The Eiffel Tower is one of the most popular sightseeing destinations in Paris. Queues to go up can be long making it sensible to buy elevator tickets online in advance. Annually around 7 million visitors go up the Tour Eiffel in Paris. This is around 20,000 visitors per day making it very sensible to buy tickets in advance to skip queues. Tickets are available online … [Read more...]
Transportation by RER Train or Car to the Château, Estate, & Park
Getting to Versailles with its palace (chateau) and formal gardens is easy from Paris by bus tour, RER train C5, or by car for a great day trip to a top sight in France.
The palace of Versailles is arguably the best-known chateau in France. Getting to Versailles from downtown Paris is easy by tour … [Read more...] Top sights such as the Anne Frank House, Sagrada Familia, and The Last Supper require advance online reservations while timeslots are sensible for the Louvre, Eiffel Tower, Vatican Museum, Alhambra and the Reichstag.
Queuing for tickets is a thing of the past at several of Europe’s top tourist sights. At some, including the Anne Frank Huis and Van Gogh Museum in … [Read more...] Time-slot tickets for the Eiffel Tower are almost essential and a good deal to see the Louvre Museum. Guided tours cut the lines at the Palace of Versailles.
The Eiffel Tower in Paris is best seen on advance purchase tickets with time-slot reservations. Lines are often endless with no guarantee of ascending the tower without skip-the-line tickets. Time-slot reservations … [Read more...] Skip-the-line timeslot tickets for the Louvre Museum are best bought online. Guided tours also give fast-track admission to the Mona Lisa.
Specific time-slot, skip-the-line tickets are the only sensible way to visit Louvre Museum in Paris. Lines at the Louvre are notoriously long making the small surcharge for these online fast-track tickets a very good bargain and … [Read more...] High-speed TGV Lyria trains transport travelers in three hours from Paris-Gare de Lyon in France to Basel and in four hours to Zurich in Switzerland.
TGV Lyria trains often provide the fastest and cheapest transportation from Paris-Gare de Lyon to Basel and Zurich in Switzerland. Six trains per day travel from Paris to Basel in three hours and continue to reach Zurich in … [Read more...] RER and Métro trains with bus or ORLYVAL combinations are good public transportation alternatives to Le Bus Direct (previously Les Cars Air France) for travel to Aéroport Paris-Orly ORY.
Getting to Aéroport d’Orly (ORY) from downtown Paris is possible by public transportation using buses or the ORLYVAL to RER and Metro train stations. However, public transportation from Orly … [Read more...] Roissybus shuttles link Paris-Opera and CDG, Le Bus Direct coaches go to Etoile, Eiffel Tower, Montparnasse, and Orly, and Noctielien night buses to Gare du Nord & De l’Est.
Getting to Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) from downtown Paris is easy by bus or rail. RER train line B is generally the fastest public transportation to Charles de Gaulle but many travelers prefer … [Read more...] Le Bus Direct (previously Les Cars Air France) are luxury airport shuttle buses that provide easy transportation from downtown Paris to Aéroport Orly (ORY) and Charles de Gaulle (CDG). The Le Bus Direct coaches usually run when trains are on strike!
Getting to Paris’s two main airports Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Orly (ORY) always seems a bit more complicated and complex … [Read more...] Getting to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) is easiest and cheap using suburban train RER Ligne B between downtown and the aéroport.
RER suburban train line B is often the best public transportation between downtown Paris and Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG). Getting to the airport from Paris by RER train is relatively cheap and fast as the train does not get stuck in … [Read more...] Getting to CDG by RER Train or Bus (Le Bus Direct / Les Cars Air France, Roissybus, Noctilien)
Getting to Charles de Gaulle Airport from Paris or Val d'Europe (Euro Disneyland) is easiest by RER train or by bus (Le Bus Direct / Les Cars Air France, Roissybus, Noctilien, VEA Shuttle).
Ground transportation to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) from downtown Paris, Paris … [Read more...] Flixbus, Oui Bus, Eurolines and Alsa long-distance intercity coaches are by far the cheapest way to travel between London and Paris. Deals as cheap as €15 are common.
Long-distance intercity buses continue to compete with Eurostar trains and airlines when traveling between London and Paris. Although coaches are much slower than the high-speed trains, ticket prices are … [Read more...]Day Tripping from Paris to the Palace of Versailles
Top European Tourist Sights Require Online Advance Reservations
Paris: Buy Skip-the-Line Tickets for the Eiffel Tower, Louvre and Versailles
Louvre Museum, Paris: Tips on Buying Skip-the-Line Tickets and Guided Tours
Fast TGV Lyria Trains from Paris to Basel & Zurich
By RER, Metro Trains, and Bus to Paris-Orly Airport (ORY)
Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport Shuttles, Le Bus Direct & Coach Links
Le Bus Direct Shuttle Buses to Paris Airports ORY & CDG
Cheap RER Line B Train to Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)
Cheap Transportation to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport
Cheap Buses from London to Paris
