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1. Railways
Saint Lazare Station
Towns: Rouen, Deauville, Le Havre.
Metro station : Saint Lazare : line 3, 12 & 13.
Montparnasse Station
Brittany, Atlantic coast and TGV trains to Southwest France.
Town: Tours, Brest, Bordeaux, Poitiers, Nantes.
Metro station : Montparnasse Bienvenue : line 4, 12 & 13
Gare du Nord
Northern France, Belgium, Nederland with Thalys
England with Eurostar
Towns: Lille, Brussels, London, Amsterdam, Koln.
The trip to London takes 2 hours and 20 minutes. Aim to arrive
at least 30 minutes before departure time. If you still need to
pick up your ticket at the station you should arrive an hour before
your departure.
Metro station : Gare du Nord : line 4 & 5. RER: line B, D
& E.
Gare de l'Est
Eastern France and Germany with TGV and ICE
Towns: Reims, Strasbourg, Nancy, Metz, Luxembourg, Munchen, Francfort, Dusseldorf
Metro station: Gare de l'Est: line 4,5 & 7.
Gare de Lyon
South & Southeast of France and Europe.
Towns: Lyon, Dijon, Geneva, Valence, Montpellier, Avignon, Marseille,
Nice.
Metro station: Gare de Lyon : line 1 & 14. RER: line A &
D.
Gare d'Austerlitz
Loire Valley and ordinary trains to Southwest France, Spain and
Portugal.
Metro station: Gare d'Austerlitz : line 5 & 10. RER line C.
There a a number of different kinds of trains:
• TER Regional trains and normal day or night
trains operate to and from most cities in France and are usually
your best bet for destinations all over France. These are the
trains you'll find yourself on if you have a Eurail pass, and
don't want to pay extra for reservations.
• TGV - the world-famous high-speed trains run several
times a day to the Southeast Nice(5h), Marseille (3h) & Avignon
(2.5 h), Geneva (3h) or Lausanne, Switzerland and Dijon (1h15)
, Bordeaux (3h), Rennes (2h) and Lille (1h). Eurostar to London
(2h40) and Thalys to Brussels (1h20) use almost identical trains.
• Thalys
- a high-speed train service running daily to/from the Netherlands
and Belgium - it can be a bit expensive compared to normal trains
• Intercity trains leave for all parts of Europe,
including overnight trains to San Sebastian in Spain, Porto and
Lisbon in Portugal.
• Eurostar
- the Eurostar service connects Paris with London directly and
Brussels indirectly, as well many other destinations indirectly
through the various west European rail services. Travel time between
Paris and London Waterloo International currently averages at
2 hours 40 minutes and will decrease even further with new tracks
being laid up to 2007.
2. Car rental
Several motorways link Paris: A1 and A3 to the north, A5 and
A6 to the south, A4 to the east and A13 and A10 to the west. Traffic
jams are significantly worse during French school holidays.
Online visual traffic information (click
here)
3. Taxi
The taxi could be any car model. They're usually large
sedans. Important warning, if the taxi doesn't have a meter inside,
don't take it...
When you call a taxi company to come pick you up, the driver starts
his meter running from the moment he leaves from where he is when
you call. If the taxi is far from you when you call, it's possible
to already have 7 euros on the meter when he arrives. In general,
they usually send the closest taxi but, there may not always a
taxi close by.
Tips for the driver, usually around 10% of the fare but not mendatory.
Here are some rules you should know when it comes to taxis :
- You don't have the right to hail a taxi less than 50 meters
from a taxi stand. The taxis that are waiting there have priority
over taxis that are passing by.
- At a taxi stand, you have the right to choose the taxi that
you want (nothing obliges you to take the first one in the line).
- A taxi can refuse to take on passengers if he is at the end
of his service (each taxi only has the right to work a certain
number of hours a day, and the end of their service is posted
on a meter in the back of the car).
Taxi 7000: +33 1 42 70 00 42
Taxis
Bleus: + 33 1 49 36 10 10
Taxis G7:
+33 1 47 39 47 39
4. Helicoptere
Paris
helicoptere
Heliparis
4. Limousine
American
Limousines
Gabriel
Limousine
Baron
Limousines
5. Map of Paris
Map
- Available in 22 different languages
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Hotels near
Train stations
Hotel
ATN Opera Paris
3 star Design hotel, located between the Opera House, Department
Stores and St Lazare train station.
Hotel
Opera Saint Petersbourg Paris.
3 star hotel located near the Opera House and the St Lazare train
station.
Hotel
Villathena Opera Paris
3 star hotel, located between the Opera House, Department
Stores and St Lazare train station.
Hotel
La Belle Juliette St Germain Paris.
4 star hotel near the Montparnasse Train station.
Hotel
Claude Bernard Paris St Germain des Pres.
Budget hotel in St Germain des Pres near the Austerlitz train
station.
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