Getting to Paris

Paris is the capital of France and the main transportation hub for all of France.

Airports

There are 2 major airports. Information about both can be found at the website of Airports de Paris website

Aéroport Charles de Gaulle, in Roissy-en-France, 23 km northeast of Paris is the largest airport, with most intercontinental flights arriving and leaving form there

Orly, about 16 km south of Paris has mostly domestic and intra european flights.

The Airports de Paris website and this website give information about getting to and from the airports.

Several discount airlines (including Ryanair) fly to Beauvais, about 60 km north of paris. Click here for information about the Beauvais airport.

Train Stations (Gares)

Most train tickets can be booked directly from the French Railways at http://www.sncf.com Information about trains from the UK can be found at Eurostar and about trains from Benelux at Thalys.

There are 7 major trains stations in Paris:

• Gare Saint Lazare: Normandy.
  Métro: "Saint-Lazare" line 3, 12 & 13.
• Gare Montparnasse: Brittany, Atlantic coast and TGV trains to Southwest France.
  Métro: "Montparnasse-Bienvenüe" line 4,12 & 13
• Gare du Nord: Northern France, Benelux via Thalys links in Brussels and Amsterdam. U.K through the Eurostar.
  Métro: "Gare du Nord" line 4 & 5. RER: line B & D.
• Gare de l'Est: Eastern France and Germany.
  Métro: "Gare de l'Est" line 4,5 & 7.
• Gare de Lyon: South & Southeast of France and Europe.
  Métro: "Gare de Lyon" line 1. RER: line A & D.
• Gare d'Austerlitz: Loire Valley, and ordinary trains to Southwest France, Spain and Portugal.
  Métro: "Gare d'Austerlitz" line 5 & 10. RER line C.
• Gare de Bercy: Trains to Italy.
  Métro: "Bercy" line 14.