Getting around Paris?

Generally, the Paris Metro transport system is safer, cleaner and more reliable than most. A good Parisian guide book will give you better details than I can here, but briefly:

A "Formule-1" Metro ticket costs FFr 85 and allows you to travel the Metro, local buses and RER all day. This can be bought at the Disneyland Paris railway station and used to go anywhere in the Paris area. If you plan to travel more, get a "Paris-Visite" tourist ticket, which come in 1, 2, or 3 day versions (e.g. a three-day 5-zone pass costs FFr 230 for adults, FFr 115 for children). You may need your passport in order to buy this ticket.

Tom Carroll (tc@carroll.u-net.com) adds: "We went into Paris one day. There is a ticket called a MOBILIS which costs FFr 80 for adults or children and is valid for all train and Metro journeys for a whole day in zones 1-5. We found it good value as it could take you as far as Versailles."

Watch out for the direction that the trains run. Lines are indicated by colour and a ringed number (or a letter plus a number in the case of the RER lines). Train directions are given not as North/South, but by listing the station at which the line terminates. This can confuse some visitors.

Excursions to various places of local interest are available, mostly departing from in front of the Hotel New York at 10am. Ask at your hotel reception or at the French tourist office ("Maison du Tourisme d'Ile de France - Seine et Marne") in Disney Village for more information or to book tickets. Prices vary, but most day trips cost FFr 315 for adults, or FFr 150 for children.

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