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If you land in Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and your final destination is Paris your better options to get into the city are:

- Moto taxi: Run around 70 and 90 euros per ride (small luggage only) – will get you into the city centre in about 30 minutes.

- Taxi: For +/- 50 euros you can get to the city centre in less than 1h. (Depending on traffic and weather conditions)

- The train (metro):  Its the cheaper option and honestly is the one I recommend the most.

Once you collect your luggage follow the signs to the underground transportation. You will come across self-service machines to buy your tickets to Paris. The price (Oct 2012) is 9,50 euros. Jump in the RER B and you will be 45 min to 1 hr ride away from “chatelet-les halles” which is a main metro station in Paris centre from where you can direct yourself to your final destination.

If you need to go to another city by train you can check out at the airport's “SNCF” (French trains) office (Located near the self service machines on underground transportation - Terminal 2B)  if they have trains running straight from the airport to your desired destination.

OR you can simply take the metro to “Chatelet-les halles” and there switch to Metro 1 (yellow line) direction “Chateau de Vincennes” for 4 stops. Off to the biggest train station in the city. “Gare de Lyon”.

In France, there are two different kind of trains, one is the RER which is the regional train (slow train with multiple stops – most of the times is cheaper) or the TGV (High speed train).

Make sure to double-check all the possibilities before making a choice. Maybe a price difference of less than 10 euros can save you couple of hours (depending on destination)

Important Notice: If you are aged between 12 and 27 years old you can get the “12-27 card"

that will entitle you to discounts on train tickets.

Most of the times you get at least 40% off and up yo 60% off. The card cost is 50 Euros and lasts one year from the issue date. This card will pay itself almost from the first trip (depending on where you are going) make sure you have it handy every time you take the train since there will be controls on board and you can face fines. 

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