Names of metro stops

Hi... I need help

I%26#39;m going to paris next week, and I would like to know the names of my metro/RER stops ahead of time.

(1) How to get from CDG airport to Argentine-metro

(2) how to get from Argentine to Paris-Nord station-ReR

(3)how to get from paris-nord to CDG airport.

This will save me a lot of time, and worry

Merci

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Hi shawana80

I%26#39;m sure there are experts who could answer this better, but since nobody has yet, I had a look at the metro map at www.ratp.info/orienter/f_plan_ang.php… and this is how it looks to me:

(1) Take RER-B in the direction of Robinson/Saint-Remy-les-Chevreuse to Chatelet-les Halles, change to Metro line 1 in the direction of La Defense to Argentine.

(2) The opposite way back again - Metro line 1 direction Chateau de Vincennes to Chatelet-lesHalles, change to RER-B in the direction of CDG - Gare du Nord is a station on that line (OR change to RER-D direction Orry-la-Ville/Coye - Gare du Nord is on that line too).

(3) RER-B direction CDG

As I said, there may be better ways to do it - this looks OK to me. Some of the changes will require long walks and a lot of looking out for signs pointing in the right direction, but as long as you keep your eyes open, you should be OK.

Penny

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Hi Penny

Nice to see a fellow Australian participating on TA Paris - there seem to be more and more of us these days!

Your suggestion looks about right to me too by RER B from CDG as Shawana requested. If Shawana was not intending to travel via RER she could also take the Air France Bus to Charles de Gaulle Etoile (Arc de Triomphe) and either taxi to her hotel or metro to Argentine in the direction you indicated.

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Hey thanks a lot for your replies..

Can i take the air france shuttle even if i%26#39;m not traveling on air france? if so how much is the ride?

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Hi Shawarna

Anyone can take the Air France shuttle (a lot of people assume like you did that you have to travel Air France BTW) and it is 13 Euros one way to Arc de Triomphe or 20 Euros return I believe, so a little more expensive than the RER and metro at about 8 Euros to 8.5 Euros each way (but simpler I think)

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It%26#39;s simple enough to use the %26#39;..ITINÉRAIRE..%26#39; fature of the main RATP web site to plot routes from station-to-station (Déprt-to-Arrivée) throughout the system...get detailed instruction and direction as well as detailed local street maps for the neighborhoods of arrival stations.

RATP--

http://www.ratp.fr/

And anyone may avail themselves of the Les Cars Air France Coach shutrtle system--

http://www.airfrance.com/double6/passage2.nsf/(LookupPublishedWeb)/en-EXCDG-CarsAF?OpenDocument#

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hi, regarding the air france shuttle bus - does the return ticket allow you to return on a different day, ie an open return?

thanks in advance

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Well, just examine the network map for the metro/RER in Paris.

The white circles/ovals mean the lines have a shared station and you can transfer there. The solid dots mean it%26#39;s a station but no connections to other lines.

Learn to use the %26#39;itinerary%26#39; feature in the transportation website at

www.ratp.fr

For CDG, you need to know which terminals are involved with your airline b/c there are two stops for CDG (one at terminal 2 and one a short ride away by %26#39;tram%26#39; at terminal 1).

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%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;hi, regarding the air france shuttle bus - does the return ticket allow you to return on a different day, ie an open return?%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;

It%26#39;s a simple %26#39;..open return..%26#39;...for any coach on that Les Cars Air France route..from either of the pick-up points for that route...any time...any day.

Les CARS AIR FRANCE Coach Info--

http://www.airfrance.com/double6/passage2.nsf/(LookupPublishedWeb)/en-EXCDG-CarsAF?OpenDocument#

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Good restaurant for a birthday celebration?

I%26#39;m headed to Paris next week for work - staying all the way out in La Defense. My husband is joining and it%26#39;s his birthday while we%26#39;re there, so I%26#39;d love some recommendations for restaurants that are a quick taxi or Metro ride from La Defense...Would love something great, small, local, and not ridiculously expensive (maybe around 30 euros per person or so?) Thanks in advance!

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I celebrated my 50th birthday in Paris. We have been home for one week and really miss paris.

We dined at Bergamote. Thier webside is www.bergamote.org.

It was very good food and quite reasonable for Paris. Very firendly staff . We liked it so much we went back again the day before we left Paris.

Enjoy !!!!

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Chateu des Ormeaux Amboise to Hotel Le Blason

Does anybody know how to get from one hotel to the other for a non-driver? Is a taxi the only option? Travelling on a budget but would like to spend one night in the Chateau!

Thanks in advance.

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A taxi is your only option. The bus does not go past the chateau.

vegetarian restaurants/ cafes in Carcassonne

any body know if there are any veggie cafes/restaurants/places that do veggie meals?

Also, for a day trip. which is easiest to get to by train

Perpignan or Toulouse?

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When are you travelling to Carcassonne ? My sister-in- law is vegetarian and has owned a property in Carcassonne for 4 years, she may know.

Not sure about the second part of your question although I think they are equi -distant from Carcassonne.

