Limes & Dimes

Buy tickets At the counter or in the automatic machines. Single tickets or a batch of 10 (cheaper). Have your ticket ready when going in   The last thing you want is a bunch of Parisians shouting at you for making them wait because you had to look for your ticket. Don’t throw your ticket away you might need it if you’re transferring lines or if there’s control in that station. Plan the quickest route Transportation time can get long, you don’t want to spend all of your holidays in the metro. Watch out for strikes The French love their strikes and sometimes these can ruin the entire day for commuters. Google it or visit the RATP website to get a hold of what lines/services will be off Avoid rush hours 8am-10am and 5pm-8pm, it gets crazy! Familiarize yourself with the city and some of the lines Sometimes is better to spend 15 minutes walking on the seine and 10 minutes in the metro, than 10 minutes of walking & waiting in the underground passa...

If you’re in Paris and get around the city using public transportation, you’ll need to get a Navigo Card. For a monthly fee, you will be able to get around in one of the world's most efficient public transportation systems. I will tell you some things I wish I knew before going to the process of getting the Navigo card. The Parisian Public Transportation Map DECIDE THE ZONE COMBINATION FITS YOUR NEEDS Depending on where you live and where you need to go, you’ll have to decide what zone combination you want to purchase. There are five zones in the Parisian public transportation system ,  zones 1-3 are for the city of Paris only, and zones 3-5 are for the suburbs and airports.  The cost to use all zones is €75.2 a month, if you’re not sure where you’re going to go just like I wasn’t, I recommend getting all 5 zones.   If you know the zones you’re going to and coming from in Paris, think twice as it was nice to be able to get t...