Paris for a Week - Best Tickets for Metro?

[whhistle]

A family member is heading to Paris for a week.
I only went for a couple of days so a Carnet (13 tickets) worked out better for us, but is there something better that would last a week on the Metro?

Cheers

 

[SHD]

Hello!

Some vocabulary:
- Passe Navigo: the name of the RFID smartcards issued by IDF Mobilités (very roughly, the Parisian equivalent of TfL)
- Passe Navigo Découverte: a type of Navigo card that can be purchased by any person, irrespective of residency, for a cost of €5. A passport-sized picture is necessary. The Navigo Découverte card may then be loaded with daily, weekly, or monthly passes.

After having purchased and personalised a Passe Navigo Découverte from a RATP or SNCF ticket office, your relative may buy the following:
- Daily pass: €7.5. Covers Paris and all of Île-de-France région. Valid on the Métro, bus, tram, RER, and rail services (*). Not valid for travel to CDG airport by RER B services.
- Weekly pass: €22.80. Covers Paris and all of Île-de-France région. Valid on the Métro, bus, tram, RER, and rail services (*).

These passes can be bought from any RATP or SNCF ticket office or vending machine.

But - and this is a huge but - the weekly pass is from Monday to Sunday only. As for the daily pass, it is valid from beginning of service on day D to end of service during the night between D and D+1. Unfortunately, we do not have 24-hour or 7-day passes which would make life much easier for visitors and residents alike. Similarly, we do not have a daily cap system like there is in London - indeed, Navigo passes cannot store individual journeys at the moment. Our ticketing system is way behind London's unfortunately - although the fares are noticeably lower!

(*)Anecdotically, not valid on Orlyval / Le Bus Direct services and on TGV services between CDG Airport, Marne-la-Vallée, and Massy-Palaiseau

 

[class387]

Navigo Decouverte is definitely the best value (21€/week+5€ to register), but it is Monday to Sunday not 7 days and you must have a passport photo to buy it.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

There is the Paris Visite which comes in 1, 3 and 5 day versions - costs a bit more, but can start on any day required and also gives discounts on entry to a number of the museums and other attractions in Paris.

 

[class387]

There is the Paris Visite which comes in 1, 3 and 5 day versions - costs a bit more, but can start on any day required and also gives discounts on entry to a number of the museums and other attractions in Paris.

The Navigo is vaild to the airports though, while I think the Paris Visite excludes that.

 

[SHD]

The Navigo is vaild to the airports though, while I think the Paris Visite excludes that.

No, the Paris Visite pass is valid on services to/from airports including Orlyval.

 

[class387]

No, the Paris Visite pass is valid on services to/from airports including Orlyval.

Ok. I knew one of the passes didn't allow airports - must be the Mobilis then.

 

[Peter Mugridge]

Zone 5 Visite covers the airports - and Versailles.

Zone 3 Visite doesn't.

 

[whhistle]

Thanks all
I'll pass this info on.

 

[SHD]

One last bit of information you may want to pass on if your relative does not speak French:
- Bonjour, je voudrais acheter un passe navigo découverte / un Paris Visite / un forfait semaine, s'il vous plaît.

The Navigo découverte cards may only be obtained from a ticket office, but they may be loaded with a forfait/pass from ticket machines which have an English option.