I have a sudden opportunity to stop over in Paris for three nights. I was thinking about staying at the airport Hilton and going into the city using the metro. I have an early morning flight out of CDG on the fourth day. Advice?
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Visiting Paris with a hotel base at CDG is workable. The RER B train service takes between 30 - 40 minutes between the airport and Les Halles or St. Michel at a cost of 8€ each way. The Hilton will have a courtesy shuttle service to and from the airport train station. The RER train ticket also allows one ongoing journey on the Metro.
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Visiting Paris with a hotel base at CDG is workable. The RER B train service takes between 30 - 40 minutes between the airport and Les Halles or St. Michel at a cost of 8€ each way. The Hilton will have a courtesy shuttle service to and from the airport train station. The RER train ticket also allows one ongoing journey on the Metro.
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You need to check on the hours of the hotel shuttle. Be advised you%26#39;ll spend over 1.5 hours per day in transit between CDG/Paris. I recommend staying in Paris (center) until your last night.
Hilton website:
Courtesy buses depart from all terminals and run directly to the Hilton Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport hotel. Buses run every 15 to 20 minutes from 6am to 11pm (on request from 11pm to 6am). The hotel is located just 1 block away between terminals 1 and 2. The journey takes 5-10 minutes.
- - - I don%26#39;t know if this means you could walk or not, the roadway might not be conducive for that.
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I think you will miss the essence of Paris by being at an airport hotel. The spontaneity of being able to do things in the early morning and late night will be gone. hings like having breakfast at the best pastry shop or going to hear late night jazz. Would suggest the first two nights in an hotel in Paris and the last night at the airport. Although you can take a taxi or shuttle back on that last morning depending on just how early is early.
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Hello Durham,
Oh please dont stay out at the airport. Some of them are nice enough, but lack any kind of charm or feel for Paris. Yes, as said, maybe the last night if your flight is very early could be convenient. Surely you can find something in the city with some French charm rather than just a modern hotel much like one at any airport.....even if its last minute, there are plenty of places available in town. You might try a search on this sites hotel list for something that would suit you. We often just %26quot;show up%26quot; in a city and then find a place to stay without reservations. (Just try to do that by mid day for best results). Adding in the cost of round trips to and from Paris at 16E a day (more than $20) but more importantily the additional time, for me, would not be something I%26#39;d do. If your flight doesnt leave too early it would not be hard to get a taxi or airport shuttle out to CDG the morning you leave...we all do it!. (You will need about 3 hours for check in and about an addition hour for transporting to get there).
Taking a train (RER) into the city is boring, going through some uninteresting areas. For me half the fun of Paris is just walking its wonderful old streets, having a late dinner, maybe stopping at a cafe, then wandering back home. It%26#39;s also a comfortable city for a single traveller.
Please consider staying in the city but enjoy whatever you decide to do.
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I second Bea%26#39;s plea. Even the modern hotels in Paris are preferable to the airport ones, where you are more or less stranded in the middle of nowhere.
How else are you going to nip down for an early morning cafe croissant with the locals, or stay out for a late nightcap, past the metro closing?
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Here%26#39;s what you %26#39;..gain..%26#39; by staying at the Hilton at CDG: a relatively quick and easy transfer from your hotel to your the CDG departure terminal for your early morning flight. That%26#39;s pretty much the ONLY up-side to it.
Here%26#39;s what it will cost: at least a sixty(60) minute (more like 75-80) %26#39;..commute..%26#39; to and from Paris each day . When you come into Paris, you will have to carry everything you may need for a day and evening with you because returning to the hotel probaly won%26#39;t be an option....with no place to stop and refresh. Your days %26#39;..in..%26#39; Paris will most likely begin later and evenings end earlier.
If you choose a hotel in Paris, you will begin your day as soon as you step out of your hotel%26#39;s lobby onto the streets of the Paris you came to visit. You won%26#39;t have to pack-up every morning like a Sherpa porter in Nepal....and you%26#39;ll have a place to return to to refresh between day and evening...with no concern about catching a late train or making the last shuttle. You can enjoy a liesurely breakfast at a local café in the mornings and end you day with a quiet nightcap at a neighborhood café in the evenings..and that%26#39;s gotta%26#39; beat riding the RER %26#39;B-3%26#39; train to hell %26#39;n gone.
There probably won%26#39;t be any difference in hotel rate....though to insure making a very early outbound flight, there may be the slightly increased transportation cost of a TAXI PARISIAN directly from your hotel directly to your CDG departure terminal on you final morning.
So, how early is your outbound flight?
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I totally agree with the posters who recommend that you stay in Paris. It%26#39;s a wonderful feeling to start out your day in beautiful surroundings and to be near your hotel late at night when you%26#39;re ready to go to sleep.
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Durham -
I think it depends on whether you would rather meet Parisians or other Americans. If the latter, stay at the airport - but if you would prefer to feel as though you have actually been in a charming foreign country, then stay in the city. It%26#39;s a simple choice, really.
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Hi! Are you using points at the CDG Hilton? Could you use them at the Paris Hilton location?
If so it would be easier to tour Paris than going back and forth every day.
Depending on how early your flight is maybe you could come back and stay the last night at the CDG location.
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