Hello,
We are four adults landing Orly airport going to hotel in The Latin Quarter. Is it best to take a taxi to hotel, or is it easy and more economical to take the Metro or train?
Thank you
Posted by
Paris
10660 posts
A fixed-price taxi for four people to the Left Bank will be 36€ door to door. You can't get four people into town on the metro that cheaply (unless you are someone like me who lives in Paris and has a monthly pass that already includes the lines to and from the airports).
The ticket from the airport is 13€ a person, so it would cost your group €52 to take the metro (and changing lines, walking the last distance to the hotel, etc).
Posted by
OP
25 posts
Thank you very much for the info. We will get a taxi then!
Posted by
Paris
10660 posts
It's not a bad idea to have 4x6 card or piece of paper with your hotel name and address to hand to the cabbie (after showing it to the dispatcher) and "€36" written on there so they know you are aware of the fixed fare !
Posted by
Panguitch, Utah
2844 posts
ORY has two taxi queues. You want to queue for Paris, not for the banlieue or suburbs.
Posted by
Chicago
8948 posts
It is literally. more expensive at 13 a head to take the metro than for 4 people to take a cab.
Posted by
OP
25 posts
Thank you for the info on the two Taxi queues. I wouldn't have realized that. And great idea to have hotel info written down. Thanks all.