Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Top End:
over €250
Historic luxury hotels
Gastronomic restaurants
Designer boutiques
The sky is the limit!
Advance Planning
Two months before
Book accommodation, organise opera, ballet or cabaret tickets and
make reservations for high-end/popular restaurants.
Two weeks before
Sign up for a free, local-led tour, book a sightseeing balloon 'flight' and
start narrowing down your choice of museums, pre-purchasing tickets online where possible.
Two days before
Pack your comfiest shoes!
Useful Websites
Lonely Planet
(
www.lonelyplanet.com/paris
) Destination information, bookings, traveller for-
um and more.
Paris Info
(
www.parisinfo.com
) Comprehensive tourist-authority website.
Secrets of Paris
(
www.secretsofparis.com
) Loads of resources and reviews.
Paris by Mouth
(
http://parisbymouth.com
)
Foodie heaven.
My Little Paris
(
www.mylittleparis.com
) Little-known local treasures.
Arriving in Paris
Charles de Gaulle Airport
Trains (RER), buses and night buses to the city centre
€5.70-17.50; taxi around €50-65.
Orly Airport
Trains (Orlyval then RER), buses and night buses to the city centre
€7.50-12.50; T7 tram to Villejuif-Louis Aragon then metro to centre (€3.40); taxi around
€40-65.
Beauvais Airport
Buses (€17) to Porte Maillot then metro (€1.70); taxi at least €100 (prob-
ably more than the cost of your flight!).
Gare du Nord Train Station
Within central Paris; served by metro (€1.70).
