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Métro & Trains: Crowded Metro
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  • Written by Pieter11 on Feb 7, 2005
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  • The Metro of Paris can be a very crowded place. Especially line 1 can be very chaotic. To avoid that you´ll lose you travel company, you have to make one agreement before using the Metro:
    If the doors of the Metro close and not everybody is inside, you step out the forthcoming station and wait for the next ones. Then you can never lose eachother.
    Not necessary, you´ll find out yourself!

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    Long Lines (Queues): Don´t queue at the Eiffel Tower
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  • Updated by Pieter11 on Oct 26, 2005
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  • Standing on top of the Eiffel Tower is the most typical thing to do in Paris, of course! But it´s such a waste of time when you´re there for only a few days. Especially queing for the elevator can take over one and a half hours. The line for the stairs often is much shorter, but it also can take up to an hour, and it only takes you to the second floor.

    Much better is to go to the Tour Montparnasse. It´s closeby, it´s almost just as tall as the Eiffel Tower, it´s cheaper, it doesn´t have such insane queues and: FROM THE TOP OF THE TOUR MONTPARNASSE YOU CAN SEE THE EIFFEL TOWER TOO!

    Of course, when you have the time for it, it´s really nice to climb it to the top, but if you only have time for a quick tour around the city, just do it the easy way!

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    Comments for Pieter11 about Paris
    Nemorino Mon May 11, 2009 10:28 UTC
     I enjoyed reading your first thirty tips on this addictive city -- I'll be back some other time for more.
    hunterV Tue Apr 14, 2009 17:45 UTC
     This city would be my favorite destination too, I'm sure...
    rt8 Fri Nov 14, 2008 23:26 UTC
     The plan of getting off at the next stop was what we used on our French exchange trip. Luckily we never used it!
    sylina Wed Sep 3, 2008 04:05 UTC
     Really informative & helpful page wid wonderful pix! I took a lot of note from it. Will be in Paris soon. Love d pic of Notre Dame through apple tree. Will try to find d scene. Thanks for sharing! Btw, we got a lot of jigsaw-puzzle-trees over here. :))
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