lavender

Arrival in Paris CDG airport Sunday 7am
Train CDG to Saint Germain
3 days sightseeing within Paris Zone 1
Train to ORLY airport

Is the Paris Visite Card the best value or am I better off buying a carnet of tickets and 2 separate fares for the airports?

And if I can sneak in a second query...

Have looked up the route for Paris to Orly and it seems a little more involved- need to be at the airport by 10:00 am- how much time would you allow by train or taxi?
Aware that peak hour traffic in Paris may cause taxi delays.

Thanks

lavender

Anyone?

Travelnut

I've never traveled to Orly. If I were going to do so, I'd try the metro to Denfert Rochereau then the ORLYBUS to the airport.
A taxi will be a little less than averages reported for going to CDG, as Orly as a little closer to Paris. So figure 40€ rough guess.
http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/ADP/e...lic-transport/

An RER ticket CDG-Paris is about 8.60€
A carnet of metro/bus tickets is 11.60€
A Paris Visite pass for 3 days, zones 1-3 is 20.00€
A little cheaper is a Mobilis 'day ticket' for 5.90€
http://www.ratp.info/informer/tarifs/tarifs_2009.pdf

Christina

I've never traveled to Orly but it is closer than CDG. I think it is a little more complicated in that the RER stop isn't right there as it is for CDG. A taxi would be cheaper than to CDG, and of course, you can always take the Air France bus which goes right there. There is a municipal bus that goes right to Orly also, from near the Denfert Rochereau RER stop, as Travelnut suggests.

The Paris Visit costs 40 euro for three days for zones 1-6 which is what you'd have to have for the airports. You can't use Mobilis tickets for the airports, but it can be good if you plan to take the bus/metro a lot within Paris one day.

If I were you, I would not buy any kind of pass like Paris Visite. Buy a carnet and if you've used it up in two days, but a Mobilis for your third day of sightseeing. Buy the RER tickets separately.

lavender

Thanks everyone for valuable information