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Hello

Im a veggie and have been going to resturants for years in and a round carcassonne as we have a place out there and I have never been into a resturant yet where they havnt been able to feed me well, its usally quite basic vegetarian food pasta with tom sauce, pizzas, salads, veg stews, cheeses, omeletts ect but its always tasty . Try to learn a few french words about food to explain what you want and you wil find most people very helpful. The markets sell lovely fresh breads chesse salads olives ect that we find we pick up a bad full and some wine and go and sit by the canal or the lake near us as its so muc nicer than a busy resturant in the heat of the summer and so much more romantic .....................!

Hope you enjoy your holiday out there take a walk down the canal its a lovely way to spend a day .

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gare du nord to the ecole militaire area (rue du champs)

Any idea how to get by metro (train) from the GARE DU NORD to the Rue du Champs area ???

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Rue du Champs is an in-exact destination.....but if you mean %26#39;..rue du Champs du Mars..%26#39; in the 7eme--Invalides / Eclole Militaire / Tour Eiffel area (the Hôtel du Champ de Mars??) as the saying goes, %26quot;..Ya%26#39; can%26#39;t get there from here (by Metro) ; ya%26#39; gotta%26#39; go somewhere else to start...%26quot; That is to say there isn%26#39;t a direct route by Metro. You would need to take the #4 Metro from GARE du NORD (heading in the direction of Porte d%26#39; Orleans) to STRASBOURG-SAINT DENIS , then switch to the #8 Metro ligne (heading in the direction of Balard) to ECOLE MILITAIRE station. Rue du Champ de Mars is acouple of blocks north of the station , along Ave Bosquet.

Perhaps the best way (certainly the most scenic) is to simply take the #42 public bus route (heading in the direction of Hôpital EuropéenGeorges Pompidou), from it%26#39;s starting point at GARE du NORD to the bus stop at the corner of Ave da la Bourdonnais %26amp; Ave. Joseph Bouvard (just sout of the Eiffel Tower, along the Champ de Mars) and walk the 4-5 blocks. The #42 bus route will take you on a %26#39;..mini-tour..%26#39; of Paris...along the Blvd. Haussmann shopping area, around Place de la Opéra and the Garnier Opéra, around place de la Madeleine and Église Madeleine, through Place de la Concorde, up the lower Champs Élysés, across the Seine at Pont d%26#39; Alma, along the Left Bank quais to and around a tall, pointy, cast-iron construction (it has a name, I%26#39;m sure) that many visitors seem to find amusing for some reason, to the stop along Champ du Mars.

#42 BUS ROUTE--

www.ratp.info/orienter/f_plan.php…

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Thank you so much - so detailed and helpful.... Think that the bus will encounter alot of traffic on a Saturday around 10:00am ? How long would it take by bus ? By Metro (with the changes, etc.) ???

Also - since you%26#39;re so helpful.... What%26#39;s the best way for an adult and child (15) to get the best fares ? Read about a 10 ticket carnet. Will only be there for two days (but need 4 just getting to and from the train station). Your advice ?

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The Metro transfer would take approx. 25-30 mins from GARE du NORD to ECOLE MILITAIRE. The #42 bus transfer would take at least 35 mins from GARE du NORD to the stop at Ave. de la Bourdonnais %26amp; Ave. Joseph Bouvard.

In practical terms...the potential time difference between Metro and #42 bus isn%26#39;t all that much (but there%26#39;s no accounting for surface traffic)...and when you factor in the %26#39;..mini-tour..%26#39; you%26#39;ll get across Paris upon arrival...probably won%26#39;t even be noticed.

For your public transportation need for a two day visit, your best bet will probably be CARMETs (booklets of 10 reduced price tickets--11 €) as necessary will probably be your best bet. If you want simple %26#39;..hop-on / hop-off..%26#39; conveneince to ALL public transportation (RER, regular Metro, Bus, Tram, Funicular, NightBus) within the City of Paris, then you should consider purchasing one-calendar-day (valid from First Train in the AM until Last Train in the PM on day of useage) MOBILIS Zone 1-2 (5,50 €) transportation passes. It%26#39;s probably pretty much a toss-up--cost vs. convenience--either way.

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Gare du Nord to Latin Quarter

Bonjour,

We will be arriving from London at Gare du Nord. The apartment we are renting is on Rue Victor Cousin, it seems the nearest metro is Luxemburg in the Latin Quarter. Can anyone tell me the best way to get to our apartment from Gare du Nord? There will be five of us with luggage.

Thanks for any input

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Have you considered purchasing a Paris street map? They are usually pretty detailed. And many of them are now waterproof and can fold up to be pretty small. I did that in Rome last year and found our place with no problem.

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Your best bet is probably going to be to walk to the end of your EUROSTAR arrival platform at Gare du Nord turn RIGHT and wak=lk straigt ahead until you come to the regular TAXI rank there and take a mini-nav type taxi directly to your apartment. The regular taxi fare would ordinarily be approx 12 €...but you will have to add official surcharges to the metered fare of 2,70 € ea. for the 4th %26amp; 5th passengers, plus 1 € per bag after the (1st).

