How to Use the Paris Metro
In Paris, the easiest and most efficient way to travel, is the Metro. Sometimes, though, it's still confusing to decide which line you should be on – and how to get there – to get where you want to go. Fortunately, with a just a little bit of direction, it will no longer be confusing.
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How to Use the Paris Metr
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Figure out Where You AreIt's easy to decide which metro stop you're at, because the signs are over the entrance and also pop up regularly along the walls. For the sake of this article, look at the map, and imagine you're standing in the middle of the huge metro stop, Chatelet, where many of the metro lines meet, allowing you to go almost anywhere in Paris.
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Know Where You Want to GoAfter you know where you are, you simply have to find where you want to go, which is how your map of Paris comes in handy. The Eiffel Tower? Notre Dame? Sacre Coeur? When you look at your map, you will see the little circled M's that mark metro stops spread across the map, and can choose which will get you to your destination. For the purpose of this article, let's imagine you're going to the Eiffel Tower. You will see several metro stops nearby: Trocadero, Ecole militaire and Champs de Mars, Tour Eifel, all on different parts of the tower.
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Choose the Stop and the LineChoose which stop you want to go to of the ones you have available. If you decide to go to Trocadero, on the light green line, you will need to take the yellow line at Chatelet to Franklin D. Roosevelt, where it intersects with the light green line, change trains and take that to Trocadero. If you decide to get out at the Ecole Militaire, on the pale purple line, you can take the yellow line, again, to the Concorde stop and change trains to the purple line, which you can follow to the Ecole Militaire.
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Tips & Warnings
Instead of a one-time use pass, find a ticket you can use more than once for the week, weekend, or month you'll be there to save yourself time and money.
Most metro stops and tourist shops have a map that has both the metro and a map of Paris together on the same sheet. That way, you will get both maps without any hassle. These are free, so don't get tricked into purchasing one. If you want a more thorough map, they are often available at gift shops for under five euros.
Wear shoes you're comfortable walking in as even using the metro, you will be doing a lot of walking.
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