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The Paris Visite Pass allows unlimited use of all public transport in zones 1 to 5 for around 16 euros a day. A fee is charged for each piece of baggage. Rates are measured in the city centre by kilometre, with higher rates after 7pm and on Sundays. Taxis can be hailed in the street, though there are plentiful taxi ranks.

The Balabus circuits along major Paris tourist attractions including the Bastille, Louvre, MusÃ©e d'Orsay, Champs-ElysÃ©es and Charles de Gaulle-Etoile on Sundays and national holidays through summer months.

Night buses (Noctambus) operate across 18 lines from 1am to 5.30am, running into the suburbs. Buses operate from Monday to Saturday from 7am to around 8.30pm. Many of the 60 bus routes go through the tourist areas of Paris.

There are four RER suburban train lines which are best used for longer distance journeys across Paris. RATP provides a Paris metro map plus a journey planner tool. Trains on the 15 lines run from 5.30am to midnight. To find great deals on car rentals in Paris, visit our Car Rental pageįast and inexpensive, travel on the Metro is one of the best ways to get around Paris. Renting a car is useful for visiting the charming, quieter outlying regions and towns near the capital. With limited parking spaces and a high volume of traffic, driving a car in Paris is challenging and ill-advised for anyone without previous experience of doing so. It's much easier to navigate the city with a map, the very best of which is Paris Pratique par Arrondissement, available from any news stand for about â‚¬2-4. Public transport, run by RATP (Regie Autonome de Transports Parisians), is cost-effective and efficient and includes MÃ©tro trains, buses, trams and RER trains. Paris' compactness makes walking around it a pleasure, though cyclists can be hampered by heavy city centre traffic. In addition, the Eurostar links Paris with London, Brussels and Lille. France also has a good rail network with frequent TGV (high-speed trains) running to all corners. There are a number of coach companies that link the French capital with destinations throughout France as well as further afield.

Hilton paris opera to sacre coeur basilica directions