"Buying tickets at the machine." Top 5 Page for this destination Métro Tip by breughel

The desks in the Metro stations are not always open so that the tourist arriving in Paris might have to use the ticket machines.
I know from experience that one can buy at the machine the normal ticket t+, the carnet de 10 tickets t+ and the Billet Ile-de-France now (2011) replaced by a Billet Origine-Destination for travelling by Metro + RER outside the centre (see my tip).
From the photo you might see that the choice of the type of ticket is made by rolling a cylinder below the screen until what you need.
Payment on most machines is by € coins or bank card. Some machines, but not all, accept also bank notes. So take your precautions and have enough coins if you want for example to buy a carnet of 10 tickets at 12,50 €. (Since 1/07/2011)
If I remember well most explanations were in French but I paid no attention to this point as it is my usual language.

The PARISVISITE pass can also be bought at the automatic machines in all Metro, RER, Railway SNCF stations according to the answer I got from the RATP (btw prompt service).

"Merci de votre visite sur le site de la RATP.
Paris Visite est en vente dans toutes les stations de métro (guichet et machines automatiques), toutes les gares RER, les points de vente bus, les gares SNCF, les aéroports de Paris, et les bureaux de l'Office de Tourisme de Paris."

So, bon voyage.

Mode: AROUND
Type: Subway/Metro
Website: http://www.ratp.fr