Transport Paris

useful Information 
- Information and sales SNCF: Tel. : 36-35 (0,34 € / min). - RATP Information: Tel. : 32-46 (€ 0.34 / min; weekdays from 7 am to 21h, weekends and holidays from 9h to 17h). The metro runs until 2:15 on Fridays and Saturdays (1h other days). airports information See also our practice folder on the Paris airports. Travelling by public transport Many opportunities for tickets at attractive rates tailored to passing visitors. It can be purchased in metro and RER,
but also in some tobacconists. Some details about the most suitable forms to passing visitors: - Paris Visite: to visit Paris and its region, name card and a coupon covering choice zones 1-3 or 1-5 (allows use Orlyval). This coupon is valid for 1, 2, 3 or 5 consecutive days allows unlimited travel within selected areas on the whole network RATP and SNCF Ile-de-France. Sample rates in zones 1 to 3: € 10.80 for 1 day, € 17.65 for 2 days, € 24.10 for 3 days and € 34.70 for 5 days; reducing children (4 to 11 years). Paris Visite also provides discounts of 13 major tourist sites. - Mobilis: practical and cheap, Mobilis is a good price for a day (from 5:30 am to 5:30 the next day) that covers the choice areas 1-2, 1-3 and up to 1 6. 1 coupon and 2 zones costs € 6.80; is amortized in the fourth journey. This package can be purchased in advance. It allows an unlimited number of trips within selected areas, usable on networks RATP and SNCF Ile-de-France, except airports Charles de Gaulle and Orly. Unlike Paris Visite, Mobilis can not discount on the sites. - The t + tickets are purchased individually or in booklets of 10 (sliding scale tariffs) and allow travel across the metro, the RER (in Paris) and buses (Paris and suburbs, except Orlybus and Roissy), the tram and the Montmartre funicular, including connections (metro / subway, metro / RER RER / RER in Paris or bus / bus, bus / tram and tram / tram) for 1:30. Price: 1,70 € each (boarding € 1.90) or € 13.70 the book; reduction. - Ticket Jeunes Weekend is a package for young people under 26 years. Valid on a Saturday, Sunday or holiday, it allows unlimited travel on zones 1-3, 1-5, 1-6 or 3-5 metro, RER, bus, tram and train Island out-of-France. Example of tariff zones 1-3: 3,65 €. - The Navigo month or week package: the pass Navigo Découverte is sold € 5 and requires a photo ID. It can then be loaded on distributors or at the box office with a valid package 1 week (Monday to Sunday) or one month (from first to last day of the month) for unlimited travel within the zones purchased. By car, bus or subway - Balabus RATP: Information: 32-46 (0,34 € / min). Duration: a good hour. Rates: t + 3 tickets for one way or the Navigo pass (minimum zones 1-3), Paris Visit and Mobilis; reduction children. For all age groups. Buses leave from La Défense or Lyon train station and across the whole of Paris through the sites and the most interesting monuments. One can ask to get off when desired and then go back in the next Balabus. Only downside to this practice, unless he holds a Pass Navigo Découverte 3 zones (or the Mobilis or Paris Visite), use a new t + ticket each time we go back on the bus. Better to use this transportation for what it is, a great non-stop ride through the capital. - 47 night bus lines also run every day of the year from 0:30 to 5:30. - Some regular bus lines allow you to visit Paris and forth. It is also a tour of Paris with the Skytrain. - Paris City Vision: from € 21 full price for around 1:45. Decker buses with audio guides in 11 languages. - Paris Vision: from € 20; reductions for children under 12 years. Decker buses with guides. Other tours available at Versailles for example. On foot - Paris in the footsteps of Backpacker: 01-43-20-85-65 programming and tariffs. Pierre Josse, old surveyor from the capital, offers wanderings at once unusual and poetic, often unsung Parisian neighborhoods, visit historical sites, almost forgotten streets. Full of surprises, encounters and emotions guaranteed ... Besides new anecdotes, often surprising, otherwise these walks miss salt and colors. The opportunity to get 2 or 3 o'clock, a Paris we thought