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Getting Around Paris

parisian — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:10:02 +0000

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 [...]

Getting around Paris by taxi

parisian — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:08:43 +0000

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 [...]

Getting around Paris by bus

parisian — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 19:03:19 +0000

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 [...]

Getting around Paris by bicycle

parisian — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:58:44 +0000

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 [...]

Getting around Paris by boat

parisian — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:49:12 +0000

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 [...]

Getting Around Paris by Metro

parisian — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:40:55 +0000

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 [...]

Getting around Paris on foot

parisian — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:36:53 +0000

Walking in Paris is one of the great pleasures of visiting the City of Light. It is possible to cross the entire city in only a few hours, but only if you can somehow keep yourself from stopping at numerous cafés and shops. In fact within a few years walking combined with biking and the [...]

Getting around Paris by car

parisian — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 18:32:15 +0000

It is generally a bad idea to rent a car to visit Paris. Traffic is very dense during the day, and parking tends to be difficult. This is especially true in areas surrounding points of touristic interest, since many of these are in areas designed long before automobiles existed. A majority of Parisian households do [...]

Getting to Paris by plane

parisian — Sun, 01 Aug 2010 16:17:24 +0000

Paris is the glamorous capital of France. It is home to the famous Eiffel Tower which is the tallest structure in Paris and is also one of the most recognized structures in the world. Paris is also the most widely known glamorous city in France and quite naturally thousands from around the world as well [...]

Tips for black travellers

parisian — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 19:06:29 +0000

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