drchris

We will be arriving at CDG Terminal 1 at 7:45 am on a Monday morning and would like to schedule the new EasyBus shuttle from Terminal 2 to central Paris. How much time should we allow to clear customs and immigration, transfer from Terminal 1 to Terminal 2, use the ATM, pick up maps and buy a Museum Pass at the TI, and find the place from which the shuttle will be leaving? The EasyBus leaves every half hour.

Does anyone know from which area of Terminal 2 the Easybus leaves? Would the Roissy Bus leaved from the same area?

If we take the RER, does it leave from Terminal 2 and go to Gare du Nord? What would be the easiest metro line from there to Cluny/La Sorbonne, Maubert/Mutualite, Cardinal Lemoine, or Jessieu? We could also walk from St Michel/Notre Dame Metro stop to the hotel.

If we decide to splurge and take a taxi, could we catch one from Terminal 1? If not, from where in Terminal 2?

Thanks for your help!

nytraveler

Depending on how many you are and how much luggage you have a taxi might not be much more than bus or train and then metro.

And yes, you can get taxis at any terminal.

Time for getting from plane to sidewalk is a moving target - depending on how long it takes the plane to get a jetway, how far back you are seated, how many other international flights land at the same time, etc. Coming from the US I have has it take from 35 minutes to more than an hour to get through Immigration - then you need to wait for checked luggage. Customs take about 2 minutes - you just walk thrugh green lane.

Ackislander

This is an eternal question for which, sadly, there is no definite answer. My experience has been roughly like nytraveler's' with two exceptions: (1) some flights don't go to jetways but park at a remote hard stand where you deplane down stairways and take a bus to the terminal and (2) once, when we zipped through immigration, it took a very long time to get our luggage.

None of this will be very useful to you except for making it clear that you should not buy a ticket for a timed bus departure until you get there.

Since you will arrive during rush hour, you may want to have breakfast at CDG and let traffic disperse a bit. Your taxi will be cheaper, the RER less uncomfortable, and the bus quicker.

kerouac

1. From what city is your flight arriving? That makes a lot of difference.
2. The EasyBus arrival point is not really convenient for going to the Latin Quarter. On the other hand, the RER B is direct from CDG to Saint Michel-Notre Dame and also has a Cluny exit directly on boulevard Saint Germain. Besides that, it runs every 10-15 minutes and never gets stuck in traffic.

Rumseydog

Regarding the RER B, there is a station on the tramway between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2 where you can access this train. Refer to this CDG map for the particulars: http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/docs/...g.jpg?sfvrsn=2. Makes access to RER B that much more convenient.

Sarastro

For Terminal 1 arrivals, I would use an ATM there. There is an ATM at the bottom level at la Poste. The CDGVAL departs from this level which you can take to Roissypole from where the RER B departs for Paris. There is no compelling need to go to Terminal 2.

You can purchase a Museum Pass on line and pick it up at the Tourist Office at 25 rue des Pyramides in the 1st without paying for shipping.

If this is your first trip to Paris, consider taking a taxi to your hotel. It will cost around 55€ but it takes all of the worry out of transferring from the airport and it will take you to your hotel´s doorstep. Do not accept offers from clandestine drivers soliciting from within the terminals.

Sarastro

I forgot the Museum Pass link:

http://en.parismuseumpass.com/rub-t-...-of-sale-3.htm

Kathie

We had planned to pick up a museum pass at CDG, but didn't, then found it was faster and easier to buy it in the city, There was a FNAC next door to our hotel - getting the museum pass couldn't have been easier!

We took a taxi in - even at rush hour, the fare was only about 50E.

Christina

Where were you going, Kathie, that the fare was only 50 euro in rush hour, and what year was that? I've spent more than that every one of my last trips to Paris for the last 4-5 years or so, unfortunately. But I go to the Left Bank usually, not near the Seine, either. Well, once it was in the Latin Qtr and it still cost more than that. Once there was an accident on the peripherique and another time various manifestations in central Paris (there is a big one this Thursday that will disrupt traffic in Paris, also).


I'm glad to hear about Easybus, it is really cheap and I'm taking Easyjet this summer. The disadvantage is it only leaves from terminal 2F, sortie 5 (not for me, but OP). Roissybus or the Air France buses makes stops at every terminal (several points in T2, as well as in T1 and T3).

Airports always have taxis at every terminal, when they are big like that.

Jussieu isn't that easy a location to get to easily, without various transfers by any method but airport shuttle van/taxi. I might do the Roissybus to Opera because from there, the metro line is direct to Jussieu and you wouldn't have to get from T1 to T2. hard to say, RER/line 10 may be about the same trouble/time or the Easybus to the Louvre and then line 10 direct to Jussieu. It will be a slog no matter what.

It isn't clear where you are really going since you haven't said and you mention so many stops on line 10. If you are going to Cluny, then sure, do RER. If you are going to Jussieu, then various options, none as easy. I rather doubt most people would want to walk with luggage from Cluny to Jussieu as it is about 1 km.

trvlgirlmq

I'm going to knock on wood here and say I have been very lucky that I spend more time waiting for the bathroom after getting off the plane than waiting my turn to have my passport glanced over with barely a bon jour!

Taxi's are easy but more money. The train station was very easy to find and there is also an ATM at the top of the escalators before descending to the train (it's across from the Sheraton entrance).