Paris Metro: 10 Things You MUST Know About Navigo!

Paris Metro: 10 Things You MUST Know About Navigo!

Welcome back to Paris Top Tips! If you’re planning to use public transport in Paris, you’ve probably heard of the Navigo Easy and Navigo Découverte passes. But even after my detailed video on Paris transport in 2025, I keep getting many questions about these passes. Since paper tickets are no longer available for purchase, it’s more important than ever to understand how Navigo solutions work. So today, I’m here to clear up the confusion with 10 essential answers about the Navigo passes. I’ve added chapters in the video, so you can easily jump to the specific question you’re interested in. Let’s get started! Let’s start with the basics. The Navigo Easy pass is a rechargeable card for occasional travelers. It works like an electronic wallet where you can load metro tickets, bus tickets, airport tickets and day passes. It’s perfect if you’re staying just a few days and don’t need unlimited travel. Navigo Easy is non-nominative, so it can be loaned or transferred. It costs 2€ On the other hand, the Navigo Découverte is only holding passes – daily, weekly or monthly … that allows unlimited travel over the Paris region, except for the airports on the day pass. It’s ideal if you’re in Paris for a full week and plan to take a lot of transport. This card is personalized, which means you need a photo to use it, and it’s non-transferable. It costs 5€ You can purchase Navigo Easy Passes at metro and RER station ticket counters or from ticket machines, such as these. You’ve got the old machines, with the rollers… … and the newer, touchscreen machines. If you don’t have a Navigo Easy card yet, touch on “You don’t have a Navigo Pass”. Then, select “Tickets” And choose if you want metro-train or bus-tram tickets. This tells you that you are going to purchase one or many Navigo Easy cards to load your tickets on. And, here, you can choose to purchase up to 5 Navigo Easy cards, full fare, or reduced fare for kids aged 4 to 9. Let’s purchase one full fare card! Now, you have to choose how many tickets you want to load on your Navigo Easy card. I’ll purchase 2 tickets. As you can see, I can use a credit card, bank notes or coins. Just wait for a few seconds And there you have it, your Navigo Easy card loaded with two metro tickets! The Navigo Découverte is not available at machines—you need to buy it in person at a ticket counter, for 5€. You’ll find these counters in most metro stations, and at the airports too! Here at Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport, at the RER station between terminals 2 D and F Here is what you will get for 5€. You have 3 elements: a plastic container, the Navigo Découverte card and the client identification part. Let me show you how to put your photo and name on it. First, you need a photo of you.
i’ll show you in the next chapter how to easily get one at metro and RER stations. Peel off the protective paper And adjust your ID photo on the sticky zone. Now you have to write your Name and Surname Separate the paper part from the plastic cover, and stick it on the second paper part where your name and photo are. And finally, you can assemble the 3 elements together. So, where can I get the required photo for my Navigo Découverte card? The easiest way to get one is at a Point Services or a Photomaton, like this one at CDG airport, which are photo booths found at most metro stations. What a great mug shot! So, what are the costs incurred? As we’ve seen, the Navigo Easy card itself costs 2€, and you can then load it with tickets that cover all zones: metro/RER/train tickets at 2.50€, bus/tram tickets at 2.00€. Then, you can also load on the Easy card airport tickets at 13.00€. And finally, Navigo Day tickets that enable unlimited travel in the Paris region, at the exception of airports, for a whole day! The Navigo Découverte card costs 5€, and the weekly pass is 31€60, giving you unlimited travel throughout the region, including airports. It is valid from Monday to Sunday but does not cover a rolling 7-day period. You can purchase it starting from the Friday before the week begins until Thursday of that same week. We’ve already seen how to purchase a Navigo Easy or a Navigo Découverte card. Now let’s see how we can upload new tickets or passes on these cards. You can do it on the white and blue machines we’ve seen before, but you can also do it on the purple Navigo machines like this one. Place your Navigo card on the purple container. Here, I will upload a Weekly Pass on my New Navigo Découverte card Press buy And then choose between a Day, a weekly or a monthly travel pass. Press on zones 1 and then 5 to get the best Value for Money solution covering the whole Paris region. And now, you just have to pay, using your credit card. Here’s a question I often get: can two or more people share the same Navigo card or phone app? The answer is: No!
