Sightseeing :

Several companies organize coach tours through Paris. Ask for information at the hotel reception desk or the tourist agency in case your half day tour or full day tour is not included in your holiday.

Coach Tours:

Paris L’Open Tour
Rue Auber 13 (9)
Underground: Havre-Caumartin/Opéra
Tel: (0) 1 42 66 56 56
www.paris-opentour.com
daily 10am-6pm.

Cityrama
Place des Pyramides 4 (1)
Tel. (0) 1 44 55 60 00
Half day and full day tours. Special Theme Tours and other outings.

Paris Vision – Paris Vision Plus
Rue de Rivoli 214 (1)
Tel. (0) 1 42 60 30 01
Rue Auber 1 (9)
Tel. (0) 1 47 42 72 31
 www.parisvision.com
Bus tours through Paris and Île de France.

Boat Trips:

Exceptional experience when the great sights are illuminated and are bathing in their golden lights. Evening excursions usually include dinner.

Bateaux Parisiens-Tour Eiffel/Batobus
Pont d’Iéna (7)
Porte de la Bourdonnais
Underground: Bir Hakeim, Trocadéro
Tel. (0) 1 44 11 33 44

Vedettes de Paris
Porte de Suffren (7)
Underground: Bir Hakeim
Tel. (0) 1 44 18 19 50

Vedettes du Pont Neuf
Square du Vert Galant (1)
Undeground: Pont Neuf
Tel. (0) 1 46 33 98 38

Boat Trips on the canals:

 Batobus
Informatie: tel (0) 1 44 11 33 99
April-end october: 10am-7pm, june-august till 9pm.
The boats sail between the Eiffel Tower and the Jardin des Plantes. If you want to, you can get in and out at eight stops.

Canauxrama
Quai de la Loire 13 (19)
Underground: Jaurès
Tel. (0) 1 42 39 15 00
Booking essential.

Paris Canal
Quai de la Loire 19-21 (19)
Underground: Jaurès
Tel. (0) 1 42 40 96 97
Booking essential.

Boat Trips on the lakes (lacs):

Bois de Boulogne (16)
Lac Inférieur
Underground: Porte Dauphine
March-November, 9am-6pm.

Bike Trips:

Paris Vélo
Rue du Fer à Moulin 2 (5)
Underground: Censier-Daubenton
Tel. (0) 1 43 37 59 22
Renting of bikes for one or more days.

Paris à Vélo c’est Sympa!
 Bd. Bourdon 37 (4)
Underground: Bastille
Tel. (0) 1 48 87 60 01

Original Theme Tours.

Helicopter Trips:
Hélifrance
Héliport de Paris
Av. de la Porte de Sèvres 4
Underground: Balard
Tel. (0) 1 45 54 95 11
 www.helifrance.fr
Round trips above the city and Île de France.

Excursions in the surroundings of Paris

Euro Disneyland
77777 Marne-La-Vallée Cedex 4
By car: highway A4, exit ‘Val d’Europe/Park Disneyland ®’ (nr. 14)
By train: station Marne-La-Vallée right next to the entrance of the park; during weekends and vacation periods the Thalys stops in Marne-La-Vallée on a daily basis.
RER: line A Chessy-Marne-La Vallée (35 min. from Paris).
By plane: there are shuttle buses departing on a daily basis from the airports Orly and Charles de Gaulle (between 8.30am and 8/10pm).
Information and reservations:
Belgium: tel: 07 815 60 28
Holland: tel: 0900 34 76 39 65
www.disneylandparis.com
The Disneyland Park is open from 9am till 8pm (sometimes from 10am); in July and August till 11pm. However, it is recommended to inform about the exact opening times before your departure, because they continue to change. For example, in some periods the park is closed all weekend.
The Walt Disney Studios Park is usually open from 9am (or 10am) till 6pm.

Musée National du Château de Fontainebleau
77 300 Fontainebleau
SNCF (by train): Gare de Lyon direction Fontainebleau-Avon, then on by bus.
Tel. (0) 1 60 71 50 70
 www.musee-chateau-fontainebleau.fr
Daily 9.30am-6pm (October-May till 5pm).
Paintings from 16th to 19th century. Exhibition on Napoleon

 

 

 


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