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4 Types Of Transportation For Travelers To Paris



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raveling in a new place is       difficulties. The ticket fair     
usually not an easy task.       inside city is unified as 7 Frs.  
It would be much better to      for a single trip (billet). Ten-  
utilize your traveling time more      piece ticket booklet (carnet) is  
efficiently if you could have a       charged at 41 Frs. Besides, there 
more understanding on the             is a Paris-Visite Billet which is 
transportation facilities of your     specially designed for tourists.  
destination. This article             It is a pass for subway, RER and  
introduces four types of              bus within a pre-set period of    
transportation facilities in          time. If you are staying in Paris 
Paris which gives travelers to        for a longer period of time, you  
have a more in-depth                  could choose to use the monthly   
understanding on Paris’s              ticket or the weekly ticket so    
transportation services.              that you take the subway, RER and 
                                      bus whenever you like. Please be  
1. Metro and RER                      reminded that you have to take    
                                      with you a personal photo (27 mm  
Metro is the subway in the city       x 30 mm) in applying the          
while the RER (Reseau Express         fixed-time ticket in the station  
Regional) is the railway in the       (guichet). Besides, it should be  
rural area. The subway service of     aware that the effective period   
Paris is started in 1900. Up to       of the monthly ticket is fixed    
the present moment, there are 13      from the first day to the last    
routes of subway and 4 routes of      day of the month, and likewise    
RER with total 367 stations which     Monday to Sunday for the weekly   
covers most parts of Paris.           ticket. Therefore, you should     
Therefore, if you could get used      count on the date when you buy    
to the subway systems of Paris,       the fixed-time ticket that how    
it would be much leisure to           much the effective period is      
travel around without any             remaining.                        



2. Taxi                               you do not have a ticket, you     
                                      have to tell the driver your      
Taxi is the most convenient           destination, buy the ticket and   
transportation as you could take      put in the ticket cutter.         
it in any place. Usually it is        Actually, you could use the       
easier to get the taxi in the         subway ticket in taking the bus.  
taxi station (Tete de Taxi) in        You could just show your          
the main streets, hotel or the        fixed-time subway ticket to the   
stations. Most of the taxi            driver and you could get on and   
drivers are very familiar with        take off at any station you like. 
the streets, and they could take      There is no station broadcasting  
you to your destination as long       service inside the bus and you    
as you could mention you address      have to ring the bell in advance  
clearly. Please be aware that the     before taking off. Therefore, it  
front seat is not for passenger,      is suggested to take a bus road   
and one taxi could take 3             map at the information counter in 
passengers in principal.              the subway station, and find out  
3. Public Bus                         the bus station name of your      
                                      destination before you take the   
Most of the Paris residents like      bus.                              
to take the public bus, but it        4. Tourist Ferry                  
seems to be quite difficult for       (Bateaux-Paris-ens)               
tourists as they may not                                                
recognize the place to take off.      Departure pier is at the Pont     
However, you could enjoy the          d’Iena which is near the Eiffel   
street scenery in taking the bus      Tower. The cruise services could  
whereas the subway could not          be divided as with and without    
offer. Please be aware that you       meal provided. A single trip      
have to buy the ticket rather         without meal provided is about 45 
than just put the coins in. If        Frs. and the service hours are    



10:00- 22:00 in summer time           provided trip is about 550 Frs.   
(depart in every 30 minutes)          departs at 20:30. Passenger must  
whereas 10:00-18:00 in wintertime     make advance booking for the meal 
(depart in every 1 hour). A lunch     provided cruise service and with  
provided trip is about 300 Frs.,      formal attire on the trip.        
departs at 12:30 while a dinner       




About the Author:

About the Author: Sammy Ho has been a specialist traveler who has traveled many parts of the world. His specialists are to study different culture and living hobbies of different countries, and to learn from each place he has traveled. To find more travelers tips, hotel information and flight information in Paris, please visit website: http://geniuschoice.com/flight-paris


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