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Joe Carter - If in Europe, I would recommend traveling to Paris by bus, especially if the bus has comfortable seats. That was the case for the four of us, Birgul Breaux, Tabitha Breaux (now Ryan's ex-wife), Joe Carter (me) and Birgul Carter when we traveled to Paris by bus for New Year's 2004. We all slept a little on our trip before arriving at the hotel that we had reserved for us through a travel company. Although this was the one and only time that we all four traveled to Paris together, it was definitely an experience that we won't soon forget. Although it wasn't the bus' fault, we all got a knife pulled on us in the Paris metro, and we got tear gased on 1 Jan 2004 when trying to make our way to our hotel. By the time we arrived, we had about 5 whole hours to sleep. We ended up walking around Paris on New Year's Eve and New Years 2004 for several of hours. Unfortunately, the Paris metro was slow, and we had missed our bus back to the hotel we were staying at. Leave a Comment Theme: BusPhone: ?Website: ? Other Contact: ?
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| | | | Busses: Montmartrobus | Tip Rating: | | | | |
Montmartrobus
Bus#18
The Montmartrobus is the local bus (#18) that does a complete tour around Montmartre. Although it can be used for a quick sightseeing overview of la Butte it is actually put into use by the locals as they head on out to work & go to & fro different places on this mountain. It comes in rather handy to get one's bearings in Montmartre or even to get from one destination to another.
What's wonderful is that you can see many famous landmarks of this hill including Place du Tertre (from where you may also pick up a ride), La Maison Rose, the Moulin Rouge, Abbesses, Moulin de la Galette, Sacré-Cœur (on the place du parvis and by the rue Maurice-Utrillo), Amélie's café, Van Gogh's house, Chapelle du Martyre, Vigne du Clos Montmartre and Au Lapin Agile.
Last year, I rode the complete circuit of the Montmartrobus route twice to get the layout of Montmartre. Two simple ways to access it:
1) take the #12 ligne (line) to the Jules Joffrin exit - you'll see the bus waiting on the edge of the square
2) take the #2 or #12 lignes to Métro Pigalle
The first choice brings you to the calm village-like area of Montmartre, an area filled with locals; the latter, well, it's Pigalle.
Montmartrobus map
Cost: 1 billet or use the Carte Orange
Photo: November 2007 Leave a Comment Theme: BusWebsite: www.ratp.fr
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| | | | Busses: L'Open Tour | Tip Rating: | | | | |
We did the hop On/hop Off green/yellow L'Open Tour bus in Paris April 2002. A few of the stops I recall are:
1) Place de la Concorde (looking North towards Madeleine the stop would be north of the Place just to the left),
2) Champs Elysées in front of the Lido (coming up out of the Metro, turn around behind and you'll see it),
3) Notre Dame (past the Parvis, past the Crypt Archeologique, at the bus stop in front of the Conciergerie).
4) 2 stops near Madeleine
We liked it a lot! With the price of the ticket you get a set of earphones with which to listen to the tour in English/French. About 40 stops total and you can take 3 different tours (Bercy/Bastille, Montmartre, Central Paris). Very cool, very informative! The 2-day pass (1-day pass was about $23USD or 24 euro, 2-day pass is 26 euro)is definitely worth the excursion as it takes you past most of the sights and you can hop on and hop off at your leisure. For a short trip to Paris it's a good way to maneuver around the city.
We had trouble finding some of the stops. Tried flagging down a bus near the Eiffel Tower & the driver just shook his head at us. Very disappointing. We finally had to go to the tourist bureau on the Champs to find out.
Funniest moment:
We were waiting for the bus to pull up at the stop near Nôtre Dame and one of the British passengers remarked "Look, dear, they drive on the wrong side". My friend & I, being from the U.S., just cracked up. Different perspectives and so unexpected!
You'll see the full itinerary on the website listed below.
Photos: Feb 2006 & March 2001 Leave a Comment Theme: BusPhone: +33 (0)1 42 66 56 56Website: http://www.paris-opentour.com/en/open.htm Other Contact: +33 (0)1 42 66 56 57
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