Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Good Market (which also means 'bargain' in French) is the Left Bank's chic one-
stop shop.
Information
Paris Convention & Visitors Bureau ( www.parisinfo.com ; 25-27 rue des Pyramides, 1er;
Pyramides; 9am-7pm Jun-Oct, 10am-7pm Mon-Sat & 11am-7pm Sun Nov-May) Main tourist
office with a clutch of smaller centres elsewhere in the city.
Getting There & Away
Air
Aéroport d'Orly (ORY; 39 50, 01 70 36 39 50; www.aeroportsdeparis.fr ) Older
and smaller of Paris' two major airports, 18km south of the city.
Aéroport Roissy Charles de Gaulle (CDG; 39 50, 01 70 36 39 50;
www.aeroportsdeparis.fr ) Three terminal complexes - Aérogare 1, 2 and 3 - 30km
northeast of Paris in the suburb of Roissy.
Aéroport Beauvais (BVA; 08 92 68 20 66; www.aeroportbeauvais.com ) Used by
charter companies and budget airlines, 80km north of Paris.
Train
Gare d'Austerlitz Offline map ( bd de l'Hôpital, 13e; Gare d'Austerlitz) Trains to/from
Spain and Portugal; Loire Valley and non-TGV trains to southwestern France (eg Bordeaux
and Basque Country).
Gare de l'Est Offline map ( bd de Strasbourg, 10e; Gare de l'Est) Luxembourg, parts of
Switzerland (Basel, Lucerne, Zurich), southern Germany (Frankfurt, Munich) and points fur-
ther east; regular and TGV Est trains to areas of France east of Paris (Champagne, Alsace
and Lorraine).
Gare de Lyon Offline map ( bd Diderot, 12e; Gare de Lyon) Parts of Switzerland (eg
Bern, Geneva, Lausanne), Italy and points beyond; regular and TGV Sud-Est and TGV Midi-
Méditerranée trains to areas southeast of Paris, including Dijon, Lyon, Provence, the Côte
d'Azur and the Alps.
Gare Montparnasse Offline map ( av du Maine & bd de Vaugirard, 15e; Montparnasse Bi-
envenüe) Brittany and places en route from Paris (eg Chartres, Angers, Nantes); TGV At-
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