Arrived at Paris, in the largest and most beautiful city in France, you must first find out about the Paris City Passport, which at a cost of 5 euros will allow you to take advantage of discounts from 15 to 50% on 47 museums, shops, restaurants and excursions.
Other benefits can be found by buying the Paris Visite cards which gives free access to all transport for an unlimited number of trips.
The Paris Metro has 11 lines and the single ticket for a ride it costs 1,50€, while the 10 booklet, very affordable, costs 11,10 euros.
With the Paris Visite Card, dedicated to tourists and to those who intend to stop a few more days to admire the city, there are reductions depending on the area in which they "circulate". Zone 1-3 has a daily cost of € 8,50, for 2 days the cost is € 13,95, 3 days, € 18,60 and 5 days, € 27,20. The area that goes from 1 to 6 has a daily cost of € 17,05, for 2 days € 27,15, 3 days € 38,10 and 5 days € 46,60.
To be clear, zone 1 and 2 is really big and during your stays it will be difficult to go further, it includes the whole center of Paris, in zone 4 you will findOrly and Versailles airport, while zone 5 includes Eurodisney for those traveling with children.
Cheaper is the Orange card which provides a weekly pass, for zones 1-2, € 16,30, while for zones 1-3, € 19,90 and a monthly pass for zones 1-2 € 53,50 and for zones 1- 3 euro 70,80.
For young people and those under 26, there are i Ticket Jeunes, daily zone 1-3, euro 3,20, zone 1-5, euro 6,40.
The subway in Paris comes in function every morning at 5.30 and closes on Saturdays and days before holidays at 1.30 at night, the other evenings at 00.30.
When the subway closes and you don't know how to get home anymore, you can always rely on Noctilien bus, or also called night buses. The 42 buses run from 00.30 until 5.30 in the morning and essentially cover the hours in which the metro is closed. The cost of a ride is 1,50 euros and all cards can be used for the ride. Buses gravitate to 5 main stations in Paris: Gare de Lyon, Gare de l'Est, Gare Saint-Lazare, Gare Montparnasse, Châtelet.
Paris bus and metro a no cost with these cards also for connections with the most important airports: Roissy Charles De Gaulle, Olry. The two main airports in Paris are the stopovers from which you will land if you take one of the low cost airline planes coming from Italy.
THEOrly airport it is located 40 minutes from the city center and 8 km south of the French capital.
To reach the center you can use buses, trains or subways, always available and at low prices. Shuttle services run from around 5.00 to 24.00, while a taxi ride costs around 34 euros!
THERoissy Charles De Gaulle airport it is located 14 km north-east of Paris, metro, bus and train offer an efficient and fast service. A taxi ride to the city can cost up to 40 euros, while shuttles are considered one of the most used means by tourists, even if their cost is higher than public transport.
The main sites of tourist interest and cultural have very specific stops and sometimes it is not easy to find your way around the 273 stops of the Paris metro:
Louvre Museum: Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre
Orangerie Museum: Concorde
Jeu de Palme Gallery: Concorde, Tuileries
Orsay Museum: Solférino
Rodin Museum: Varenne
Notre Dame: Cité
Bastille Square: Bastille
Pantheon: Cardinal Lemoine
Eiffel Tower: Bir Hakeim
Arc de Triomphe: Charles de Gaulle-Etoile
Montmartre: Anvers, Abbesses, Château-Rouge, Lamarck-Caulaincourt
