i am going to purchase a navigo for visitors pass (arriving on monday)....can i do that at the airport? i am flying British Airways...where do i buy the pass and where do i pick up the RER?
does that cover my travel from CDG to central Paris? also, my apartment is in vincennes...what is the best route from the airport to vincennes?
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Chicago
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Mary, Go here for train & ticket information: http://parisbytrain.com/ Go here for recommended routing: http://www.ratp.fr/en/ratp/c_5000/accueil/
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Minneapolis, MN, USA
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Yes, you can buy a passe Navigo Decouverte at CDG and load a Navigo Semaine on it. However, if you want to use it to get from CDG to Vincennes, you'll need to load a zone 1-5 Navigo Semaine. Unless you plan to travel frequently between zones 1 and 5 during your stay in Paris, it probably will be cheaper to buy an individual ticket for CDG-Vincennes and a zone 1-2 Navigo Semaine to use during your time in Paris. The Paris by Train site tells where to buy tickets and how to get to either the CDG 1 or the CDG 2 TGV RER station. For a zoomable map of the metro and RER system, go here: http://tinyurl.com/6xmvms4. Take the RER B from CDG to Chatelet-Les Halles. If your apartment is close to the Vincennes RER station, take the RER A to Vincennes. If it is closer to one of the stops on metro line 1, walk through the connecting tunnels from Chatelet-Les Halles to the Chatelet metro station and take metro line 1 to either Porte de Vincennes, Saint Mande, or Chateau de Vincennes. If you give us the address of your apartment, we can tell you which station is closest to it.