What are the most convenient means of transportation in Paris? Advice for visiting Paris in January please.?

Question

What type of cloth do I need when in Paris in January?
What things I should try to avoid when in Paris?
What are the best palces for shopping?

Answer 1

You will need a good coat, not really a wintersport coat but near, as it will be windy and might be rainy.
For the rest will normal city clothes do, jeans, sweaters, if you want to dine fancy or go to a quality show shirt, tie and jacket, proper trousers and dress-up shoes, but if you stick to the touristy things trainers will do.
Expect rain, but there can be snow, ice or nice sunny days that are not too cold.

For transport, the Metro is the best way of transport, get a good free map with the map of the town with the metro lines printed on top of it, you get it at the bigger metro stations.
You can buy a pass that allows you to use the metro as often as you want in a few days, or you can buy a 'carnet' sets of 10 tickets.
If you expect to use the metro 2 or 3 times a day you are likely to be cheaper of with the sets of ten.

Avoid going to the big museums in the middle of the day when the waiting time is longest. Check for late opening days, and go late afternoon, or be there when the museum opens in the morning.
If you plan to do several museums check for the museum pass, allows you into the museums without joining the queue.

When you want to cross a busy road and you see no people walking across, watch people going underground as the Parisians are great in digging, so underpasses are likely.

Try to get a central city hotel, so you do not need a metro to get home late at night. I stayed in the Marais, just north of the islands in the river Seine, with the Notre Dame, and I enjoyed staying there.

I do not know much about shopping in Paris, but I know that there is a lot, often expensive, but also many cheaper options.
I have use the Lonely Planet guidebooks when in Paris, but there are many more, you can also find a lot of information on internet.

Answer 2

Metro is great during the day if you're out late there are plenty of cab stands around. You can buy a day pass if you think you'll be using it a lot or ask for a "carnet de dix" gives you ten rides anytime.

It will be cold 30-60 is pretty standard.

Avoid the northwest part of Paris - and parts of the east and noertheast. Only go there for Pere Lachaise and the Parc de Buttes Chaumont (best park in paris).

Shopping - Champs Elysees, Saint Germain, Rue de Saint Honore. There is great shopping pretty much everywhere in paris.

Id recommend finding a hotel in Saint Germain (5th Arondissement). Especially near Saint Sulpice. Great restaurants and good bars. Popular area.

Answer 3

Most of the main tourist sites are in the centre of Paris, within walking distance.

Other things to try are the river ferry and the metro.

It will be cold in January, wrap up warm.

Answer 4

la excursion Eiffel, Galleries Lafayette, circulate to the staggering of the save and notice the view, additionally observe that on each floor of the save is someplace to consume and drink, on the babies floor, is a McD's ( unhappy yet humorous midway up in a huge dept save) Versailles is actual alluring, the gardens have all been restored, i did no longer challenge stepping into the hosue because of the fact the gardens are spectactular and loose, Take a river baton down the Seine too, incredible perspectives of Paris, the enormous Wheel on place de la Concorde, additionally worth a view in case you are able to go away Paris, circulate to Giverney, former homestead of Monet and notice the Gardens the place he painted

Answer 5

The metro is the subway and very very easy to use.