France QRD : Paris

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Public Transportations

Métro, Bus and RER (Réseau Express Régional) are operated by the RATP (Régie Autonome des Transports Parisiens). Métro and RER trains run from 5:30am to 12:45am. Night buses (Noctambus) run hourly from Chatelet from 1:30am to 5am.

Tickets sold by ten are cheaper (44F) than by one (7,50F); the carte orange is a week (Monday to Sunday) or month (1st to last day of the month) pass; an ID photo is needed; price depends on the number of travel zones.

Telephone: 08 36 68 77 14 (2,19 F/mn) -- Minitel: 3615 RATP (1,27 F/mn)

Railway stations

National railways are operated by the SNCF.

Gare d'Austerlitz
7, boulevard de l'Hopital
75013 Paris
Tel: 01 45 84 14 18
Gare de l'Est
place du 11 Novembre 1918
75010 Paris
Tel: 01 42 05 15 12
Gare de Lyon
place Louis Armand
75012 Paris
Tel: 01 40 19 60 00
Gare Montparnasse
17, boulevard Vaugirard
75015 Paris
Tel: 01 40 48 10 00
Gare du Nord
18, rue Dunkerque
75010 Paris
Tel: 01 49 95 10 00

Airports

Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport
Tel: 01 48 62 22 80
23 km north east of Paris, with two terminals (1 and 2 : 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D) and a railway interconnection with the TGV
From the airport to downtown :
- Air France Bus :~ 40 F, every 15-20', journey time 30' to 60' to Paris-Porte Maillot depending on the traffic.
- RER B : 45 F, every 15', 35' to Gare du Nord ; from Terminal 1, take the free shuttle to the railway station Roissy-1 ; from Terminal 2, walk to the station Roissy-2
- RATP RoissyBus : to Opéra
- RATP Bus 351 : to Nation RER Station
- RATP Bus 350 : to Gare de l'Est
Orly airport
Tel: 01 48 84 52 52
14 km south of Paris, with two terminals (Sud, Ouest)
From the airport to downtown:
- Air France Bus: 40FF, 30' to 45' depending on the traffic. The shuttle will drop you at Montparnasse or Invalides
- OrlyVal shuttle to Antony, then RER B to downtown: 52 FF, every 15'
- OrlyBus: 30FF, to Denfert-Rochereau RER station

Embassies and consular services

Here is a list of a few consular services in Paris :

Canada Tel: 01 44 43 32 00
Belgium Tel: 01 43 80 61 00
Germany Tel: 01 42 99 78 00
Italy Tel: 01 45 20 78 22
Netherlands Tel: 01 43 06 61 88
Spain Tel: 01 47 23 03 32
UK Tel: 01 42 66 38 10
USA Tel: 01 42 96 12 02

[Other countries]

Telephone

Most public phones work only with cards ("télécartes", with 50 or 120 units) which are sold in tobacco shops, post offices and France Télécom stores.

For international calls, dial 00 followed by the code of the country called. Within France, dial the 10-digit number, including the leading 0; from abroad, omit it.

Emergencies

For medical emergencies, dial 18 (fire/paramedic services). Ambulances can be contacted by dialing 15 (SAMU, Service d'Aide Médicale Urgente), police by dialing 17. Doctors can be reached at 47 07 77 77 or 43 37 77 77 (SOS Médecins).

Hostels

Centrale de Réservations (FUAJ-HI) provides same-day reservations in one of their affiliated youth hostels or budget hotels; it is open daily from 8am to 10pm, 4, boulevard Jules Ferry, métro République, Tel: 01 43 57 02 60.

Hostelling International (HI)

There are three HI hostels in Paris, called Auberge de Jeunesse; the member price is about 100F. Reservations can be made through the Web.

Jules Ferry
8, boulevard Jules Ferry, 75011 Paris
Tel: 01 43 57 55 60
Le d'Artagnan
80, rue Vitruve, 75020 Paris
Tel: 43 61 08 75
Y.H. Cité des Sciences
24 rue des 7 arpents
93310 Le Pré Saint Gervais
Y.H. Léo Lagrange
107 rue Martre
92110 Clichy

Hôtel des Jeunes (MIJE)

Housing in fine "hotels particuliers" of the Marais (4th arr.); about 110F per person, open 6am-1am, lockout 12pm-4pm, no reservation ; come early.

Le Fauconnier
11, rue du Fauconnier, 75004 Paris
Tel: 01 42 74 23 45
Le Fourcy
6, rue de Fourcy, 75004 Paris
Tel: 01 42 74 23 45
Maubuisson
12, rue des Barres, 75004 Paris
Tel: 01 42 74 23 45

Centre International de Paris (BVJ)

Open 6am - 2am daily; rooms available after 2:30pm. Doubles, triples, and quads 110F per person, including breakfast; singles (except at Paris Louvre) are 120F per person. No reservations; telephone or come by 8am.

Paris Louvre
20, rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 75001 Paris, métro Louvre
Tel: 01 42 36 88 18
Paris Opéra
11 rue Thérèse, 75001 Paris, métro Pyramides
Tel: 01 42 60 77 23
Paris Les Halles
5, rue du Pélican, 75001 Paris, métro Palais Royal
Tel: 01 40 26 92 45
Paris Quartier Latin
44, rue des Bernardins, 75005 Paris, métro Maubert-Mutualité
Tel: 01 43 29 34 80

Money

Banks are open from Monday to Friday from 9am to 4 or 5pm. Exchange offices are open seven days a week and have better hours. Paris has many automatic teller machines which take international credit cards, 24 hours a day. But be careful on week-ends, many machines can run out of money quickly.

IDs

We recommend that you always have your passport or an ID card on you; recent amendments to the law require all persons to present identification whenever called on to do so by police officers.

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