Before the Trip

Getting Around Paris

September 8, 2010

The best and cheapest way to get around Paris is on foot, and secondly, using the Metro which is around one euro fifty cents for a one way trip of any length. Getting around Paris by car Getting around Paris by bus Getting around Paris by boat Getting around Paris by taxi Getting around Paris [...]

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Taxis are comparatively cheap especially at night when there are no traffic jams to be expected. There are not as many as one would expect, and sometimes finding a taxi can be challenging. In the daytime, it is not always a good idea to take a taxi, as walking or taking the metro Metro will [...]

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Since the Metro is primarily structured around a hub-and-spoke model, there are some journeys for which it can be quite inefficient, and in these cases, it is worth seeing if a direct bus route exists, despite the complexity of the bus network. A bus ride is also interesting if you want to see more of [...]

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Renting a bike is a very good alternative over driving or using public transport. Riding a bike anywhere in the city is far safer for the moderately experienced cyclists than almost any town or city in the United States. The French are very cognizant of cyclists, almost to a point of reverence. A few years [...]

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There are several excellent boat services which makes use of the Seine. As well as providing easy, cheap transport to much of central Paris, excellent photo opportunities abound. You can buy a day or 3 day ticket and hop on and off the boat as needed. The boats take a circular route from the Eiffel [...]

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Paris has an excellent underground train system, known as the Metro (short for Chemin de fer metropolitain, Metropolitan Railway). Although you will probably take the RER subway train from the airport to Paris, don’t be confused: RER isn’t the name for the “French subway train”, and only a few large stations serve the RER network [...]

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