Cost of Public Transportation in ParisA single ticket for zones 1 and 2 costs 1.90€. A great idea is to buy a Carnet of 10 tickets for 14.50€. These can be used throughout your stay with no expiration date. Children under the age of 4 ride free.
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Métro. The Metro is the easiest, least expensive and quickest way to go out and to get home. Fourteen lines crisscross Greater Paris, from east to west and north to south. Good to know: As part of certain celebrations and events (New Year's Eve, Fête de la Musique, etc.), the Metro is open—and free—most of the night.
Yes, tap water in Paris is perfectly safe to drink and is readily available wherever you go, even at public water fountains. As long as taps aren't labeled eau non potable—meaning “not for drinking” in French—everything else is potable. In fact, drinking water from the fountains of Paris has been encouraged.
Zones 1-3 allow you to travel within the city of Paris, i.e. within the limits marked in yellow on the map. With zones 4-5, you can travel throughout the Greater Paris region, and venture even further, to Disneyland Paris, for example, or to Versailles and its chateau, as well as to the Paris airports.
You can buy tickets and passes for Parisian public transportation networks at any metro, RER or tramway station, and when boarding buses. They are also available at Paris Tourist information centers around the city, and can sometimes be found at newsstands or tabacs (tobacco vendors).
However, if you have the Paris Pass on your vacation you can use the public transport network of the city (bus, RER, metro or streetcar Montmartre tram) for free within zones 1-3. The Eiffel Tower is located in Zone 1.
Tipping in France is not mandatory. Even though it is always appreciated, it's up to the customers to decide if they want to tip or not. Unlike other countries, the price of the service is included in the total cost of the bill. You will never be asked to tip, but it's common to leave one if the service was good.
The RER Paris is a rapid-transit train system that runs beneath the Metro. It has fewer stops, but the time between stations is only literally a few minutes — travel from Charles de Gaulle-Etoile all the way across town to Vincennes in just 15 minutes.
Weekdays, the metro operates from 5:30 a.m. to about 1:15 a.m. On Friday and Saturday evenings, as well as on the day before a bank holiday, trains run until about 2:15 a.m. The RER operates daily from 5:30 a.m. to about 1:20 a.m.
Travellers can now buy a Navigo Easy (or Passe Navigo) for €2 and top it up with tickets, much like London's Oyster card. Who can get a Navigo Easy? Anyone, so it really is an easy option. Those that live in the city have different Navigo passes, which last for longer periods of time and include a photo.
BUYING A METRO TICKET IN PARISThe ticket machines in the stations can be set to English and are easy to use. They accept cash or credit card (though for Americans, make sure it's a chip & pin card!)
From 16 May 2022, wearing a mask will no longer be compulsory on public transport in Paris and in France, but will still be recommended. Just for information, since 14 March 2022, it has no longer been compulsory to wear a mask indoors (museums, monuments, cultural and leisure venues, restaurants, etc.)
This train is called RER. The RER is a means of transport dedicated to Paris and its suburbs. The RER C is a train that can directly lead you to le château de Versailles. It usually takes between one hour and one hour and a half to get to the castle depending on your initial location.