Eiffel Tower New Year’s Eve
Eiffel Tower on New Year’s Eve. Photo was taken from Pont Alexandre III between the Grand Palais and Les Invalides / Napoleon’s Tomb.
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Virtual Tour of Paris Streets on Google Maps
You can now take a virtual walking tour of Paris with Google’s Street View service on Google Maps. As you can see, the Google car has been making the rounds in Paris. It’s even managed to capture yours truly showing some friends around Paris. (Google car photo courtesy of dH FlickR)
CDG Airport to DisneyLand Paris by Train in 10 Minutes
This article has been moved to TGV Train from CDG to Disneyland® Paris.
TGV Tickets Without Fees
Here I’ll show you how to buy TGV tickets online, without fees, with tickets you can print from home, even from USA and Canada. From the UK or Europe? Voyages SNCF offers TGV tickets without fees with free home delivery of tickets. If you’re from the US, TGV-Europe.com offers online TGV ticket buying without fees … Read more
Tickets for Snails
Translation: OFFBEAT A train ticket for the snail. The SNCF will reimburse the 5,10€ charged to a passenger transporting live snails, without tickets, on a TGV train. The ticket checker wanted the snails to pay their fare for the train. (From 20 Minutes)
RER B Stations Panel
RER station panels show which stations are available on this RER line, in this direction. Station names lit with yellow squares indicate that the next train to arrive will stop at these stations. This is a photo of an old style RER B stations served panel located at Luxembourg RER station. At the bottom right … Read more
Paris Train Ticket Machine
This is a visual guide to using ticket vending machines found in and around Paris for purchasing train tickets and carnets (books) of tickets for station to station travel (between cities) around the Ile-de-France region, serviced by Transilien, Ter, and RER train networks. For ticket machines selling tickets for the Paris Metro, Bus, Tram and … Read more
Gare du Nord Exit, TGV, RER, Bus, Metro Sign
Here is a photo of a directional sign within Gare du Nord station showing: Metro Lines 4 and 5 (bottom row) RER E suburban express trains on platforms 30 to 36, accessible by elevators (“Par Ascenseurs”) Grandes Lignes (“Main Train Lines”) of type TGV, Eurostar (Paris to London high speed train), and Thalys (Paris to … Read more
‘Gare Montparnasse’ Train Station
Photo of the front of Gare Montparnasse in the 6th Arrondissement of Paris, opposite Montparnasse Tower (Tour Montparnasse). Gare Montparnasse to Metro The following section will explain how to get to the Metro station at Gare Montparnasse if you’ve recently arrived via bus or on foot. Upon entering Gare Montparnasse from street level (Niveau 0), … Read more
Ten Tips for the Paris Metro
Here are ten ways to ride the Paris Metro like a local (or better). Plan your route. Before making a trip, use a Metro map and the official RATP Paris Metro route planner to find the shortest route with the least number of line changes. Station to station a Metro train will take just over … Read more