We will be arriving by high speed train and want to easily get to our hotel near Notre Dame with our luggage. I am thinking about just hailing or getting a taxi at the station without any advanced plan.
What do I need to know to make this happen without problems.
I believe you can just get a taxi from the official taxi line. Of course, ignore anyone approaching you and offering you a taxi. They will take you for a ride..
The taxis are right outside the station on Place Louis Armand.
Be ready to wait a little, though. The taxi rank at Gare de Lyon is not the best. But once on the taxi, it is a really quick ride.
Yeah, you may have to wait as Balso said. My son was there yesterday and he ended up waiting about 10 minutes for a taxi.
You might want to check to see if your hotel is served by metro line 14 which has elevators and escalators or by the RER D or A which are also accessible -- if so then just take the train to your destination. I think line 1 is also accessible at most stops but would check that if you want to take that.
The taxi line was huge at around 5 pm last week, I can confirm. I ended up taking an Uber which pickup up across the street.
I’ve used my Uber app. In a busy area it has literally said “there’s one 2 minutes away”.
