https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/paris-tourism-trying-out-the-new-paris-passlib.html EuroCheapo editors take on the world of budget travel. Sat, 06 Sep 2025 14:19:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.8.3 https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/paris-tourism-trying-out-the-new-paris-passlib.html#comment-276785 Sat, 02 Apr 2016 04:33:28 +0000 https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=44224#comment-276785 Thanks, Bryan. That saved me a lot of research and calculation.

]]> 44224 276785 2016-04-02 04:33:28 https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/paris-tourism-trying-out-the-new-paris-passlib.html#comment-259778 Wed, 17 Feb 2016 00:47:59 +0000 https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=44224#comment-259778 The Pass’lib is total overkill. Go for the Navigo Découverte like the locals. A week of Metro travel in all five zones in Paris costs about 22 euros. You have to buy a card for 5 euros, and provide a small (3 cm x 2.5 cm) photo. You can get the card at the RER booth at CDG airport. It’s good for the trip from CDG to the center of Paris, the busses and trams. Much better deal. One caveat:I have heard of foreigners being hassled to get the Paris Visite, but legally they have to sell you the Découverte. Fares go from Monday am to Sunday pm, so you do have to plan your trips. Check it out on the web; sorry, I’m on my phone and don’t have the link. Just look up Navigo and you’ll see what I mean. Love all your tips and hacks!

]]> 44224 259778 2016-02-17 00:47:59 https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/paris-tourism-trying-out-the-new-paris-passlib.html#comment-252076 Fri, 29 Jan 2016 15:02:41 +0000 https://www.eurocheapo.com/blog/?p=44224#comment-252076 Bryan, what a great post this is – I think you listed everything there is to say. As someone living just outside of Paris (a 35′ RER trip to the heart of the City) I can only wholeheartedly agree to everything you said. I got exhausted and out-of-breath just reading all the stuff a visitor MUST do to make the fee work in their favour…. As someone with many, many visitors all the time (it’s so handy for them :)….) I always make sure that everyone comes at least once on a boat-cruise and one of their best loved museums (if they want that). We skip the ET but take the lift to Montparnasse. Or we go on the terrasse of the Galeries Lafayette. A bus tour is only fun if you don’t mind the ‘stink’ of the congested streets and the nerve-wrecking driving of the Parisians – we include always a meal in a typical and very good resto and do a lot of footwork (walking) in little side streets, quiet corners and/or parks and gardens.
Thanks for this excellent post! Highly recommendable to all interested readers.

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