how to get around in paris?

Answer 1

You can use the metro which is quick and easy or you can purchase tickets for the open top bus tours which run in the city. You can take a tour and hop on and off for two consecutive days. There are taxis but they can be expensive to use all of the time. If you plan to drive there are excellent underground parking facilities at Notre Dame and Le Carousel de Louvre.

Answer 2

There are four modes of public transport in Paris and all are relatively cheap:
*The Métro (or Subway), this can take almost anywhere within the city
*The RER (Urban lines) these are the urban lines, taking you to places like CDG airport, DisneyWorld and the Chateau de Versailles
*The Bus
*The Tramway (3 lines in all [as of Nov. 2006])
All of these transport methods have the same ticket (except RER, in which you need a special ticket to get to the Urban Zones)

There is also a Boat service. Even if this is very Pittoresque, it is EXTORTION. No Parisian (in their right mind) would EVER take the boat. My advice is to use Public Transport whcih is run by the RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens).

For more information, and a trip planner for the RATP, go to:
http://www.ratp.info/informer/anglais/index.php

Hope this will help,

Answer 3

you will need a map. also use mediums of transportation such as the buses, the boats on the river and so forth. get passes-1 or 2 days or longer dep. on how long you are staying. you will need your tennis shoes and some warm clothes because the weather can get a lil bit chilly up there. before you leave for Paris make a list of the places you want to visit-attacritons- and purschase a map from here.. .look at the map, see where your hotel is and what is close to together and make a day by day plan on what to visit if you live close the Notre Dame for ex. then go visit it the first day you get there. my best suggestions whenit comes to attractions would be: the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomph, Louvre and D'Orsay-they are free the first weekend of the month!-St. Dennis, Versailles-you need to go by train, where Napoleon is buried, the Pantheon, the Lafayette Markets, etc.

Answer 4

I recently went Paris by myself and had to find my way around. I suggest that you print off a diagram of the bus route, train route and the subway stations before you go. Even though it is very complex it is easy to understand. You can take the train or buses from CDG airport. Don't be afraid to ask questions from those selling tickets. I found a lady who could speak English. Have a great trip it is well worth it.

Answer 5

Get a good map and walk. Most of the main attractions are within walking distance of each other. It's a nice walk from the Arc de Triomphe to Champs Elysses to the Eiffel Tower to the Louvre to L'Orangarie to Notre Dame to St Suplice and so forth.

I found the Metros overly croweded, stinky, kinda confusing, and not friendly. Walking was so much easier for the most part.

Answer 6

Hi the last time i was in paris i use the french metro railway system and found it cheaper than taxies and it's also the same ticket can be used on the buses as well

Answer 7

the metro is very nice and clean and easy to use or just walking everything is very walkable or a bike to use around paris.

Answer 8

bus or the metro you can get a ticket you can use on both.