Paris Transportation
Paris TGV Trains: Paris to Avignon in
less than three hours from
Gare Lyon
Paris transportation includes canal cruise boats that give
you access to many Paris sites
Paris Transportation includes tour boats on the Seine.  When spring showers come while walking in
Paris you can board a tour boat along the Seine or duck into one of the many opulent hotel lobbies
or coffee shops.
Paris Boat Tours, TGV Train
Paris to Avignon, Provence,
Marseilles.
Paris to Carcassonne
First Class service is a better bet if you have excess luggage. Air
conditioning exists in first class, not in coach.  Luggage space is
limited in coach      
TGV (Train a Grande Vitesse)

Paris is well served by trains, both fast and conventional.  The
Paris Metro serves the inner city, the RER Trains serve the
outlying areas
A good small hotel right in
the center of the city near the
Seine and the Latin Quarter
Hotel a short walk to the
Notre Dame and the Seine
Paris Tour Boats along the Left Bank beside the Seine
Paris Tour boats and buses take you to the Latin Quarter along the left bank and
across the river to the Louvre
Paris tour boats take you along the river
under many of the Paris bridges to the Eiffel
Tower
Tour buses
follow the
seine and
make
stops at
historic
places in
Paris
Tour buses follow the seine
and make stops at historic
places in Paris
When you arrive in Paris as a first time visitor, the best orientation value is a two day ticket on the Batobus
Boat
cruise that tours the sites of importance along the River Seine.
The two-day ticket lets you get on and off at eight docks near sites of historic importance.  You can
re-board at any time at one of the eight stops.  You can walk in between stops to see places like
Notre Dame
Cathedral
or you can stop at each dock and visit individually,  places like the Jardin des Plantes or the
Hotel de Ville.  
You can leave the boat to visit the
Musee du Louvre or the Petit Palace, and walk along the Champs
Elysee
through the Jardin des Tuileries to the Arc de Triumph.  You could then walk to the Eiffel Tower to
then re-board  for stops at the
Musee d' Orsay, or the Institut de France.
The boats have
glass domes for protection form the rain and an outside deck for making photos of the
sights as you pass.
You will see many interesting
barges, commercial and live-aboard, that use the river and canal systems to
navigate from the
Atlantic to the Mediterranean.
First time visitor or Paris regular, this is one enjoyable boat ride.
Train Schedules
and Fares
Paris  Metro and RER Trains
Paris  Train Service, TGV Fast trains
Paris Transportation, Trains, Metro, RER, TGV, Boats,  Buses
Eight train stations serve travelers in Paris. Five Paris train stations serve TGV fast trains
for fast train service within France and to neighboring countries.
Reach Paris from CDG: by RER Train or private
Shuttle
Paris Transportation includes trains, Metro, RER
Trains, TGV Trains, tour boats and buses.
Combine a walk in Paris with the tour boats, the
Metro, the RER trains, and the tour buses and
make Paris easy to visit.
See Paris Weather and Maps below
Paris Transportation includes tour boats along the seine that stop
at many notable museums.  Combine a walk in Paris with the tour
boats, the Metro, and the tour buses and see many of the sights in
Paris.
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A Paris Vacation offers museums in the city of Paris, boat tours on the Seine, Bus tours, and trains that serve
the outlying regions.

Paris offers sightseeing, shopping and museums in the center along the Seine.  The tourist buses and boats
make sightseeing loops through the city with stops at important sites, gardens and museums.   
When To Go To Paris:  March, April, May, and June or September and October  are good
times to go to Paris for walking the city, museum visits, biking outlying regions, and the
culinary vacation.  The weather in Paris is temperate from
March to May  (50-75 F) and
the city will not be too crowded.  July and August are high season and the time when many
Paris shops close for vacation.  Accommodations could be scarce in June July August.   
Weather is good in September October, great months to visit.
Showers could come in any month but will be of short duration.  Snow is rare
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Paris Weather, Temperatures  
Jan.  43. °F - 34. °F  Feb. 45. °F-  34. °F March  51. °F - 38. °F   April  57. °F -  42. °F
May   64. °F-  49. °F  June  70. °F- 54. °F   July  75. °F- 58. °F August  75. °F - 57. °F   
Sept.  69. °F  - 52. °F   Oct.  59. °F -  46. °F  Nov. 49. °F - 39. °F Dec. 45. °F - 36. °F
Paris Notre Dame Cathedral is in the center of
Paris