Some Help/advice on Paris using the Eurolines Coach service?

Question

Hiya, if you can help please do! I am travelling from London Victoria to Paris tomorrow and need some help! I arrive on the euroline coach into (Ave du General de Gaulle, East of Paris) and need to get from the coach station to my hotel which is the Holiday Inn

PARIS-VAL DE BIÈVRE

1 RUE DE LA LIBERATION BP 52

JOUY EN JOSAS, 78356 . ....Can anyone advise? The local station is JOUY EN JOSAS or JOUY EN JOSAS LIGNE C

Any help is appreciated! Cheers

Answer 1

Here are maps of the metro and RER network:

http://www.ratp.info/orienter/cv/cartepa... (métro and RER in Paris)

http://www.ratp.info/orienter/cv/cartere... (RER in and outside Paris)

The line to Jouy en Josas is the yellow RER line (line C8).

I hope you are attending some event in Jouy en Josas or have free accomodation there because if it's not the case and you chose this hotel to visit Paris, it is a very inconvenient location. In this case I would suggest cancelling your reservation and getting a cheap hotel in Paris. You'd be saving on transportation too. Hotel Formule 1/Porte de Montreuil at 43 €/night is half a mile from the Eurolines coach station on metro line 9. Or my favorite budget place, ranging from 19 to 38 €: http://www.cisp.fr/cisp/index.asp?ln=us

They are on the outskirts of Paris but you'd only be a few metro stops from the main attractions. Jouy en Josas is in the middle of nowhere.

Answer 2

First let me point out to you that despite the name this hotel is NOT in Paris. It is an hour long ride outside Paris and is totally unsuitable for a tourist to Paris.

To get from the eurolines terminal you will need to go to the Gallieni (Parc de Bagnolet) Metro station and take metro line 3 marked "Direction : Pont de Levallois-Becon" to the Republique station.

Transfer to Metro line 5 marked "Direction : Place d'Italie" and take it to Gare d'Austerlitz stop.

Then transfer to the RER C marked "Direction : Versailles-Chantiers" and take the one hour five minute ride to the Jouy-en-Josas station.

You will then be some 2 km from your hotel.