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    Mastering the Paris Metro: A Complete Guide



    Mastering the Paris Metro: A Complete Guide

    This is the ultimate guide on how to navigate Paris Metro best in 2025, knowing that on January 1st this year, everything changed!
    No more cardboard tickets, unique pricing covering the total Paris Region, new pricing scheme for the airports…

    #Paris #parismetro #paristravelguide

    Timeline:
    00:00 – Intro
    01:43 – Chapter 1 – Public Transport in Paris
    02:16 – Metro
    02:57 – RER
    03:43 – Tramway
    04:05 – Bus
    04:31 – Montmartre Funicular
    05:13 – Chapter 2 – Navigating the Paris metro
    08:55 – Chapter 3 – Tickets and Fares
    10:47 – Unique Regional Tickets
    11:47 – Airport Tickets
    12:10 – How to purchase tickets?
    12:43 – Chapter 4 – Navigo Easy and Découverte cards
    11:53 – Navigo Découverte Card
    15:56 – Easy or Découverte
    16:47 – Which card is the most interesting for you?
    17:37 – Chapter 5 – Use your smartphone
    25:20 – … or your connected watch!
    15:00 – Conclusion

    41 Comments

    1. @TheERTrader on

      That presentation was awesome. Unfortunately, setting up an account for a weekly pass is not possible. The app keeps telling me that the service is not available. Is anyone having the same issue?

    2. @ruben95200 on

      So I can purchase 1 navigo easy pass and add both Metro and Bus Tickets without any problem of validation the moment I pass it through the machines!? I am so scared of the €65 fine you could get 😅

    3. @qiwan3976 on

      Excellent and comprehensive information. I tried to set up IDF mobilites app but could not because it was asking for a French phone number? How can I get around it? Thanks.

    4. @NuntiusInfestissumam on

      Argh. We arrive on a Sunday, so I will have to pay the $13 for that day from the airport to Paris, and then the Weekly the next day on Monday – I could have just got the Weekly if I had arrived on Monday. 🙂

    7. @trainzup-of on

      Thanks for the very useful video!
      The only thing I don't understand is if I can transfer from the metro to the RER with a 2.50 metro ticket, can I transfer between the tram and the bus? Do I need to buy two tickets (bus/tram) if I plan to take the tram and then transfer to the bus?

    10. @TheERTrader on

      It appears that YouTube reply is not working properly. You asked me what kind of phone I was using. I am using a Samsung S24 Ultra. I also noticed that I can buy individual tickets but not the weekly pass because I would need to register. The service of setting up an account is not available.

    12. @acbc3543 on

      When I visited Paris last October 2024 I stayed in Montmartre but I didn’t take the metro at all . Instead I took Uber to all the places I went and I avoided being pick pocked . I budgeted for and I left Paris less stressed out

    13. @dennis12dec on

      Bonjour Alain. The Navigo card is much like the Beep Card we use here in Manila, Philippines or the EZ Link card used in Singapore also the Octopus card in Hong Kong. Tried the Paris Metro on my visit to Paris and went around the different French regions, just returned home via Air France on a 13hr flight from Paris Charles de Gaulle to Manila, I had a wonderful time in France and I can't wait to return in July. Merci beaucoup et À Bientôt Paris.

    14. @paulpledger3179 on

      Excellent video, thank you. However, on the NavigoEasy ticket option (for when you already have a Navigo pass), why is the machine prompting the user to select number of passengers if the Navigo can only be used by ONE passenger? Isn't this a bit confusing? Surely the machine knows there is only one passenger because you have one Navigo? I understand the number of tickets info, not the number of passenger info.

    16. @chiliplai7416 on

      Great video! I have one question if I may. If traveling in a group where some travelers do not have a smartphone (e.g. elderly or children) can I still use my smartphone to buy and validate for their journies on the metro? Thank you

    17. @mr08tsx on

      Alain,
      Just FYI….just tried to create an account, to purchase a NAVIGO card, got message saying that the "service is not available at this time". Hope it's just a system error. Jan 16, 2025.
      Merci

    18. @hrngffcr on

      I am using an iPhone 14. I am still in US trying to set up app and purchase ticket for upcoming trip. When I try to set up account I get message that the service is not available. I removed the app and reloaded. I get the same message. Can't find an answer on the internet as to why.

    21. @alexmcse1 on

      Thank for the detailed and excellent information, I think I missed how to place a picture in the navigo card that can hold the weekly pass, does the card have a glue square to stick a picture or there is a way to imprint a digital photo? I think this card can't be purchased in the machine but only with a sales attendant, correct? Thanks

    26. @anapau5249 on

      hi! is it possible to buy the Navigo Decouverte + Weekly Pass via online/app while not in Paris? I'll be in Brussels on a Thursday and arriving to Paris on a Friday :/ thanks for all the useful info!

    27. @wizardofoz4284 on

      Hi, totally separate question not related to this video………….. what are your thoughts about a hotel in Paris called, Voco paris – Porte de Clincy? Specifically about the location, and the safty? Enjoy watching your videos. Thanks.

    30. @kyunglimkwon9670 on

      Thank you so much for the video!! I am going to Paris in a few days and I have a question about Navigo Easy Pass!! I am staying there for 5 days and if I purchase one Navigo Easy Pass for 2 euros can I use it for 5 days to load extra ticket in it? Or should I get the Découverte Pass?

    33. @hossain2010 on

      Can somebody please tell me how to use a single Ticket for a Train or bus at the ticket turnstile or on the bus after I purchase it? I mean do I have to open up the mobile app before tapping on or do I have to add the tickets to Samsung Wallet or how actually?

    35. @Leebpascal1 on

      This video is a masterpiece ! Congratulations ! As the Devil is hidden in details, i’ll add this :
      10:21 You will be able take a liberté + pass, available on phone during this year which allows transfers between rail and street.
      10:53 The rail (metro/rer/transilien) tickets are valid for 2h from 1st validation to the exit of the network, and for the street (bus/tram) it’s 1h30 max between 1st and last validation.
      11:14 Trams express 11 to 13 are considered as trains for the tickets.
      17:01 Good example. But be careful of two limits of this calculation : The airport trips have to be done in the same M-S calendar week, and the orlyval shuttle between the rer B and the airport is not included in the pass, even though it’s less of a problem with the metro 14 now going there, tourists should be wary of it.

    37. @MichaelPlavman on

      Thankyou, brilliant video. One question, how can I register in the app to buy a weekly pass without a french telephone number? It does not allow my country code . Thanks

    38. @amnerisgisellecisneros1911 on

      Excellent video, it makes my trip clearer to me. One question please, until what time are the Navigo Decouverte sold at train or metro stations? I arrive at my hotel at 6:00 p.m. and I would like to buy it to go out that same night. Thank you.

    39. @Glotttis on

      Amount of personal information you have to give up for using the app is insane. Your photo, phone number, email, name and it also requests various access permissions for your device. I'm surprised it doesn't ask for your DNA and fingerprint.

    40. @Alexj96 on

      Hello! I want to get the navigo decouverte card cause i cant create an account as i dont have a France phone number. Can i get one in Orly Airport? Do you happen to know where?

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