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FARES AND PASSES
Tickets can be bought in carnets of ten from any
station or tabac showing a green métro ticket sign; the cost is ?8.38, as
opposed to ?1.23 for a single ticket. Only one ?1.23 billet is ever
needed per journey on the métro system. It's also valid for any journey within
zones 1 and 2 on the RER or by bus, but you cannot switch between buses or
between bus and métro/RER on the same ticket. Night buses require separate
tickets costing ?2.29 each, unless you have a weekly or monthly travel pass. For
RER journeys beyond zones 1 and 2, you must buy an RER ticket; visitors often
get caught out, for instance, when they take the RER instead of the métro to La
Défense. Children under four travel free and from four to ten at half
price.
Be sure to keep your ticket until the end of your journey: you'll be charged a
stiff fine on the spot if you can't produce one.
If you've arrived early in the week and are staying three days or more, it
may be more economical to obtain a photocard, the Carte Orange (you'll
need a passport photo - available from the booths in the main stations), with a
weekly travelcard, known as a coupon hebdomadaire ; you'll probably want
one for zones 1 and 2 to cover the city and inner suburbs. Costing ?12.50, the
zone 1 and 2 version is valid for an unlimited number of journeys from Monday
morning to Sunday evening, and is on sale at all métro stations and
tabacs. You can only buy a travelcard for the current week until
Wednesday; from Thursday you buy a coupon to begin the following Monday.
You need to write your Carte Orange number on the travelcard. There's
also a monthly pass ( mensuel ), costing ?42.53, for zones 1 and 2. A
word of warning: the Carte Orange is technically for Île de France
residents only, though most clerks will sell you one as a visitor.
Other options include the Paris Visites , 1-, 2-, 3- and 5-day
visitors' passes at ?7.62, ?12.20, ?18.29 and ?25.91 for Paris and inner
suburbs, or ?15.24, ?26.68, ?37.34 and ?45.73 to include the airports,
Versailles and Disneyland Paris (make sure you buy this one when you arrive at
Roissy Charles de Gaulle or Orly to get maximum value). A children's version is
available at half price for 1, 2 or 3 days. The main advantage of Paris
Visites passes is that, unlike the coupon hebdomadaire , whose
validity runs unalterably from Monday to Sunday, they can begin on any day. They
also allow you discounts at certain monuments, museums, shops and restaurants.
Both the Carte Orange and the Paris Visites entitle you to
unlimited travel (in the zones you have chosen) on bus, métro, RER, SNCF
and the Montmartre funicular. On the métro you put the coupon through the
turnstile slot, but make sure you return it to its plastic folder. On the bus
you show the whole carte to the driver as you board - you don't put it
into the punching machine.
A mobilis day pass is also available, taking in all forms of
RATP transport (from ?4.57 for the city, ?10.67 to include the outer suburbs and
airports).
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