1. Railways

Gare Saint Lazare
Towns: Rouen, Deauville, Le Havre.
Metro station : Saint Lazare : line 3, 12 & 13.

Gare Montparnasse
Brittany, Atlantic coast and TGV trains to Southwest France.
Town: Tours, Brest, Bordeaux, Poitiers, Nantes.
Metro station : Montparnasse Bienvenue : line 4, 12 & 13

Gare du Nord
Northern France, Belgium, Nederland with Thalys
England with Eurostar
Towns: Lille, Brussels, London, Amsterdam, Koln.
Metro station : Gare du Nord : line 4 & 5. RER: line B, D & E.

Gare de l'Est
Eastern France and Germany.
Towns: Reims, Strasbourg, Nancy, Metz, Luxembourg, Munchen.
Metro station: Gare de l'Est: line 4,5 & 7.

Gare de Lyon
South & Southeast of France and Europe.
Towns: Lyon, Dijon, Geneva, Valence, Montpellier, Avignon, Marseille, Nice.
Metro station: Gare de Lyon : line 1 & 14. RER: line A & D.

Gare d'Austerlitz
Loire Valley and ordinary trains to Southwest France, Spain and Portugal.
Metro station: Gare d'Austerlitz : line 5 & 10. RER line C.


2. Car rental
Several motorways link Paris: A1 and A3 to the north, A5 and A6 to the south, A4 to the east and A13 and A10 to the west. Traffic jams are significantly worse during French school holidays.
Online visual traffic information (click here)





3. Taxi
The taxi could be any car model. They're usually large sedans. Important warning, if the taxi doesn't have a meter inside, don't take it...
When you call a taxi company to come pick you up, the driver starts his meter running from the moment he leaves from where he is when you call. If the taxi is far from you when you call, it's possible to already have 7 euros on the meter when he arrives. In general, they usually send the closest taxi but, there may not always a taxi close by.
Tips for the driver, usually around 10% of the fare but not mendatory.

Here are some rules you should know when it comes to taxis :
- You don't have the right to hail a taxi less than 50 meters from a taxi stand. The taxis that are waiting there have priority over taxis that are passing by.
- At a taxi stand, you have the right to choose the taxi that you want (nothing obliges you to take the first one in the line).
- A taxi can refuse to take on passengers if he is at the end of his service (each taxi only has the right to work a certain number of hours a day, and the end of their service is posted on a meter in the back of the car).
Taxi 7000: +33 1 42 70 00 42
Taxis Bleus: + 33 1 49 36 10 10
Taxis G7: +33 1 47 39 47 39


4. Helicoptere
Paris helicoptere
Heliparis


4. Limousine
American Limousines
Gabriel Limousine
Baron Limousines


5. Map of Paris
Map - Available in 22 different languages

Hotels near Train stations

Hotel Saint Petersbourg Opera Paris.
3 star hotel located near the Opera House and the St Lazare train station.

Hotel Claude Bernard St Germain.
Hotel 3 etoiles à St Germain des Pres proche de la Gare de Lyon et d'Austerlitz.

Hotel ATN Opera Paris St Lazare
3 star Design hotel, near St Lazare train station.