What is the best way to get around in London and Paris?
Me and my friend are planning to go to London and Paris next summer. What is the best way to get around in those cities? By foot? Taxi? Bus?
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Me and my friend are planning to go to London and Paris next summer. What is the best way to get around in those cities? By foot? Taxi? Bus?
Bus and subway are best. The subway is called the underground or tube in London and the Metro in Paris. It is usually cheaper to buy a weekly pass. You may need a passport photo for the pass. The Paris Metro goes everywhere and you will seldom need to take a bus.
The passes are good on both the busses and the subways.
In London they sell different passes depending on how far you want to travel from the center. Unless you’re staying outside the center, the pass for the center is probably all you need. If you have it and want to take the tube outside the center, you need to buy an extra ticket before you get on the train. There are big fines if you don’t have it when the inspector asks to see it.
In Paris they sell subway passes that also include museum entry. This is a very good deal if you are going to many government-owned museums, especially as you don’t have to stand in line to buy museum tickets. These passes are available for various numbers of days at different prices.
Often only the biggest subway stations sell all the kinds of passes that are available.
Unless you have a lot of money taxi is expensive. I lived in london for 6 months. Bus, subway, and foot are the easiest. Walking can get you most places if you know where to go. Everything is really close together. Trafalgar square/national gallery to west minster is less than a mile.
If you are there for a week you can get at thing called an oyster card if you want. They cost 5 bucks and you can put money on it. Bus rides are 1 pound and subway is 1.2 and you can get charged a maximum of 4-5 pounds each day. After you hit 4 i think bus and tube is free but still can your card.