Each traveler must have their own pass. Even if a Navigo Easy, Navigo Découverte, or a phone with the IDF Mobilités app has multiple tickets, … only one person can use it at a time. A Navigo Easy card is anonymous, so you can share it or pass it one to someone else, but you can’t use two tickets from it at the same time. Navigo Découverte and a phone app are strictly personal and can’t be used by someone else. So, which tickets or pass on which card? On a Navigo Découverte you can only have two passes of each category: day, weekly or monthly. For example, you can have at the same time a pass for week n and a pass for week n+1, but not for n+2, then. But, and this is really a pain, it can’t contain at the same time a metro-Train-RER ticket and a Paris Region <> Airports ticket And it’s also the same if you have an old Navigo Easy card with some remaining unused t+ tickets. You won’t be able to purchase new metro-train-RER tickets before all the old t+ tickets have been used. Finally, it can also contain up to 2 Paris Visite Passes and 2 Navigo Day Passes So, how can I use the different Navigo cards to get to the airports of Roissy Charles de Gaulle and Orly? On your Navigo Easy, you can load either a RoissyBus ticket to Charles de Gaulle airport, … or a Paris Region to airports ticket using either the RER B to Roissy or the metro line 14 to Orly. Just remember that a Day Pass on a Navigo Easy card enables you to get anywhere in the region, at the exception of these two airports! For information, since the beginning of March 2025, the OrlyBus service to Orly airport has been discontinued. Finally, you can also use the Paris Region to Airports ticket to reach Orly with the RER B and the Orlyval automatic transport system. The weekly pass on a Navigo Découverte card enables unlimited travel to and from the airports, via all transport modes, except the Orlyval. Here also, a Day Pass on a Navigo Découverte does not enable you to get to the airports! How do I reach the Palace or Versailles or Disneyland Paris, and at what cost? You can reach the Palace of Versailles using the RER C to Versailles Château Rive Gauche, … and Disneyland using the RER A to Marne la Vallée Chessy. You can reach Versailles or Disneyland with just one metro-train-RER ticket at 2,50€! Of course if you have a Navigo Day or Navigo Weekly pass, these two destinations are included. Paper tickets are no longer sold since January 1, 2025, but if travelers still have old ones, they can use them until December 31, 2025. After that, only digital tickets on Navigo solutions will be accepted. And that’s it! I hope this answers all your questions about the Navigo Easy and Navigo Découverte passes. If you found this helpful, give this video a like, and let me know in the comments if you still have any doubts! Also, don’t forget to check out my complete guide to Paris public transport in 2025 Thanks for watching, and see you in the next video!

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If you’re planning to use public transport in Paris, you might be wondering about the different Navigo options available. Since January 1, 2025, paper tickets are no longer sold, and all purchases must now be made using Navigo solutions.

In this video, I’ll answer the top 10 most frequently asked questions about Navigo Easy and Navigo Découverte to help you travel like a pro. I’ve also added chapters so you can skip to the questions that interest you most.

Timeline
00:00 – Intro
00:48 – 1. What’s the difference between Navigo Easy and Découverte?
01:42 – 2. Where can I buy a Navigo Easy or Navigo Découverte pass?
06:48 – 3. Where can I get the required photo for a Navigo Découverte pass?
07:27 – 4. How much do these passes cost?
08:20 – 5. How do I load tickets onto a Navigo Easy or Découverte?
09:37 – 6. Can two people share the same Navigo card or phone?
10:14 – 7. Which tickets can I put on a Navigo Easy vs. a Navigo Découverte?
11:21 – 8. Can I use a Navigo pass for airport transportation?
12:29 – 9. Does the Navigo Découverte cover Versailles or Disneyland Paris?
12:58 – 10. Are paper tickets still accepted?