Paris Visite Pass / Card

Paris Visite Overview

A Paris Visite Pass in 2025 now covers all zones (1-5) for your choice of 1, 2, 3 or 5 days.  It is good on Paris Metro, RER trains, buses and Ile-de-France (Transilien) trains & trams (not TGV) and you can travel between any train stations inside of Paris region’s 5 fare zones, including CDG Airport – Paris on RER B,  Orly airport – Paris on Metro 14, Versailles, Disneyland, etc. using Paris Visite.

Paris Visite pass in 2025 is a digital-only multiple-use fare put on a Navigo Easy card, or smartphone app, or Apple Wallet. In 2024 and prior this pass was a paper coupon ticket that looked like the following:

Discontinued Paris Visite paper ticket from 2024

Paris Visite in 2025 is no longer sold as a paper ticket.  You must either put it onto a Navigo Easy card or your phone / Apple Wallet.

Paris Visite Prices

Price of Paris Visite in 2025  ranges from 30.60€ to 78€ depending on  duration (1 to 5 days). Paris Visite pass has 50% discounts for children of ages between 4 – 9 years of age (not available on Apple Wallet, use a Navigo Easy card for children). (Prices current as of Jan. 1, 2026.)

Paris Visite pass counts days from day of first use, not 24 hour periods. For example, with a 1-day Paris Visite, if you arrive in Paris & buy the pass at 8pm at night and use the pass immediately, the pass will expire at midnight (those four hours will be counted as one day).

Details

The Paris Visite Pass is a 1, 2, 3 or 5 day pass good for unlimited rides in Zones 1 to 5 around Paris which includes all public transport in & out of CDG Airport (zone 5), Orly Airport (zone 4), to Chateau Versailles (zone 4), Chateau Fontainebleau (zone 5), Disneyland® Paris (zones 5).  See the Paris Fare Zones Map for more information.

Paris Visite Zone Map

Navigo vs. Paris Visite

The key difference between the Paris Visite Pass and the Navigo Découverte Pass is the timing. Navigo passes are valid strictly from Monday 00:00 to Sunday 23:59:59, regardless of when you buy it. If you land at CDG Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport on Thursday and buy a week long Navigo Découverte pass, it will work only up until Sunday midnight. Starting from Friday, you will not even be able to purchase Navigo pass for use in the same week.

Paris Visite passes on the other hand, work for a continuous (up-to) 5 day period, starting from any day of the week (counting from when you first tap/activate the pass).

Paris Visite Duration

Paris Visite pass is good from the day of first use (not time of first use) up until midnight of its last day of validity, starting from any day of the week. This means that if you arrive on Friday evening at 8pm, buy and use a 3 day Paris Visite pass immediately, by midnight that night (four hours later), the card will have “used” an entire day.  In two more days (Sunday) at midnight the Paris Visite will have expired. So to maximize the value of the Paris Visite Card, start using a Paris Visite pass during the morning or as early as you can.  You can start using your Paris Visite as soon as 00:00:01 (one second after midnight) and you would get an entire 24 hours of coverage for that day.

A Paris Visite pass’ duration / validity period starts when you first validate/tap the pass, not when you buy it.  You can buy a Paris Visite now and begin using it several months later. After buying a Paris Visite pass, its validity period of 1 to 5 days, begins ticking after your first tap to validate/activate it at a turnstile / fare-gate in a Metro or RER station or on a bus or tram.

Paris Visite activates on tap

If you’ve arrived in the evening at one of the Paris airports, it’s better to buy a single-use Paris Airport Train ticket from a ticket window or vending machine and use that to get you into Paris, rather than start using your Paris Visite multiday pass immediately.

Summary

In summary, if you’re arriving in Paris on Friday and want to have an unlimited Paris transit pass for 3 or 5 days, this is the least hassle pass option. Navigo Day passes are cheaper if you only need 1 or 2 days, but Day Passes are no longer valid at neither CDG nor Orly airport in Paris as of Janurary 1, 2025. But for 3+ days the Paris Visite avoids the hassle of return to a ticket vendor or ticket machine to buy/recharge your day passes or day tickets.

Paris Visite Card Discounts

Previously, in 2024 and earlier, Paris Visite pass holders got discounts to various tourist attractions and services such as 25% off boat tours on the Seine, 20-40% off admission to the Arc de Triomphe, the Opera house, the Pantheon, and other sights and services.  As of 2025, there isn’t any published information for how / where / what the Paris Visite pass gets in terms of discounts.  The information below was for previous years.  For now we’ll have to wait and see how the Paris Transport authority handles the discounts for Paris Visite passes, or removes them altogether.

The below information is out of date as of January 2025 and kept only for archival purposes.

Paris Visite ticket holders get discounts on various Paris area attractions during the validity period of their travel pass.  The latest Paris Visite discount attractions list for 2021 can be found here:

Paris Visite Discounts 2021

Paris Visite Discount Booklet 2021

These discounts change often so this list of Paris Visite discount offers is only meant as an example of savings (last updated July 2021):

• Picasso Museum: 2€ off entrance
• Army Museum/Invalides: 20% off entrance to permanent collection
• Open Tours: 29€ instead of 35€
• Chateau de Versailles: 7€ (vs. 10€) for guided tours of private apartments
• Chateau de Fontainebleau: 2€ off entrance
• Disneyland Resort Paris: 20% off – Discount No Longer Available
• Grevin museum: 25% off entrance
• Tour Montparnasse: 25% off entrance
• Cité des Sciences et Industrie: 3€ off entrance fee
• Lido de Paris: 10% discount for shows after 9pm
• Seine Boat Cruise on Vedettes de Paris: 2€ discount
• Shopping at Galeries Lafayette: 10% off your purchase + a gift

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