Transportation in Paris: how to move to Paris?

Would you like to explore any corners of the City of Light? Here is a mini-guide explaining the different ways to move to Paris!

Are you passing through the capital? We give it to you: moving to Paris is not simple. What is the right choice between sixteen metro lines, trams, buses, taxis, bicycles...? With this guide, you will be able to navigate from one district to another easily, without failing the city’s must-sees. There are for all tastes, and for all budgets Especially!

The essential: the Paris Tour package

The public transport network managed by the RATP is the best way to move to Paris and its suburbs. We would like to draw your attention to the Paris Visit package, which represents the ideal formula for a short Parisian stay.

Benefits

• In the first time, and thanks to the Paris Tour package, you will be able to go back and forth without wasting time and wasting too much money.
• In addition, the package includes RER and Transilian routes to access remote areas in the centre of Paris.
• If you choose the Paris Tour package to move to Paris, you will also benefit from the group’s partners.
• Also, you can pair this purchase with a complete package, the Passlib, which includes the Paris Visit package, as well as excursions to discover the wonderful capital.

The price

You can select your ideal formula according to the areas of Paris visited, and the number of days. For children under 12, the rate is divided by two.

• Areas 1 to 3 (Paris Centre : 20 arrondissements) : 1 day 12€, 2 days 19,30€, 3 days 26,65€, 5 days 38,35€.
• Areas 1 to 5 (Paris Centre, its suburbs, and airports): 1 day 25,24€, 2 days 38,35€, 3 days 53,75€, 5 days 65,80€.
• If you wish to buy complete package Passlib’, you'll have to pay between 119€ and 165€ depending on the number of days.

Where to remove it?

You will find the Paris Tour package in all metro, RER, or Transilian stations RATP network. Go to the windows, or to the vending machines.

To save more time, you can bring this precious sesame online, on the website of Parisinfo . However, you will have to recover the “physical” pass in an office of the Office du Tourisme et des Congrès de Paris.

Other packages

There are of course other options to move to Paris:

• You can, for example, choose the 10 tickets book. Muni of the latter, you will access all areas for 16,90€ at full rate.
• Also, you can opt for it passes Navigo Liberté + which allows to travel to Paris with advantageous rates. Indeed, you will be debited from €1.49 per trip, with a daily cap of 7,50€. With the latter, the payment differs in the following month.

The fastest and most available: the metro

“The Paris metro, gigantic worms on the roofs of Paris, woven silver wires.” sang Edith Piaf . And “this gigantic shining worm” has more than 302 stations spread over a network of about 220 km. Choose one of the sixteen metro lines available, and add to the statistics of the 1,559 million annual users. Yes, that's a damn number!

• Among the most used lines for tourism, we count the line 1 crossing the Hotel de Ville, the Louvre and the Tuileries to lead you straight to theArc de Triomphe.
• On the left bank, you may borrow the line 4, to visit the neighborhood Saint-Germain des Prés and the garden of Luxembourg.

The most economical: the Vélib

If you don’t want to spend on subterrain trips, no worries! The city of Paris offers 12,000 bicycles Velib , and offers formulas adapted to your stay (you can subscribe to the internet upstream of your trip).

• For a pass 24 hours, we have to count 5€.
• Concerning the pass of 7 days, you have to spend 15€.
• Finally,annual subscription costs 37,20€, which remains extremely profitable if you are in the capital several times a year.

The most comfortable: taxis and VTC

If you prefer comfort in your wallet, then taxis and VTC will be choice options to move to Paris. Also, in the absence of metros after about 1 hour in the morning, it is surely the best way of transport for a night trip.

Paris has more than 18,000 taxi drivers who will only wait for you at the exit of stations or airports. You can also call one in the street, or via the number of one of the companies that will be on the internet. Support costs 2,60€ , then the price kilometer is 1,06€ , 32,10€ per hour, from Monday to Saturday between 10am and 5pm . Outside these days and times, we must add majorations.

If you prefer to use VTC, you can go to Marcel, Uber or Kapten smartphone apps.

From Paris airports

Roissy-Charles de Gaulle

Several options are available to you to do the transfer between the Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport and Paris.

• Take the RER B from CDG Airport to the centre of Paris, for example, in Châtelet. Count about 45min for 7,35€.
• You can also take the KingssyBus to the Opera, for 45min also, with a tariff 13,20€.

Orly

Several options are available to you to do the transfer between Orly Airport and Paris.

• For 10€, you can take theOrlybus from Orly to Draint-Rochereau (14th rounded).
• You can also choose theOrlyval who will take you to Antony, in the suburbs of Paris, on the RER B for 12,80€.
• The last solution is to take the tram n°7 from Orly to Villejuif – Louis Aragon in 30 minutes. There, line 7 of the subway will take you to Paris. This will cost you the price of a simple metro ticket!

Map and transport plans in Paris

Here are some useful applications to move to Paris.

• Application of the RATP which allows to obtain routes and inform travellers of possible delays.
• CityMapper for an ergonomic visit to Paris.
• MapsMe which offers a fun cartography without internet connection!

So, not so complicated to move to Paris, is it not?