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Look at the photo of Gare de l'Est. On the left side of the station there is the entrance of the parking ALSACE.
If you take it you have an access to a paying underground parking.
But have a look at the way, before the barrier of the parking. You will see a lot of cars parked, FREELY. They are owned by SNCF (transport authorities) employees but they have no sign or card.
So if you have a French rented car and if you go there early in the morning or late in the evening you will get a free covered parking.
As the previous tip. This information is not in the guides and when it will be, it will not be a tip. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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If you wish to stop walking : ride a bicycle after renting it at RATP (the metro company).
You can get a bicycle at Les halles, Hotel de Ville, Bassin de la Villette, Bercy, Porte d'Anteuil, Bois de Vincennes. They are open from 10AM to 6PM.
You must leave a deposit of 150 euros and if the bicycle is stolen you are charged with a sum of 76 euros.
The week end, 1 hour = 4 euros, 1/2 day = 10 euros.
A week day : 7 euros for 1 day. Leave a Comment
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Here's another myth to debunk. Travelling on the train from the the airport to Paris is not a horror story but a cheap and quick option for any traveller.
Here's why :
1) It cost only €7.60 for adults (children €5.30) to travel from the airport to Paris
2) The journey takes only 35 min flat! I timed it.
3) It's not confusing as you think. Hell, if an asian gal whose french suck big time can do it so can you.
To catch this suburban train ( called RER ) , just go to the Roissy train station in Terminal 2. It's directly under the Sheraton Paris Airport Hôtel Charles de Gaulle. If you're bloody unlucky to land in the dirty and old Terminal 1 , take the free shuttle bus called the Navette (every 10min) to T2.
From T2, the RER "B" will transport you to central Paris. To transfer to the intercity train
(called the Métro) get off at Gare du Nord, Châtelet-Les-Halles, or St-Michel, all of which are RER and métro train stops.
Time : The RER runs every 15 min, from 5am-12:30am
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Always, always check the signboard before boarding the RER "B" train (suburban train) from Paris to CDG airport!
Unknownst to me at that time, I took the wrong train, alone, at night and landed in some God-forsaken place in Roissy! To avoid the mistake, look carefully at the signboard on the platform where you board the train. If the sign for CDG airports lights up, it's all fine...
Other important things to take note of:
The RER train runs every 15min and the journey takes 30-35min. 5am-12:30am; €7.60, children €5.30.) Leave a Comment Theme: Train
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If you are taking Ryan Air to Paris, you will land in Beauvais-Tillé, an airport 90 minutes away. It may sound inconvenient, but really isn't. Ryan Air only flies to secondary airports in order to cut down the cost; however, they always have agreements with an airport shuttle company in order to get their customers to the city.
The shuttle in Beauvais-Tillé ties in with the arrival and departure of each flight; you will not be stranded, since the shuttle doesn't depart until after you have time to collect your luggage.
Tickets are sold at the counter right outside of the exit at €10. After a nice scenic ride, you will arrive at the parking lot on Boulevard Pershing. From there, you just cross the street and pick up the metro or RER at Porte Maillot to your hotel.
When you go back, it is simple enough to reverse the procedure. The shuttles are parked at the same parking lot. Since there isn’t any place to buy tickets, you will pay the driver instead. Leave a Comment
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This may seem pretty obvious but I've seen many frustrated travellers cursing colourfully on RER ( suburban trains ) when the doors don't seem to open. Actually all they need to do is to press a wee metallic button on the train door itself. Pushing it will open the heavy doors pneumatically.. Leave a Comment
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From Orly airport : take Orlyval, an automatic metro which joins in 7 min Antony.
There are frequents departures.
At Antony, take the RER line B direction Paris. The terminus put on the signs are : Aeroport Charles de Gaulle or Mitry Claye.
Stop at Chatelet 20 min later. You are in the center of Paris. You can stop before if your hotel is on the Left Bank (example : stop at St Michel if your hotel is in the Quartier Latin).
At Chatelet, you can take the RER line A which crosses Paris East - West. For one direction, you only must cross the plateform to access to the line A.
Price : 10.35 euros including Orlyval
Orlyval only (if you have a pass or a carte orange for zone 3) : 7 Euros.
Be aware :
- to the pickpockets
- Chatelet is always a busy station and it is a crossroad of the main lines of Paris. So look at the signs. Leave a Comment Theme: Train
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This tip is intended for first time visitors to Paris, as simple advice on using the Métro. If you’re a seasoned Métro traveller, skip it!
- First step – get yourself a free map of Paris, it also will have the Métro map on it. But you scarcely need your own map, they are displayed in most stations.
- Each line has its own number and colour coding, eg line 12 is green, line 5 orange.
- Not surprisingly, there are two ends to a line and these are displayed on notice boards (see photo 2), so for line 5 the ends are Bobigny and Place d’Italie. Each line has a separate platform for each direction: so look at the map, find the direction to the station you want from where you are, then head for the platform identified by the line end in that direction, eg go to 5 Bobigny if you wish to go from Bastille to Oberkampf.
- On the train, there is a strip map showing the sequence of stations on that line for that train, so check that you are headed the right way after you get on.
- A nice feature of the Métro is that, in general, you could travel all day on one ticket – provided you don’t exit through the gate labelled “Sortie”, so making a mistake can be easily corrected.
- Unless there is some dire urgency, don’t fret about missing a train, they run at a frequency of four to five minutes.
- It’s worth noting that the Métro does tend to become hot and stuffy.
- It can become crowded, so be very careful of pickpockets: apart from that (and exercising some caution late at night), as a general statement it is very safe.
- It may seem strange to mention how to open carriage doors, but you need to know that they are electronically held shut until the train is almost stopped. At that stage, for the older carriages, lift upward on the handle and the door should fly open: later carriages have push button opening.
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I want to highly recommend Bee-Shuttle service for getting from CDG airport to anywhere in the city of Paris. We reserved the service via the internet and the driver was there waiting when we landed. For the return trip, again the driver was exactly on time. For 14 euro each, this was much cheaper for 2 of us than a taxi and was comforting to know we had a fixed rate and a driver who knew where to go! Leave a Comment
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You may drive with a valid U.S. driver's license in France. In addition, it is recommended (not required) to carry an International Driving Permit or attach a French translation to your US driver's license. You must also be at least 18 years old and hold a valid credit card.
There are several good car hire companies throughout Europe, I would recommend one of the following;
ADA – 0825 169 169
Avis – 0820 150 505
Europcar – 0870 607 500
Hertz – 0720 903 905
The speed limit is 50 km/h (30 mph) in the towns, and 90 km/h (55 mph) on the open roads. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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