TRANSPORTATIONS
Several options are available if you wish to
travel to Paris. You can drive there, but
parking is never very easy in the centre of the
town. The one way to reach the centre of Paris
is to take the Eurostar to the Gare du Nord in
the heart of town.
Taxis in Paris are cheaper than in the UK.
Notice the white light which indicates the cab
is unoccupied, and an orange light that means it
is in use.
Six main train stations that will take you to
the rest of France: Gare du Nord; Gare de l'Est;
St-Lazare (for Normandy); Gare de Lyon (for
Italy, Switzerland and the TGV trains to the
Alps); Montparnasse (Brittany, Atlantic and
southwest France); and Gare d'Austerlitz for the
west of France and Dordogne, are provided in
Paris.
Moreover, buses are a good alternative. Each
bus stop shows which bus numbers stop there, has
a map showing each bus's route and times of
first and last bus. Night buses run from Place
du Châtelet from 1am till 5.30am on 18 routes.
Perhaps, the best way to explore Paris is on
foot as you would get a real feel for the
quartiers and see how they link up. However,
Paris has a great transport system, with buses,
métro and trains all integrated and using the
same tickets, run by RATP (Régie Autonome des
Transports Parisiens).
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