND: Bus 183 from Orly Airport to Paris,
Porte de Choisy (Chinatown)
13rd district

Duration = 60 to 90 minutes

Price = 1 ticket or 1 Euros

2 options, same prices:
BUS 285 to Metro Line 7 (20-40 minutes)
BUS 183 to metro Line 7 (60-90 minutes)

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'Mode': TO
Category: Bus
Getting TO/AROUND: BUS 285
From ORLY
To PARIS METRO LINE 7

Station: Villejuif Louis Aragon

Duration: 20 to 40 minutes
Price: 1 ticket or 1 Euros

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'Mode': TO
Category: Bus
Getting TO/AROUND: You may use 2 busses:

Bus 350 to Gare de l'Est or gare du Nord
Bus 351 to Nation or Vincennes

Duration= 60 to 90 minutes
Prices = 3 tickets or 3 Euros

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'Mode': TO
Category: Bus
Getting TO/AROUND: BUS 351
from CDG AIRPORT
To Paris Nation
Metro Lines 2, 6, 9, 1
RER Line A

Duration: 60 to 90 minutes
Price: 3 tickets

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'Mode': TO,AROUND
Category: Bus
Getting TO/AROUND: Practical information
22, rue de la Prývoyanceý94300ýVINCENNES
Subway : Ecole Militaireý
telephone number : 01 43 65 55 55ý
fax : 01 43 65 55 57ý
email : reservation@airport-connection.comý
www.airport-connection.com

Activity : Minibus shuttle service (8 passengers) door to door between Paris and the airports of Roissy Charles de Gaulle and Orly (south and west). Shared or private car service for groups or individuals. Reservations necessary. 7 days per week and 365 days per year. Fixed prices (luggage included).ý

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Phone: www.airport-connection.com
Website: http://www.parisby.com/transpor/taxi.htm

'Mode': AROUND
Category: Other
Getting TO/AROUND: AUTOMATIC LUGGAGE BOX:
*  Angers, Avignon-centre, Bordeaux, Cannes, Lyon-Perrache, Marne –la Vallée Chessy, Marseilles, Nantes, Nice, Toulouse.

PARIS
* Gares de Paris: Austerlitz/Est/Lyon/Montparnasse/Nord.
Open 7am-11pm
The rate is depending of the size:
3,40 € (1), 5 € (1) ou 7,5 € (1) for 72 hours.

Austerlitz = gate 27, 7am-11pm
Saint Lazare = no
Gare du Nord = 7am-11pm
Gare de l'est = 7am-11pm
Gare de Lyon = 6.30am-11.30pm
Montparnasse = 5am-1am

MANUAL LUGGAGE BOX:
*  Dijon, Lille-Flandres, Lyon-Part Dieu, Metz, Mulhouse, Rennes, Strasbourg. Ouverture périodique en gares de Saint-Raphaël, Bourg-Saint-Maurice, Moutiers et Saint-Gervais-les-Bains.

Rates: 4,50 € (1) per lugage (valise, colis), for 24 hours.
Rates: 5,30 € (1) bike, fauteuil roulant for 24 hours.

(1) Rates on 01/08/2002.

* ATTENTION: for security reasons, it may be closed.

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'Mode': AROUND
Category: Other
Getting TO/AROUND: Good Map of CDG Airport

CDG T2 Bus Air France = 15.50 Euros
TAXI to Paris by day = 36 Euros
CDG T2 to Paris by RER-B = 7.70 Euros
Roissybus to Opera = 8.20 Euros, 60 min.
Bus Air France to Gare Montparnasse and Gare de Lyon = 11.50 Euros , from 7am to 9pm (bus 1 or 4) ; Bus 2 = CDG to Pte Maillot and Arc de Triomphe; Bus 3 = CDG to Orly direct.
HOTELS CDG: IBIS, CDG T2C NOVOTEL, CDG T2C
SOFITEL, Tel. 01 49 19 77 77
Limousine CDG-Paris = 105 Euros Tel 01 40 71 84 62
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Roissy Charles de Gaulle
Tel: +33 (01) 48.62.22.80

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Phone: 01 48 62 22 80
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Other Contact: Orly = Tel. 01 49 75 1515