What is the best way to move around paris?

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Rillifane

Public transportation in Paris is of excellant quality and both the Metro and the bus system are easy to use.

The Carte Orange is good for either a week or a calendar month. The weekly pass is always for Monday to Sunday and the monthly pass from the first day to the last of a month so when you will actually be using the pass is an important consideration.

You will need a small, passport style photo to attach to the pass (about 1 1/8" in height). You can buy one at the metro station.

Passes are sold for zones Generally, a tourist need only concern himself with the zone 1-2 pass which costs 16 euros for the weekly pass.

There is also a single day pass called a Mobilis which for zones 1-2 costs 5,50 euros.

There is yet another type of pass, inteneded for tourists, called the Paris Visite which is sold for periods of 1,2,3, or 5 days and is good for zones 1-3, 1-5, or 1-8. It requires no photo and costs 18,60 euros for a 3 day pass in zone 1-3.

All that being said,. the BEST way to get around Paris is by walking. Paris is a far more compact city than London and the great majority of tourist destinations are in a fairly narrow band on either side of the Seine.

More often than not its easier to walk from one sight to another than to ride and Paris is a gorgeous city to walk in.

So IF you are going for a holiday to see the sights the best plan is usually to take the Metro to the first sight then walk to each subsequent one. In that instance its usually more economical to simply buy a "carnet" (a book of ten ordinary tickets with no time limits on when they are used) for 10,90 euros.

ELAINE C

Yes, take the metro, it's very easy and convenient, just like the tube. You can buy passes for a certain number of rides, just like in London. Maps are easy to read and the whole thing is simple. Wish I was going!

Julie N

The metro is easy to use, clean and relatively inexpensive. we had a blast on it last year. i recommend walking in the more historic areas, just for the ambience.

nami

You can ask for a "carte orange" which you could use for a week ..

You can ask it in the "point information" on the subway..

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Last year when i visited Paris i took nothing but the metro.

Why because it stops at all the important sights to be seen in Paris. It is cheap, quick and confy.

Have fun, paris is WONDERFUL

Bene7808

Metro is the best ay to move around in Paris. You have a daily pass which should be around 5 to 6 euros or a "carte orange" that is available for one week which should be less than 20 euros.
Be sure to buy a "zone 1" card if you wish to stay within Paris otherwise it won't allow you to visit around.
You'll find a map in each metro station and it's quite easy to know where to go and when to get out of the metro.
You also have buses going all over Paris BUT beware of traffic jams, there are none in the metro (but you'll hate to take it during "les heures de pointes" mainly in the morning, during lunch or in the evening when Parisians are going to work or back home.

chad

If for touristic reasons , the majority of touristic activity is around the Seine river ; u can walk and cross bridges ... I've did it , it was fun ..

capricorn

Yes, its the Metro. I used a Paris Visite pass for 3 days and used it NONSTOP during my entire stay - oh and I visited the city (and Versailles) during the strike earlier this year but I didn't experience any real problems so you shouldn't either. Have a great time!

Goonies2701

You have Choice between the metro and RER

Doethineb

Everyone travels on the Metro -- it's wonderful. You can get a card of the kind you describe called Paris Visite. It gives you the freedom of the MÃ©tro, RER, bus, tram, funiculaire de Montmartre, Montmartrobus, Noctambus, suburban trains, ADATRIF and APTR suburban buses , according to the zones selected ( 1-3 or 1-8). If you choose zones 1 Ã 8, you can go as far as Disneyland Paris, Versailles or the various Paris airports.
Travel for 1, 2, 3, or 5 days .

This link tells you all! http://www.parisvisite.com/en/index.php

worldglobetrottergirl

The Metro is the way to go. You can buy single tickets, but that will run into some money. You can buy a carnet of Metro tickets (10 Metro tickets for approx 11 Euros). You can also purchase a Carte Orange. It's good from Monday to Sunday, unlimited number of rides. You'll need a passport-size photo for the Carte Orange. The Carte Orange is approx. 15 Euros. It may be the better deal if you plan on going many places. They stop selling the Carte Orange on Wednesday, I believe. That's the last day to buy one for that week.

sandi

metro, of course! you can buy pass(Paris Visite) for 1,3 or 5 days and I recommend you to take a 3 days pass for zone 1-5(you can use it to go to the airport, to Versailles, to Disney etc.)

Krasus

Metro.

Kathy F

I know most responders would say take the metro, so allow me to be the lone dissenter. My husband and I stayed a week in Paris, summer of '04. We walked mostly everywhere, or took taxis when we needed to go a longer distance than walking would allow. If you are fit and the weather allows, walk as much as possible. You will experience Paris in a much more intimate way walking. If you take the metro, you are missing a million things underground, as the city whizzes by above your head.

ali

yup the metro
or you could walk and get a great veiw of the city
just greb a map

M.Tillou

The easiest way should be travelling by underground (metro) or bus. The advantage of a bus is that you may see the streets and monuments in Paris.

For a 3 day pass, you should get the Paris Visite. Howerver, if you want to consider that, on the days you visit museums, you won't travel a lot, then it is better to purchase a booklet of ten tickets which allow you to travel for ten trips within Paris (within Zone 1 and 2). Don't forget that a one day Mobilis Pass is cheaper than a one day Paris Visite Pass. Don't forget that you also have the possibility of travelling by Batobus or Open Tour Coach, but it is more expensive : the advantage is that you have stops at the nicest sighseeing spots.

To have an idea of the prices, just have a look at
http://www.ratp.info/informer/tarif_tourisme.php?partenaire=#parisvisite

To prepare your trip, browse at http://paris.c-lafrance.com/

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