Carte Orange

Trying to get a handle on the transportation best suited for our Thursday to Monday time in Paris. I%26#39;m not familiar with Carte Orange but saw it mentioned in another post. We plan to stay inside the periphrique and would like to get the transportation pass that%26#39;s the least hassle, ie good on the metro, bus and RER.

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As a second question concerning the metro...do you have to use 1 ticket for each leg of a journey? If I have to transfer to another metro line to get to my destination does that cost me another ticket?

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Carte Orange will not work because of the days you%26#39;re planning to be in Paris. Two single tickets are requied for a round-trip journey. Extra tickets are not required for transferring between trains, but are required for tranferring between busses or between trains and busses. If you think you%26#39;ll use more than 4 tickets a day, the less expensive option is to purchase a Mobilis pass. The pass is valid for unlimited travel for one calendar day. You can buy all the passes you need at one time, as the do not start %26quot;ticking%26quot; down until the first time you use them.

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As I discovered on my recent trip to Paris and confirmed by another post-er, The mobilis pass is for french residents only. However, some tellers will just sell it to you depending on how they feel.

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If you will be arriving on a Thursday, the weekly CARTE ORANGE transportation pass will NOT be an option for you (last day of sale for the current week is Wednesday). So you are left with either a multi-day PARIS VISITÉ pass or one-day MOBILIS pass or CARNETs (booklets of 10 reduced-price, individual tickets). Though not the most economic alternative, a 3 or 5 day PARIS VISITÉ Zones 1-3 may be you most convenient bet and provide you with %26#39;..hop-on/hop-off..%26#39; convenience for all RER, MNetro and public buses within the city.

There are free transfer between different Metro lignes meeting within the SAME station (once you exits the turnstile/gate controlled portion of the station you have effectively left the station), so in theory you could ride the Metro all day long, switching trains at station junctions (but that probably wouldn%26#39;t allow you to see many of the sights). But there are NO free transfers between Metro and buses or between different public bus routes. Unless you have one of the various transportation passes (Carte Orange, Paris Visité ,Mobilis) will need a NEW ticket each time you board a public bus. You should also keep your used ticket stub with you until you have left the station. It is possible that the RATP inspectors, doing %26#39;spot checks%26#39; may stop you and ask to see your ticket.