The public transportation alternative is to turn LEFT at the end of the Eurostar arrival platform and walk straight ahead until you come to the entrances for the RER %26amp; Metro portion of the Gare du Nord station compex on the lower levels and take the RER %26#39;B%26#39; ligne, three stations to LUXEMBOURG (ride the last cars of the train so that you are closest to the station exits at Blvd. Saint Michel / rue Gay Lussac--near Place Edmond Rostand--to avoid unnecessary back-tracking) From here your apartment will be a anywhere from 1 1/2-to-3 blocks away on foot.

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We just did this... but the other way around. We took a taxi from our apartment in the latin quarter to Gard du Nord. It was easy and pretty inexpensive... and worth every penny. Door to door and no stairs.

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Thanks for all the replies. Will print up information and take with me. We%26#39;ll decide when we get there whether to catch a taxi or hop on a metro. Merci

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While you%26#39;re at it, enter the address of your apartment into the PagesJaunes mapping site and print out a detailed local street map of the immediate area (including the LUXEMBOURG RER station location) and carry it with you. You can either show it to a taxi driver to indicate the exact address and location of your apartment....or use is as an aide memoire to find your way from RER station exits to your front door.

If you also use the %26#39;..PLAN de QUARTIER..%26#39; feature of the main RATP web site and enter LUXEMBOURG as your %26#39;.Station..%26#39; you can also generate a detailed local street map with the exact locations of the station Entrances / Exits. If you take some time to %26#39;..tinker..%26#39; with and poke around within these sites, you%26#39;ll also find other practical resourece within them that you may find useful.

PAGES JAUNES--

http://www.pagesjaunes.fr/pj.cgi?lang=en

RATP--

http://www.ratp.fr/

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Hi, we just got back from Paris and did the same thing on Eurostar. My suggestion would be take a taxi (probably 2 for 5 people, they are small) , there will be a taxi line outside the station, Taxis in Paris are failry cheap but a little hard to get, but they will be available at the station. When we arrived the line was quite long, so there were limos offerring transportation for 95 euro, what a ripoff, we took a taxi and it ended up more like 12 euro.

The metro is very good for getting around but takes a day to get use to and typically does not have lifts so you would be in a postion of hauling luggage up and down stairs. We took a taxi from eurostar and to cdg but use the metro the remainder of the time for sight seeing.

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Versailles from the Rue du Rivoli. (Hotel Brighton)

Can I ask for someone%26#39;s assistance in getting directions from the Hotel Brighton on Rue du Rivoli to Versailles?

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I forget where on the Rue de Rivoli the Brighton is (I know I passed it on our trip last week) but you want to get to the Bd. du Palace bridge and walk south on it to the RER station (so you might want to take the 1 Metro to Chatelet stop). Anyway, on the south side of the bridge (left bank, not the cite) you%26#39;ll find two entrances to the RER station. The one on the west side is automated (meaning you need to have your train ticket in hand). The one on the east side will lead you to a booth to buy your tickets to Versailles. Take the RER C with a %26#39;V%26#39; on the front.

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Hello, stayed at that hotel two years ago ,, and went to Versailles. First staff there are most helpful,, they will give directions so don%26#39;t panic.

They told me ( much as above post) to walk across bridge, to the Invalids%26quot; RER station and take train from there, which is exactly what we did! We went on a sunday, so unfortunately we had to use the ticket machines as the manned kiosks were closed,, but we managed, ( with some help from some British tourists) . OUr CC would not work in the machine( not micro chipped?) so the British couple bought our ticket and we just gave them cash.

Have fun, it is a nice hotel( hope you got a view room it is awesome!), and the trip to Versailles is wonderful.

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Thank you. We plan on visiting Versailles on a Sunday so we will probably have them same issue with the CC. Will it only take CC? Also after buying the ticket I assume it is fairly self explanitory? Is the stop called Versailles? Or how will we know when to get off? Do we change trains or is it straight? Sorry, I am a bit of metro newbie!!

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Cut across or around the Jardin des Tuileries (that large park directly across the street from your hotel) and cross the Seine at Passerelle Solferino or Pont Royal and take the RER %26#39;C-5%26#39; ligne (heading in the direction of Versailles-Rive Gauche) from the MUSÉE d%26#39;ORSAY RER station out in front of the museum or across the Seine at Pont de la Concorde and take the RER %26#39;C%26#39;5%26#39; ligne (heading in the direction of Versailles-Rive Gauche) from either INVALIDES or MUSÉE d%26#39; ORSAY RER stations.

For the rest follow the numerous detailed instructions / directions for getting to and from CHATEAU de VERSAILLES that can be found here (just about every 15 minutes...or so it seems).

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machines only take European credit cards -- in the stations, at the Louvre, at the gas pump --- so it might be easier just to buy the ticket a day or two ahead when you are out and about

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Thanks to both of you. I have copied your intructions into my itinerary and I will be sure to buy the tickets for the train ahead of time. Do these tickest also allow me the option of buying my pass into Versailles so I can avoid the ques?

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%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;Do these tickest also allow me the option of buying my pass into Versailles so I can avoid the ques?%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;

YES

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