Hello travel experts, its our first time in Paris this mid August so please share your experience and help us.
Our travel package includes 4nites at Le Patio St-Antoine, 11th district- venere.com/img/…map_15084.gif. We are planning on taking the Open Top Bus Tour w/ Cityrama. Just wondering if our hotel is close to a Cityrama bus stop? I looked at the Cityrama map and it seems to say Bastilles which is about 20minutes from our hotel?? www.graylineparis.com/en/paris_open_tour . I%26#39;m totally clueless about the area and not good with maps, local experts please help!
On the ratp.fr website, found that Nation is another metro stop that is also close by, but which is closer--Nation or Bastilles stop? Reading the RATF map, I%26#39;m guessing M in the circle is the symbol for Metro, RER is train, then what is the T symbol for? ratp.info/informer/anglais/paris_visite.php#
Which is the best type to use, M, RER, or T?
Thanks everyone and have a good week!
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Hey, the metro and RER are all you need, but mainly I used the metro. I used the RER sort of like an express line-which is what I guess it is-and I always kept my eye out for metro stops.
I found that I could usually walk a few metro stops in one line with no problem. -One time around Notre Dame I went into one station and made a train switch -totalling five stops and when I got out of the station my friends and I couldn%26#39;t believe that all we did was end up one block from where we started.
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Hi hkc,
I%26#39;m not an %26quot;expert%26quot;, but this is what I would do: get back on the RATP website (I start at www.ratp.fr then click on %26quot;International Passengers%26quot; at the top right, which takes you to the screen I%26#39;m suggesting). Type in your hotel address under Departure, then Bastille metro for your Destination, fill out the other few items the screen requests, and it will give you their suggestion for easiest route. It%26#39;s a pretty nifty tool. In your case, it suggests walking to the Renuilly-Diderot metro station which is near your hotel (on Blvd. Diderot), and riding 3 stops to Bastille where you can catch the Cityrama bus. The metro is great for getting around the city--you%26#39;ll figure it out in no time. The RER is very similar. Busses are great, too! Some like one over the other, but it depends on your preference. I%26#39;m not sure what %26quot;T%26quot; on the map means...I couldn%26#39;t see one to try to figure it out for you. Only thing I could spot that might be what you%26#39;re talking about is a cross where churches are. Maybe I%26#39;m looking at the wrong map!
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Oops! Should have been a little more clear: Take metro line 8 from the Reuilly-Diderot station (direction Balard) then get off at Bastille.
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It looks to me like you are very close to the St-Sebastien Froissart Metro station. That would put you a few blocks (4-6) from the Bastille. The Metro is the easiest way to get from point to point and since you have a stop near your doorstop I would imagine that would be the best.
You should be able to orient yourself and find the Bastille monument by looking down the road you are staying on, you then can decide whether you want to walk to meet the Open Bus Tour or if there is an easier way to get there.
Go to the google map page, http://maps.google.com
Put in your address 289 Bis Rue Du Faubourg, Paris
Hit the satelitte button and you will see a picture of what the block looks like. You can also move the map to see what else is around.
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You%26#39;ll be staying in a nice, lively, off the beaten track yet central area. You live in DC, so, please, just go to your nearest chain or travel bookstore and %26quot;invest%26quot; on a real Paris map, the blue Michelin one for instance. I guarantee a return on investment much higher than Enron or Boeing! You%26#39;ll use it everyday on the run up to your trip and of course whilst you are in Paris.
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Aren%26#39;t %26quot;T%26quot; the new tram lines they are building/have built in Paris now?
%26gt;Which is the best type to use, M, RER, or T?
Best for what? Whatever gets you to your destination I would say...
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Yes, %26quot;T%26quot; is for the trams that, for the moment, are only operational in the banlieue (one linking Sèvres to La Défense, the other Bobigny to Saint-Denis). Of course, this fall, we will have the big inauguration of the first intra muros Paris since... the 60s? before the war? it will run on the boulevard des Maréchaux between porte de Vitry and the pont du Garigliano. Still not in hkc%26#39;s neck of the woods however...
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%26gt;%26gt; Of course, this fall, we will have the big inauguration of the first intra muros Paris since... the 60s? before the war? %26lt;%26lt;
The last tram that run in Paris was line 138 (now bus line 62) in 1937. The last suburban tram was dismantled in 1938. The trolleybus were introduced during the war due to fuel penury, but abandoned in the 60s.
Until a few years ago, tram rails were visible in front of the Invalides (the street surface had never been refurbished).
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THANKS A LOT everyone for all the great advice!
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