We are staying in Paris for 7 days. Which trasport ticket is it best to get?

Question

Regarding transport tickets for Paris, as we will get the RER from the airport, visit Disney and Versailles, I guess the best and cheapest would be for us to buy a 5 zone "carte orange" "hebdo" ticket upon arrival at Charles de Gaulle RER?

If any body can confirm this is the best, or any other suggestions it would be greatly appreciated

cheers

Paul

Answer 1

I would get a carte orange for zones 1-2 (€19.00) and get the tickets for eurodisney and versailles separately. Getting the zone 1-5 would be more expensive.

Tip: If you're going to Versailles get the pack from the train station that includes the tickets for the chateau and the trip. This would cost you around 25€ and you get to avoid the queue and you may visit all parts of the chateau. Thus, you will save over 25€ as otherwise you'd have to buy each ticket separately.

Answer 2

There is first the question of whether you can actually execute this plan as you suppose. Recall that the Carte Orange is good from Monday thru Sunday and not just any 7 day period.

If you are arriving on a monday and departing on a Sunday examine the costs.

A Carte Orange for zones 1-5 will cost 32.10 €.

A carnet of 10 tickets brings the cost of a zone 1-2 ticket to 1.11 €

The trip to and from the airport on the RER will cost 8.20 € on a single ticket purchase  or 16.40 € total.

A trip to Versailles (Zone 4) costs 2.80 € each way on the RER or 5.60  Ã¢Â‚¬ RT.

Am RER ticket to Marne la Vallee (disneyland) is 6.30 € each way or 12.60 € total.

The total of these is 34.60 so IF you can buy just one Carte Orange it will be a good buy. If however, you do not arrive on a monday and depart on a sunday then it will likely not be a good buy.