If you are like me, and absolutely hate the sight of the Eifel Tower, then I wouldn't be…read morerecommending getting off at this station. I actually hurried down here because despite a wander through the Tulieries being quite a pleasant experience. Anyway, this is a station that pretty much runs from the Louvre all the way up to La Defense, and the Avenue Champs d'Elysee. Like most of the stations on the metro, it isn't all that deep, meaning that getting to the platform is pretty quick.

This airport is not very big, but they were very tight on security compared to any other airport I…read morehad ever been too. Our boarding passes were scanned and checked twice on our way to security, once before emigration, again at security, at the gate and then again just before entering the plane... a total of 6 checks while normally it's only 2 or three times at other airports like Heathrow and Tokyo. The queues for everything were very long, especially the emigration queue that we barely made it to our flight. Everything is very slow and inefficient. In terms of shopping and food, there is not much and prices for food are expensive. €1.20 for an apply is a bit much. They have a coffee chain called Paul's which is similar to something like Starbucks, but otherwise there is not much in terms of actual restaurants. There is a PS4 gaming area, Arcade and a media room with a bunch of tablets near the gates to kill time, which I haven't seen at any other airport, which was probably the only good thing I found about Orly. Wifi is free, but you need to sign up with an email address. There are plenty of taxi scammers outside right beside the taxi rank, so be careful or better yet, use Uber. It costs about €45-50 to get to Paris, but the public transport from Orly is very limited otherwise.

This is by far the most confusing airport I have ever been to !…read more They have check in counters in the underground and good luck finding where to go to get down there if you need to , because not much staff speak English or don't want to ! Anyways this is by far the worst airport I've been in yet ! Eat before you go And go early to find your ticket counter !

What's the best way to see paris for $2? On a bike!…read more One of my Paris highlights were this bikes! Though they may look clunky and hideous, they are great way to get you anywhere. After a couple days of walking everywhere my legs were dying. As much as I wanted to see everything paris had to offer my legs were telling me NO! Good thing we decided to try these bikes out because they saved our legs and took us to places faster than our two feet ever would. The website makes renting these bikes simple enough. You register online and pay with card and create a PIN. An email is sent to you with user numbers, that you'll need to enter in the kiosk to get a bike and don't forget your pin. As long as you return the bike to a station within 30 minutes you're guaranteed a $2 paris excursion all on two wheels. Most of the station are available on most popular areas and around the corners in big intersections. You can always rent the bike from the kiosk if you don't have time to register online. When you return your bike make sure to see a green light appear on your stand. If not, you can go to the main kiosk and troubleshoot from there. My light went orange in one instance because I shoved it in the wrong angle and the kiosk released it, so I could retry sliding it in. It was fun biking around like a local because even the locals use them. It was super scary biking on crowded roads with cars, but compared to America, french drivers are totally aware of their surroundings. The insurance you have with these bikes are they are heavy and big enough to keep you stable and withstand a lot of beatings. The fenders on the bike also come in handy for those spontaneous mother nature drizzles.

Velib was super easy to use. I bought a 1-day use ONLINE for $1.70 euro or $2.12 USD. (The first 30…read moreminutes of each bike use is free and then you get billed 1 euro for every 30 additional minutes.) After buying online, it was super easy. All I had to do was enter in my account number, which was sent to me in my confirmation email, enter the PIN number I created online and then select the bike number I was going to use. Done! Most of the bikes are in good shape with quick release seat, bike light, bike lock etc but a few needed a quick tune-up. If you find yourself returning your bike to a full station, you can enter your PIN number into the machine and you get 15 minutes to find another nearby station. What is amazing is that there are over 20,000 "community" Velib bikes across 1,500 different stations that are located all over Paris! There is even a smartphone app that you can use to find out where the closest Velib station is at so you can return the bike and which station has available bikes to use. It was a great way for us to see Paris from a different perspective. Most of my friends that saw our Paris pictures said, "Wow, that's so cool that you rode bikes in Paris."

Great, little music and artsy venue on the Seine…read more We went to see the modernized version of Black Flag ( 80's punk rock group) on June 15th, 2025. The venue is smallish but comfortable. Clean bathrooms, various excellent food choices outside, both interior and rooftop bars, all on a converted boat on the Seine. We felt safe in the area, plenty of security in and out even at 1:00 a.m. ( outside). After an event it is just too nice and irresistible to just saunter along the Seine at night ( river has been cleaned up...no bad smells during our visit) Bookings are easy via the DICE app from Google play (don't know abt Apple). Great place for various events. I highly recommend.

Table: 11 persons no service quality apart from 1 guy. Girls…read morewere impolite and we really felt we were disrupting them from something. appetizers were heathen up supermarket food. Had to wait for 1 hour and half to have main dish that never arrived. We decided to leave the place. No commercial initiative at all. A lot of people came to complain about their waiting. Not enough professional waiters and not enough chefs to deal with the crowd. May be cool for one drink but avoid for lunch/dinner.

I used the heck out of this Metro station while in Paris last week. We stayed in La Defense and…read moreit's a LONG way from everything you want to see in Paris by foot or taxi (expensive). So I quickly learned that metro is the way to go - this station was like a 5 minute walk outside the hotel and I was easily able to purchase one-way tickets for anywhere I wanted to go. I found staff helpful when asked questions (only once) or if we needed to purchase from them (again once) and they have clean and on-time trains. Two or three exits make it easier to come out where you need to be.

Huge railway station on 3 levels. Local trains, trains to Normandy and doubtless more. Shops from…read morefashion to jewelry and (more importantly) food, crepes, groceries and drinks. Many escalators to move you around - the signage to this Brit/American is a little illogical (so it can take a few minutes to find a restroom (there are VERY few!) ) for example. It does it's job and drops you a short taxi ride from all the sights you came to see.

This train station in Paris, France is one of the seven large mainline railway station terminals…read more Several railway lines have been immortalized in various works of art notably paintings by Monet at the Musee d'Orsay. It is the second busiest train station in Paris after Gare du Nord, handling 100 million passengers a year. The station is quite large so it took me a while to walk from one end to the other to catch my train. This train station makes it easy to get to Giverny to visit the Monet house and garden. It took about 40 minutes. I'm so impressed by the mass transit in France and Europe.

Okay, the trains don't run as often as the metro ones, but the RER isn't actually a metro line,…read moreit's a regional rail line, or something like that. Anyway, this station is pretty much underneath the d'Orsay Museum, so getting off here will drop you right out the front of the museum, which is pretty cool. Yeah, I did rather like this station, it was convenient.

Not sure why the other reviews and pictures are of a concert hall but I'm pretty sure that this…read morereview is for the metro station itself. Situated right below the Musee D'Orsay, this is the RER line that you take along the Seine but also to the Palace of Versailles. Before you think you can sneak on with a zone 1-3 pass, realize that you have to present your ticket at the other end as well. If you have an incorrect ticket, then you won't be able to exit. They start moving at about 5AM but the palace is really open at 9. Take that into account. If you're going to the Palace from this station it will be about 30-45 min before you get to the other end. There is a train attendant here to help you with tickets. Not all stations have one! Easy to access and allows you to get to all the main Paris attractions.