Hi to all,
Me and my fiance will be going to paris for our honeymoon mid july.. We will stay in Paris about a week and trying to plan a nice trip these days.. I%26#39;ve been reading this forum days and really lots of useful informations i found. Thanks to everybody who shares their opinions with us..
I%26#39;m thinking of renting a nice apartment at the center of city to access sightseeing points by foot.. Maybe for one night we can afford a luxury hotel room for ourselves with the money we save by renting an apartment.. :))
I have some questions in my mind and will be very happy if you help me with those..
1) What is the easiest transportation option? I assume its metro, in this case which option is the best for us..?? We are planning to see major tourist interest but I guess we will need transportation at any time...
2) We want to spend a day at Disneyland.. :)) Which is the easiest way to go there..??
3) Is it hot in july? Should we preffer a AC apartment..??
4) Which way would you recommend for transportation from and to the airport.?? (I%26#39;ll tell which accomodation we will choose later..)
For a beginning these are my concerns.. I will be asking more questions in the future i guess.. :))
Thanks for everyone which will be helping us..
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Better nail down an Apartment quick ! July is really soon. Try SEarch box at top for sites.Put in Apartment rentals. I use vacationinparis.com. I would want AC but the weather is not predictable.
Once you have accomadations nail down come back w/ questions. Right now a place to stay needs to rented ASAP.
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Transportation--lots of walking, Metro, bus or a combination of these. Also-RER train if necessary
July is usually hot and yes you should get an apartment with AC. However, last summer was cooler than normal. Get AC just in case.
If you have much luggage, I recommend a shuttle van or taxi to and from the airport. It is a hassle to drag luggage through the train/metro stations. Grey Shuttle and Paris Shuttle are two popular shuttle companies. Also, some people like Must Limousine. An estimate for a taxi to your apartment is about 50E so check to see if you can find a shuttle cheaper or not. Shuttle prices are usually per person and they will take you right to your apartment and pick you up there and take you to the airport. Some of the shuttles give you a discount if you purchase a roundtrip ticket.
I don%26#39;t know about Disneyland as I haven%26#39;t been to the Paris Disneyland.
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Transportation - Ask for a seven day Carde Orange rail card. This will save you a lot of euro if you plan to use the buses, metro and RER trains to get around Paris. You%26#39;ll need to have a spare passport sized photograph and you%26#39;ll have to write down the address of the hotel you%26#39;re staying. Enjoy your trip.
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Clarification: A Carte Orange is good from Monday through Thursday each week. You can purchase it as early as the Friday before Monday and it stays on sale through Wednesday of the current week. However, if you are going to be in Paris--say Wednesday to Wednesday--it is not cost effective to purchase a Carte Orange. So you can see whether it is worth it or not. If not, just buy a carnet of tickets and share them between you.
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In Love With Paris: I was just in Paris May 11-17, and we could not purchase the Carte Orange until Monday, and it was valid for one week, to the Sunday.
Evraks: We paid 16 euros for zones 1-2, unlimited transportation. To travel to Disneyland, you need to take the RER(can%26#39;t remember which one, A perhaps?), but could just purchase the tickets for that return trip at the train station.
We have always spent the money on a taxi at the airport. Hotels, I find, are difficult to find in Paris, because they are mixed among all the buildings. It is roughly 50euros from CDG to the center, and 30 euros from Orly(we%26#39;ve flown from both).
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Does anyone know if the Carte Orange purchasing policy has changed since October %26#39;07? I purchased 2 or 3 Carte Orange on the previous Friday during that time period.
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It will be a lot easier to find a hotel with A/C than an apartment, and also very likely than an air-conditioned apartment will *not* save you money.
I don%26#39;t think anything has changed about the Carte Orange other than the paper is going away and you might have to buy the electronic passcard instead (Navigo Decouverte + Carte Orange). What%26#39;s the issue if a station can%26#39;t sell one on Friday, since you can%26#39;t use it until Monday anyway?... Try a different station if you don%26#39;t get what you want the first time.
It%26#39;s better to figure out how to get from the airport after we know what your address is going to be. The easiest locations to stay in where you might not need a taxi is right around Place de l%26#39;Opera (Roissybus), Arc de Triomphe -or- Gare de Lyon -or- Gare Montparnasse (Air France coach), or along the RER-B route (Roissyrail train). Or you can reserve a shuttle in advance to go to any address in Paris.
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I went to Paris a few weeks ago with some fellow MBA students and we absolutely loved our time there! We took the Metro wherever we went (it was so reliable and there are stops all over the city). We bought packets of %26quot;carnet%26quot; (pronounced %26quot;car-NAY%26quot;) tickets which are one-way tickets for the metro. They came in packs of 10 tickets, and cost around 11 Euro. Just another option if you don%26#39;t want to do the Orange Card. We never took taxis while we were there, but if you stay out later than the Metro runs, you%26#39;ll have to either walk or hail a cab.
In May, the weather was hotter than I expected: 72-75 degrees farenheit. When you%26#39;re walking around, it can get pretty hot! And our hotel%26#39;s air conditioning was broken in our room, and even with a mid-70%26#39;s temperature, our room was really stuffy. Air conditioning would have been nice!
That%26#39;s all the advice I can offer, but I hope it helps you out! You will adore Paris. Don%26#39;t forget to visit Monmartre and the Sacre Coeur. It was my favorite spot. We also ate at a place called Le Poule au Pot, and the service %26amp; food were great!
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travelnutty--the issue is that I like to be in the know about these things! (smile!)-- (re Carte Orange)
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Hello,
well for your first question I would say the metro, there are many lines and you can get any place with it. Then for disneyland you can take the RER A to Marne la vallée, the last station is Disneyland parc.
For your 3rd question, unfortunatly the weather in Paris is not so good, so I don%26#39;t think it will be very hot in July, moreover this year, wherever the weather seems not good. For the airport it depends if you talk about the Charles de Gaulle airport or the Orly one, but anyway both are accessible by RER (which is a train) and for the apartment I suggest you to go to this website http://www.desigparis.com/ they have really nice apartments at good rates.
I hope my advices will help.
Georges
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