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| = Safety =
| | Please see [[Cheap Paris]] |
| I wouldn't say Paris is dangerous for your life.
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| For your goods, read the [https://www.reddit.com/r/paris/comments/3enrqt/jai_dress%C3%A9_une_liste_en_anglais_des_arnaques_les/ list of common scams in Paris].<br>
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| Beware of pickpockets in metro and touristic places. Don't show your expensive smartphone. Hold it strongly with two hands. Don't stay near a door while using it.<br>
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| The most annoying are the young gipsy girls pretending to be deaf, they show you a paper they want you to sign and scam some money, and pickpocket you at the same time.<br>
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| In Montmartre, black guys try to lace a string around your wrist and then ask for payment, just walk away.<br>
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| = Moving =
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| If you have a smartphone, install an offline map app like maps.me, then download Paris/Île-de-France map.
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| ==Metro==
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| http://ratp.fr is the official website
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| (Prices may change regularly, usually once a year)
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| Metro and RER inside Paris is always the same price, 1 ticket. You can use the same ticket changing metro and RER.<br>
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| Tramway and bus also. You can use the same ticket changing tram and bus.<br>
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| But you can't use the same ticket changing metro and bus or tram.
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| 1 metro ticket is 1.80 €<br>
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| 10 metro tickets cost 14.10 €<br>
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| On saturday, sunday and public holidays, people under 26 can buy a day ticket (zone 1-3) for 3.85 €
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| RER outside Paris depends on the zone you go. Versailles is the main touristic thing to see outside of Paris.
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| == Coming from airport ==
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| While you're at the airport, ask for a free Paris paper map at an info booth.
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| === Roissy CDG ===
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| [http://www.ratp.fr/fr/ratp/r_61839/aeroport-roissy-charles-de-gaulle-cdg/ CDG ratp page]<br> | |
| The best option is to take the RER B (9.75 €), then you can take the metro with the same ticket.<br>
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| There is a cheapest way but not worth it, take the bus 350 or 351 that cost 3 tickets and take 1 h 20, then you have to pay a new ticket to take the metro.
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| === Orly ORY ===
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| [http://www.ratp.fr/fr/ratp/r_61836/aeroport-d-orly-ory/ Orly ratp page]<br> | |
| Take tram 7 with one ticket, then take metro 7 with another ticket (then any metro with the same ticket).
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| === Beauvais BVA ===
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| The usual solution is the [http://www.aeroportbeauvais.com/bus.php?lang=eng 17 € bus] that will bring you in Porte Maillot. Then take the metro or walk 1 km to see Arc de Triomphe.<br>
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| Beauvais train station is 5 km from the airport, take an unfrequent bus or walk 1 h.<br>
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| You can try to find a car-sharing on http://blablacar.com around 7-8 € <br>
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| Or even hitchhiking if the weather is good and you have some time, there is an easy spot with a stop sign almost everybody pass by. If it fails there is always the bus (check the times). <br>
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| You can not sleep at Beauvais airport.
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| == Bicycle ==
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| Velib is cheap, you need a credit card, don't ride it more than 30 min, make a break (minimum 2 min) then take it again.
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| = Buying food =
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| Lidl is the cheapest, but there are only 20 and not in the center.<br>
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| Dia is the second cheapest, but they are closing.<br>
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| Carrefour and Franprix are normally-priced, you can find a lot of them, closing time depend, between 20:00 and 22:00.<br>
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| You can also find G20, Monoprix, A2pas.<br>
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| On sunday afternoon most of supermarkets are closed.<br>
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| The small shops ("épicérie") open day and night are expensive.<br>
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