rental car in Paris

Will be in France foe 8 days in Aug. Traveling from Rennes to Paris , will be in Paris for 3 nights at the end of our trip and will be leaving from CDG airport. Should I get rid of the car when I arrive in Paris or hold on to it? I see no mention of parking at any of the hotels on TA. Thanks

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I suggest you ditch the car once you get to Paris. Parking is very limited and driving in the city is not the best thing to do. Some hotels do offer parking but it must be an arrangement they have with a garage near the properties. The hotels themselves don%26#39;t have parking garages as they are small hotels unless perhaps it is a deluxe properties which I%26#39;m not sure if they have onsite garages also.

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no real use for a car in paris -- terrible to park -- expensive -- this city may have the best public transport of any in the world -- and you will probably want to walk most places anyway

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We found a hotel (Bestwestern) in the 13 e that charged us 16 euros per day last year.

You really do not need a car in Paris the traffic can be heavy and the parking is hard to get.

Do you plan to drive to Versaille or outside the city? Only then will you need the car.

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It depends how you are at driving. My ambition is to hire a car and drive around the Arc de Triomphe :o)

Probably best to leave it at the airport if you don%26#39;t like driving in busy cities with seemingly randomly applied driving laws.

It%26#39;s not as bad as Rome though!

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Traffic is terrible in Paris, except in August. Traffic is very light and you can park for free on street level.

You don%26#39;t really need a car to visit the city center. But if you want to go outside Paris, or drive around the Arc de Triomphe like Tiggertigger, you may want to keep your car.

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Thanks for the info%26gt;

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bump

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