Best travel ticket for Paris

[thenorthern]

I am going to Paris for a couple of days and I was wondering what the best type of ticket to get is if the Navigo pass or a day ticket is better and which one is cheaper?

Thank you to anyone who can help.

 

[route101]

I am going to Paris for a couple of days and I was wondering what the best type of ticket to get is if the Navigo pass or a day ticket is better and which one is cheaper?

Thank you to anyone who can help.

When i went i got a 2 day ticket was 38 euros , a bit steep but not so when its like 20 euros return on the RER to CDG as i was staying at CDG.

 

[CC 72100]

Navigo pass is best if you can get one - 20 euros a week (note calendar week, not 7 days) and unlike the Mobilis day ticket it does include CDG. I imagine route101 bought a Paris Visite which is again a day (or multi-day) ticket but this time does include access to CDG.

 

[Billy A]

I am going to Paris for a couple of days and I was wondering what the best type of ticket to get is if the Navigo pass or a day ticket is better and which one is cheaper?

Thank you to anyone who can help.

I generally just buy a carnet of ten tickets for €11.90 which lasts me a couple of days. Three tickets will take you to or from CDG if you've the time to take the regular city bus, no 350.

 

[CC 72100]

Carnets for métro gives you metro, bus journey or RER in Paris city (zone 1)... are you sure you reached CDG on a carnet ticket given that a single to the airport is 10 euros itself?

 

[Billy A]

Carnets for métro gives you metro, bus journey or RER in Paris city (zone 1)... are you sure you reached CDG on a carnet ticket given that a single to the airport is 10 euros itself?

Certainly, I've done it several times!
Like I said, three tickets (because three zones) and bus no 350. It travels between Gare de l'Est and CDG with a diversion in and around the industrial estates near the airport so it's not a quick journey. When you land at CDG you just take the shuttle to the bus station, I think it's terminal 2. It also stops at one of the doors of Terminal 1 but I can never remember which one.

 

[dutchflyer]

Can even be done for 2 tickets-1 for metro and one for (limited service) a local bus to airport from some out of the way metro station (sorry, have no details here at hand)-this line mostly serves all the freight etc. areas in airport area, but you can connect to some free shuttle. Of course: the lower the price, the more discomfort.
ORLY is now very easy: metro+tram.
In LONdon the cheapest way centre to LHR is by nightbus-just the usual 1,50.

 

[route101]

Certainly, I've done it several times!
Like I said, three tickets (because three zones) and bus no 350. It travels between Gare de l'Est and CDG with a diversion in and around the industrial estates near the airport so it's not a quick journey. When you land at CDG you just take the shuttle to the bus station, I think it's terminal 2. It also stops at one of the doors of Terminal 1 but I can never remember which one.

Used that 350 service , i thought it was a very frequent service but it stopped early .

 

[fishter]

I am going to Paris for a couple of days and I was wondering what the best type of ticket to get is if the Navigo pass or a day ticket is better and which one is cheaper?

Thank you to anyone who can help.

I wrote a blog post on this after I moved to Paris:
https://housewithshutters.wordpress.com/2017/05/10/public-transport-good-bad-ugly/

I travel daily on the suburban train and tram services and most weekends on the city-centre Metro or bus services. I have an annual Navigo, but my wife and children use carnet tickets. I wrote the blog post as a guide for friends and family coming to visit us - if there are any inaccuracies, please let me know and I will update.