forgotten. - Topoguides "Paris on foot" of the French Hiking Federation. The capital has several great hiking trails, perfectly marked red and white marks (GR ®) or yellow and red (GRP®). Guidebooks, in addition to detailed maps provide detailed historical commentary on crossed neighborhoods. They are available in all major bookstores in Paris, mail or the Federation shop. By bicycle and scooter - Vélib ': some 20,600 bicycles self-service in about 1800 stations (one every 300 meters roughly) of the capital and the suburbs. They are closer together than the subway stations! Several subscription packages are available (daily, € 1.70; weekly € 8) and the first half hour is free for these mixed bicycles, comfortable and well equipped (basket, reflective tape). For large users, various annual subscription options besides the standard (first 30 free minutes, € 29 per year), including the phrase "Vélib 'passion' (first 45 free minutes, € 39 per year; € 29 per year less 26; 19 € per stock year). One can also subscribe online, using their payment card. Tips: to ride for free, drop his bike before the end of 30 minutes and wait a few minutes before taking another. Healthy "Vélomania" which now prevails in the inner suburbs. tram TMS (Tramway South Marshals) or T3 connects the Pont du Garigliano (15th) at the door of the Chapel (18th). T2 line serves the fairgrounds (Porte de Versailles) and goes up via Courbevoie Issy-les-Moulineaux ... In Autolib ' On the same principle as the Vélib '3000 electric vehicles, spread over more than 1000 stations (some are underground, located in parking lots) and squares, gradually commissioned in Ile-de-France, and all available days, 24h / 24. To access this service, go to a space Autolib '(location of Internet stations) or the reception area Autolib' (5, rue Edouard VII, 75009). Several options, including subscription Discovery (24) and Weekly for non-Parisians. You can reserve the car, and even parking at the station where we want to make it. Then it is very simple, you only pay for what you use and especially need to look where to park! For more info: autolib.eu or 0800-94-20-00. taxi On weekends, evenings and rainy days in the morning between 8 am and 9:30 am, you may not be alone waiting for a taxi at the station. Arm yourself with patience, or remount the file to try to join a best person, it works! Amount of support: € 2.40 (supplement to the station or the airport). Tariff A: Monday to Saturday from 10h to 17h in the Paris area. Price B: from Monday to Saturday from 17h to 10h and Sundays and public holidays in the Paris area from 7 am to midnight, and in the Hauts-de-Seine, Seine-Saint-Denis and Val-de-Marne . Price C: in other cases. The 2nd baggage, the fourth passenger, etc. generate supplements. To attach a taxi to the nearest point, a single number: 01-45-30-30-30; except a few taxi companies numbers. by boat With 13 km of Seine gradually conquered and tamed in a 2000-year history, we can say that the most beautiful avenue of the city is its river. Several boat companies share the cake walks on the Seine; all follow the same course. - Batobus: the shuttles 8 stops: Eiffel Tower, Orsay Museum (dock of Solferino), Saint-Germain-des-Prés (dock Malaquais), Notre Dame (quai de Montebello), Botanical Garden (St. Wharf Bernard), City Hall (quay of the Hotel de Ville), Louvre (quai du Louvre) and Champs Elysees (port Champs-Élysées). - Bateaux Parisiens: for a traditional cruise with commentary, supplemented by individual audio guide in several languages (also a child-friendly version). Excellent service. 1 hour ride. Advantage of the company: the proximity of the Eiffel Tower, from which one can then observe the 3rd floor the course carried out (see "The Eiffel Tower" in the 7th arrondissement). - Steamboats. - The Wasp Buissonnière and The Boater: walks on the Bassin de la Villette and the Canal Saint-Martin (see texts on the Canal Saint-Martin in the 10th district and the Parc de la Villette in the 19th arrondissement). - Canauxrama: offers guided walks on the Canal Saint-Martin on board vessels and Arletty Marcel Carné. Nice ride, informative and humorous.