Hi to all!! Great helpful advice on this site. My wife and i will be in Paris for 2 weeks in June, and are wondering the best touring transportation to use, as well as possible passes for transportation and museums. We will also be doing and enjoy alot of walking! We do enjoy going to as many museums as possible, as well as other events. Option 1. There is a Paris ALa Carte Pass available with 2 or 3 day access to all Open tour Bus Routes and the Batobus. 2Day-39E and 3 day 42E.
Option 2.Caranet of bus/metro tickets. I believe there are regular buses that go to alot ot the tourist sites.
Option 3. Paris Visit Pass- don%26#39;t know if this is worthwhile
Option4. The Carte-Orange pass if still available
Option 5. Museum passes, don%26#39;t know which is best
Again we will be here for 2 weeks, any suggestions for which is the best way to GO?? Merci, beaucoup!!
|||
Go public transportation all the way. Unless you plan on going to all the monuments and museums for the museum pass to pay off. The weekly pass fjor central Paris is 16.30 euro and it is your cheapest option. The bus, metro and RER go by ALL the interesting places and some undiscovered ones as well. There are lots of threads on this topic. Bring a passport photo and enjoy the ride!
|||
Bump
|||
Hello Vancouver. A few of your questions are being discussed extensively in active threads right now.
Museum pass - a good deal if you will visit a lot of museums and convenient to avoid waiting lines or to get in for bathrooms. Not sure which other passes you are thinking of, please post for more specific feedback from others - I only know of the one pass.
Paris A La Carte / L%26#39;Open Bus / Batobus - pleasant rides and convenient to get around but not the best for getting around quickly. Use metro and walking for that.
Visite Paris / Carnet / Carte Orange - As many opinions as there are options. Some like the easy Visite pass. The Carte Orange is changing formats and a price increase - may need small pictures (slightly smaller than passport size). The Carnet is fast and flexible if you are unsure you will use the metro often enough to be worth the cost of either pass.
|||
I think the L%26#39;Open tour passes are a good way to get aqquainted with Paris,, don%26#39;t buy now, buy when you board, from the driver, only 28 euros for two days. Don%26#39;t get batobus, hot and yucky in the heat,we prefer a night cruise to see all the bridges and monuments lit up. It is nice to sit up top and see everything , YES metro is faster, but NOT more scenic.
For a two week trip I would do L%26#39;Open tour first, then get an Carte Orange for day to day travel.
Museum Pass, I am not sure, but I think they are good for consecutive days, so make sure the museums you really want to see( and have a reputation for long lines) are open the days your pass is active as they give you line jumping privildges. Buy pass when you arrive.
I assume you will do Versailles?? It is an excellant day trip, very very easy to do on your own, read many posts on it here.
Also, a really really fun way to get aqquainted with Paris is a Fat Tire Bike tour, I have done two, one was the Paris by night tour( this included a one hour cruise on Seine and was very fun) , the other was to Versailles, both very fun( I am a middleaged unfit women btw, LOL , so tour is doable by most)
Google Fat Tire Bike Tour to find their site.
|||
If you will be in Paris for two(2) wekks, than a weekly CARTE ORANGE pass for AT LEAST one of those weeks is the only way to go. Depending in the specific days/dates of your proposed itinerary, a CO for both weeks and or CARNETs of tickets for any odd days at beginning or end. Bear in mind that the weekly CARTE ORANGE is only valid from the First Train on Monday AM until Last Train on Sunday PM..and is only on sale for the CURRENT week thtough Wednesday of that CURRENT week%26#39;s validity.
There would only be a few particular circumstance and situations in which the multi-consecutive-calendar-day PARIS VISITE pass would be a good deal. For the most part...it%26#39;s a bad deal all %26#39;round.
The double-decker, %26#39;hop-on/hop-off%26#39; L%26#39;OPEN TOUR buses are GREAT EXCURSIONS...and you might well do one for a day or two for the novelty of it...or perhaps the BATOBUS. But while these are great %26#39;excursions%26#39; they really shouldn%26#39;t be confused with efficient, practical public transportation. For this Merto, RER and public buses will serve you much better.
Given the length of your visit, you need to recognize that the PARIS MUSEUM PASS is sold for multi-CONSECUTIVE-calendar-day terms of validity---NOT any individual days you choose. The calendar-day %26#39;clock%26#39; starts ticking on the PMP on the first day of use. So you should plan your purchase(s) of this pass, in the increments of days that best match-up to your proposed itinerary, once you arrive.
|||
-:- Message from TripAdvisor staff -:-
This topic was inactive for 6 months and has been closed to new posts. We hope you'll join the conversation by posting to an open topic or starting a new one.
To review the TripAdvisor Forums Posting Guidelines, please follow this link: http://www.tripadvisor.com/pages/forums_posting_guidelines.html
We remove posts that do not follow our posting guidelines, and we reserve the right to remove any post for any reason.
Removed on: 8:19 pm, September 21, 2009
没有评论:
发表评论