Cementerio del Père-Lachaise
Apr 5th, 2012, 03:55 PM
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If you don't mind one more suggestion gpeters, I would suggest you get a Navigo Decouverte instead of carnets of Metro tickets. Since you are going to be there for three weeks it makes a lot of sense, and will probably be much cheaper if you use public transportation a lot. It is a credit card thing that allows you unlimited metro and bus rides for a week. It costs €5 to get one and then you charge it for riding from Monday through Sunday each week.
Here is a site that explains it all: http://parisbytrain.com/paris-train-...go-decouverte/
Here is a site that explains it all: http://parisbytrain.com/paris-train-...go-decouverte/
Apr 5th, 2012, 04:11 PM
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nukesafe - I respectfully disagree with you. The pass is E18.85 and individual tickets purchased in a carnet (10 tickets) are E1.25. That means I would need to take 15 metro/bus rides to break even with the pass. That's much more than I use in a week. Plus you can't share a pass but you can share a carnet.
Apr 5th, 2012, 09:00 PM
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I appreciate your arithmetic, adrienne, but when I am actively sightseeing in Paris I take many more than the slightly more than two trips on Metro or the buses per day than you do. I usually take several round trips per day, and do not hesitate to jump on a passing bus for just a few blocks, as I don't have to worry about what the ride will cost, I assume most folks skipping about the city would do the same.
The other thing about the Navigo is that is it so easy to use. You don't have to worry about which ticket is used, or which pocket you put it in. You just wave the pass at the machine and away you go. So for me, the value of the Navigo is in the convenience of use, rather than cost.
Besides, it makes a nice souvenir, as it can be recharged for the next ten years. I look at mine occasionally and think about the next time I will be in Paris using it.
The other thing about the Navigo is that is it so easy to use. You don't have to worry about which ticket is used, or which pocket you put it in. You just wave the pass at the machine and away you go. So for me, the value of the Navigo is in the convenience of use, rather than cost.
Besides, it makes a nice souvenir, as it can be recharged for the next ten years. I look at mine occasionally and think about the next time I will be in Paris using it.
Apr 6th, 2012, 03:45 PM
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re pere lachaise....all the guidebooks recommend getting off at the gambetta metro stop and getting a map from one of the flower ladies.....that's what we're planning to do this summer. it's walking downhill from there.
Apr 6th, 2012, 05:59 PM
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We always get off at Gambetta, too, unless we're walking. The maps are right there at the entrance, and once we've clambered around on that hilly territory, it's great to go back to the street and have a hot, greasy merguez sausage sandwich at one of those cheapo places nearby for a couple of euro.
