Harvey

Last fall I tried to buy a carte orange coupon vert (a weekly pass) on a Thursday. I was told you could only buy them on Mondays. I know they are only good Monday through Sunday. I have recently seen somewhere that one can buy a carte orange on only Monday or Wednesday. Does anyone know the answer to this?

opi

hi yes yes yes just back can only be bought till wed good till sundays can buy new one on sundays for the next week, great we used it alot metro and buses was perfect 4 us merci merc have fun anymore info just email me was there with wife for 10 days

Randy

Harvey: Be sure you have a small picture of yourself to put on the weekly metro pass. Last fall the Metro Police checked mine late one evening and I did not have a picture on it and I got a 120F fine. Ouch! At the metro stations where you purchase your tickets you will find one of those automated booths that will take your picture and give you about 5 or 6 of the small prints for about 25F. If you have a scanner on your computer I would recommend scanning your passport photo and making some extra prints (smaller, a little larger than a postage stamp) that you can affix to the metro pass when you purchase the weekly pass. Also be sure to write your name, etc. on the pass when you get it. You do not not need a picture if you purchase individual tickets, a carnet or a daily ticket. Hope I have been of some help

Fred

The Carte Orange (coupon semaine) runs from Monday through Sunday. You can buy them that week for that week on Mon, Tues, Wed. You can buy them Thurs-Sunday for the following week but no longer for that week. Past Wednesday they are not sold for that week. For more Paris information e-mail me – [email protected]

Harvey

These great replies should be very useful for anyone planning a trip to Paris which seems to be about half of this fourm. <BR> <BR>Thank you for the replies

scott

Great information I will be in Paris Monday thru Sunday in Oct. What does a week Metro Pass cost? I will be coming from London on the Eurostar can I purchase the pass once I arrive at the train Station or do I need to purchase them at the Metro station? Thank you for your reply.

Fred

Last I heard it was 82 FF. You can buy them at any metro station but you will need a small 1" photo of your face to be attached to the pass. There are photo machines at larger metro stations but it's easier to bring one - a polaroid will do, nothing fancy, not a passport photo - just your face about 1" square or smaller. For more Paris information e-mail me – [email protected]

Michael

Basically, Paris public transport system is divided into five travel zones (it goes out to eight zones but one shouldn't need to venture this far while being a tourist). Zones one and two cover the center sections of the city. As you move farther from the center traveling on the regional rail lines, metros, or bus lines the more your ticket will cost. <BR>A "Carte Orange" is avalable for the week beginning on Monday through Sunday. <BR>Zones 1-2 cost 87francs <BR>Zones 1-3 cost 116francs <BR>Zones 1-4 cost 145francs <BR>Carte Orange monthly travel passes are also avalable. Both weekly and monthly passes require you to have a photo taken(photo booths are avalable at most major station stops) and attached to the pass. <BR>One can also purchase a "carnet of 10" tickets. The price for metro tickets went up in June. I believe that a carnet or set of ten tickets costs 61francs now, but still a better deal than buying single tickets. <BR>Single ticket cost: 8.50ff <BR>10 tickets fill fare: 61ff <BR>10 tickets child age 4-11: 30.50ff <BR>A ticket (unless it is monthly pass or the Paris Visite card) is only good for one trip. As you enter the turnstile you slip the ticket into the required slot, and take it out when it pops up on top as you proceed through the turnstile. Once you exit a station that ticket you use cannot be used again. Actually if you put it though at another station the turnstile will spit it out the other end with a buzz. You can still change to corresponding lines that connect you to a line for a direction you need to travel. Even if you go in the wrong direction you can always switch at the next stop to the correct way as long as you don't go through an exit or "sortie." <BR>[Note: You must be in possession of a valid ticket at all times whilst on the RATP network. Your ticket is liable to a check control by staff at any moment during your trip (metro, RER bus, etc.). They do this to catch the gate jumpers that don't pay the fare. This just means you should try and hang on to your ticket till you exit at your destination. Fare dodging is liable to an on-the-spot penalty fine.] <BR> <BR>There is another option to buying a metro pass this is the Paris Visit card: <BR>One day: zone 1-3 child 30ff, reg 55ff zone 1-5 child 55ff, reg 110ff zone 1-8 child 75ff, reg 155ff <BR>Two days: zone 1-3 child 45ff, reg 90ff zone 1-5 child 85ff, reg 175ff zone 1-8 child 110ff, reg 225ff <BR>Three days: zone 1-3 child 60ff, reg 120ff zone 1-5 child 120ff reg 275ff zone 1-8 child 140ff, reg 280ff <BR>Five days: zone 1-3 child 90ff, reg 175ff zone 1-5 child 150ff reg 300ff zone 1-8 child 175ff reg 350ff <BR>In this case child's price is between ages 4 and 11 <BR>Children under four ride free <BR>(Versailles is in zone 4) <BR>Hope this information will be of some help. <BR>Sincerely, <BR>Michael <BR> <BR>

Maurice

I think the Paris Visite is what we got. It cost about $70 for 2 if I remember right, so that's 280FF or about 140 each, for 5 days, back in 1999. No picture required; it was just a cardboard with a magnetic strip. <BR>BTW, you can wash them in a Paris front-loading washing machine, and they will still work. Amazing! <BR>How do you say "will this ticket work" in French? I tried "functioner" and "marcher" and the girl in the booth just looked at me like I was a foreigner trying to speak gobbledygook... Eventually, she just told us to try it, with gestures, and it worked.