Cheap car park in Paris: where to park in Paris?

Parking in the French capital: how to do it? Here are our best plans to find cheap car park in Paris!

The traffic and parking in Paris can become a real puzzle if you go there at peak times or during holidays. If you come by car and are unaware of the good places to park in Paris, you can risk degradation and at the same time contraventions. For this reason, the question of parking in Paris is as legitimate as that of housing. And as often, free parking spaces are very popular: paid parking, they are sometimes (very) expensive.

In Paris, you can park on the road, but parking is usually paid from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. (free on Sunday). Two tariff zones apply to park in Paris: 4 € per hour for arrondissements 1 to 11 and 2,40 € for arrondissements 12 to 20. And generally, parking is limited to 6 hours at the same location. Otherwise, you can choose to park in Paris in underground parking, open 7 days a week and 24 hours a day. Here is our mini-folder to find a cheap car park in Paris and park quietly to discover the city.

Parking in Paris: park in the street for free

The first idea that comes to mind: turn in the streets to find a free place not materialized by white strips and the "paying" mention on the ground. We wish you good courage because this "walk" can last for a long time without even finding any place that is liberating... Note that only 2.5% of parking spaces in Paris are free. France TV Info posted a very useful infographic to see where the cheap or even free parking places are located in Paris (see below). We learn that you can park without paying mainly in the woods of Boulogne and Vincennes. Another good plan for Parisians: the Fortifications alley, in the 16th arrondissement (Porte d’Auteuil): there are free places on both sides of the street.

Parking in Paris: paid parking

It is recommended to book your parking space in advance. This is the best way to get to Paris serenely without losing time to find a place. Many providers compare prices of parking lots. Finding cheap parking in Paris has never been so simple! Just select the car park closest to your destination and/or cheapest and make the booking online according to your schedule. There is a reference price comparison on the market: Byclick , with 125 parking spaces from 1,60 €.

Parking in Paris: the parking lot of the Montparnasse train station

Where to park in Paris when you take a train to Bordeaux or the Centre-Val-de-Loire? Finding a parking close to Montparnasse Train Station is not difficult: we can count up to 126. Here are a few (price for 2 hours):

• Gare Montparnasse : 50, rue du Maine, from 10 €,
• Parking du marché Saint-Germain : 8, rue Clément, from 8,16 €,
• Parking Bonvin Lecourbe : 28, rue François-Bonvin, 5 €,
• Parking Sainte-Anne : 100, rue de la Santé, 3,20 €,
• Parking of the School of Medicine: 21, rue de l’école de Médecine, 4 €.

Parking in Paris: the parking lot of the train station in Lyon

Need to park in Paris in the neighborhoods of the southeast? Here's how to find cheap parking close to Gare de Lyon (price for 1 hour):

• Mediterranean Gare de Lyon : 26, rue de Chalon, 4,60 €,
• URBIS PARK : 58, Rape dock, 3,06 €,
• SAEMES – Reuilly Diderot : 34, rue de Reuilly, 4 €,
• Garage Sully : 5, rue Agrippa d’Aubigné, 12 €,
• Bercy-Arena : 14, rue Erard, 15 €.

Parking in Paris: the parking lot of Saint-Lazare train station

You don't want to risk taking a seat on the road for your new car? Here are the secure car parks near Saint-Lazare Station (tariffs per hour):

• Official parking EFFIA : 29, rue de Londres, 3,50 €,
• Public parking SAEMES Meyerbeer Opéra : 3, rue de la chemin d’Antin, 3,75 €,
• Parking EFFIA Europe – Rome Batignolles : 43 bis, boulevard de Batignolles, 4,20 €,
• Pigalle Theatres : 10-12, rue Jean-Baptiste Pigalle, 1,70 €,
• Pyramids : 15, rue des pyramids, 4 €,
• Claridge Champs-Elysées : 60, rue de Ponthieu, 2,30 €,
• Parking Trail 41 : rue du sentier, 2,90 €.

Parking in Paris: the car parks of the Gare du Nord

There are no less than 128 car parks near the Gare du Nord (price for one hour):

• New Hotel Paris Gare du Nord : 152, rue La Fayette, 10 € (for 6 hours),
• Goutte d’Or : 10-12, rue de la Goutte d’Or, 3,40 €,
• Stalingrad : 7, boulevard de la Chapelle, 3 €,
• Antwerp-Montmartre : 41, boulevard Rochechouart, 3,75 €,
• Grand garage Saint-Laurent : 52 ter, rue des Vinaigriers, 3 €,
• Saint-Louis Hôpital : 1, avenue Claude Vellefaux, 3,60 €,
• Chauchat Drouot : 14, rue Chauchat, 29 € for a day,
• Large garage in Clignancourt : 120, rue de Clignancourt, 4 €.

Parking in Paris: parking spaces at the Gare de l’Est

The Gare de l’Est serves the East TGV east of France, Germany, Switzerland and Luxembourg or the suburbs east of Paris. Parking at the Gare de l’Est can therefore be strategic:

• Blue Valet : Gare de l’Est, 24 € a day,
• Gare de l’Est ECTOR : rue du 8 May 1945, 34 € for a day,
• Garage d’Abbeville : 5, rue d’Abbeville, 28 € for 8 hours,
• Rex-Atrium : 5-7, rue du faubourg Poissonnière, 35 € per day,
• Garage Saint-Georges 19th arrondissement : 76, avenue Secrétan, 10 € for 4 hours,
• Three Bornes : 11-13, rue des 3 Bornes, 25 € for 8 hours,
• Forum des Halles-Rambuteau : Tunnel de la rue de Turbigo, 4,10 € per hour,
• Centre Pompidou : 38, rue Rambuteau, 8 € for 2 hours.

Parking in Paris: the parking lot of the Bercy train station

No places available at the Lyon train station or at the Austerlitz train station? Hold the Bercy train station:

• Bercy Seine : 210, quai de Bercy, 3,80 € per hour,
• Elit Park Nation : 28, avenue de Saint-Mandé, 1,80 € per hour,
• Garage du Faubourg – Gare de Lyon : 33, rue de Reuilly, 4 € per hour,
• Garage Poniatowski : 57, boulevard Poniatowski, 12 € for 3 hours,
• Garage de l’Essai : 6, rue de l’Essai, 4 € for 2 hours,
• Salpêtrière-Italie : 114, boulevard de l’Hôpital, 7 € for 4 hours.

If despite all these cheap car parks you can’t park in Paris, then you will have to try the cities on the outskirts and unfortunately, climb aboard a RER commuter train and in the subway. But above all, reserve your place in advance to avoid such inconvenience...

Main photo credit: Flickr – Kārlis Dambrāns