Just posting to recommend!!
Me and boyf flew there and back with Easyjet at very good prices and no problems with them at all (in fact, just come back from Amsterdam with them)
We stayed at Hotel Eiffel Rive Gauche (INVALID URL in 7eme, near the Ecole Militaire (about 5 mins walk from the metro stop) and about 10 mins walk from the Eiffel Tower. Our room had a FANTASTIC view of the Eiffel Tower - it was gorgeous. Rooms were on the small side, but really clean and cosy... the hotel staff spoke excellent English, were extremely helpful and patient. They even organised a taxi for us from CDG at a great price. It's in the vicinity of some great restaurants....
We got the metro around, and went to the Cite de Sciences museum (need a good few hours, but good fun), Notre Dame, Pigalle (erotic museum and to see the moulin rouge), Arc de Triomphe (beautiful - no other word), Eiffel Tower (a must), and the Louvre (MASSIVE!)
We then took the RER to Disneyland (retain your ticket cos youll need it to get out the other end - otherwise youll have to pay LOADS) - where we stayed at the Holiday Inn - fantastic..... GREAT value, half the price of Disney hotels - its Circus themed so kids wont even know the difference! Has a shuttle to Disneyland until late at night - well recommended.
Took the VEA shuttle from Holiday Inn back to CDG at a great price...
Would definately return to Paris, loved every minute of it!!!! It even snowed when we went to Disneyland on my birthday (went in Jan) - you cant buy that!!! MAGIC!!
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Also, how easy/hard is it to transfer from the Paris Airport?
I'm under pressure to deliver on this for the missus, so any help will be most appreciated!
Off to Paris soon and staying in above hotel. Anyone stayed or know of it? This will be my first time in Paris. Any restaurant recommendations nearby or any other tips in general would be greatly appreciated.
Does anyone have an absolute favourite restaurant, as the good wife is celebrating yet another birthday while we are in Paris.
We are staying at Camping International, so will be using the train in and out of the city so something fairly central would be great.
In a couple of weeks i am going to Paris with my boyfriend for the first time, we have tickets to see Robbie Williams play at Parc de Princes. Can anyone please give me any tips eg from getting from the airport to the city centre, prices, anything at all would be very helpfull!!
thank you
EDIT: Merged with existing Paris Q&As thread
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In a couple of weeks my boyfriend and I are going to Paris for the first time, also going to see Robbie Williams play at the Parc des Princes. If anyone has any tips on the easiest way to get to the stadium, to and from the airport etc that would be very helpful.
thanks very much
We are going overnight to Paris in December (4 in a family). Is anyone able to recommend a backpacker/hostel in very central Paris that is clean and warm but cheap. Also are most attractions in zone 1-3. Wewill only have time to see the main attractions. Thanks
Have you considered the Ibis or Etap hotels - cheap and convenient.
hi all we have just returned from a fabulous break in paris def go back we did the dinner cruise and it was fab any questions i will do my best to help
What do you think would be the best part of the city to stay in to see all major sites? We'd be there for 3 nights so will want to make the most of it.
Where did you stay?
What are prices for meals and drinks like? I've been told it's expensive and we were after a 'cheapish' city break.
How much do the main attractions costs - Louvre, Effiel Tower etc.
Thanks.
we go to Paris every year for long weekends. Are you flying to CDG or doig Eurostar? If CDG use the Air France coaches form the airport much cheaper than taxis and really not much more inconvenient. If Eurostar then taxis, metro or even walk.
Really wherever you stay isn't much more than a metro ride away and the metro is so much easier than London underground.
As for meals etc, you can get the tourist menus from about 10 euros for 2 sometimes 3 courses. You don't need to pay through the nose. Monmatre can be quite pricey but even that has some decent low cost places to eat. There are several places in the latin quarter (just across from Notre Dame) where you can eat for cheap whether you want french, greek italian french chinese.
Bill
Hi puddleduck2 i prob dont know nearly as much as other people about paris it was our first time, but i will share with you how we made it a budget break but its prob not everyones cup of tea, booked flight and hotel with easyjet stayed at courcelles etoile hotel fairly cheap clean good enough for the time we spent in it, flights were £70 each incl insurance and hotel £80 a night for the room we stayed 2 nights, once arriving a cdg airport got the train 8 euros each for 2x20 mins journeys so i thought that was cheap, hotel right near the stop. booked dinner cruise for that night our 10th anniversary this is the only thing we splashed out on £65 each but well worth it, 15 walk away from the arc de triomphe did this on the aft of our arrival i think it was 8 euros each to go in and you can go to the top, lovely views, next morning walked to the eiffel tower qued 10 mins paid 11 euros each to go to the very top prices vary depending how far up you want to go 11 euros is the max price spent 3 hours on it, bought dinner in a supermarket bread ham cheese crisps water ate in beautiful grounds of the tower. After lunch went down to the quayside and bought a 2 day ticket for the batobus 13 euros each spent rest of time on and off the stops 8 in all, each day we had breakfast on the champs elysee coffee croisant etc at macdonalds beautiful setting great view of the arc, paid home prices about £1 cafe next door equivalent of £5 each, went to subway at lunchtime again you know how much you will pay and pizza hut at tea time, we still felt we had experienced paris because of the location of the restaurants and each time we ate we ate outside at tower, notredam, champs elysee etc and we were afterall there on a budget, we thoroughly enjoyed it, and its surprising how much the level 2 french comes back to you from when at school au revoir
ps meant to say most of the attractions louvre etc seem to all be around the 8 euro mark hope this is of some help have a wonderful time Louise
We bought a 3 day museum pass which was well worth the money. I think we got it from the Tourist Information Centre. We also got a 3 day pass for the Metro which you can also use on the local busses.
we found the taxi boat pass and nicer way to get around the museum pass is great value but we only went in 2 so it was cheaper to pay as we went the rest we appreciated from outside the architecture was amazing and the grounds
Bill - We'd be flying into CDG. I was only fussing about the prices as it'll be our third trip away this year so wanted to keep costs down. To be honest we'd looked at Edinburgh intially but after looking up the cost of train fares it's cheaper to fly to Paris!
Louise - thanks for the info on the attractions.
Luci - as you know I'm a huge fan of the transport passes so we'll definiately get one of them. Do you just pick them up at the metro stations? Also the museum pass sounds good so I'll look into that.
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