Paris Airport (CDG) to Center of Paris - Cheap and Easy! 

Wow! That is quite a chunk of time. Enjoy your trip to Paris

Thanks Ed I appreciate it!

This is a genuine question: Would you still take the train if you had a 3 hour conection? Is that enough time to take the train, have a look around and head back to the airport?

Hi there, this is really helpful. I am planning a family trip (4 people) and planning to stay near the airport and travel into Paris by train but it will be quite expensive if per person ticket is 11.45 euros only single way - we will end up paying roughly 85 euros for just one day round trip between 4 of us and there are other metro tickets we would need to get to see Paris. Is there any other economical way? i was thinking to use bus 350 which seems like a cheaper option or catch bus. does the ticket price drop if i catch RER from any non airport stop i.e. parc des expositions which is net to aairport stop on RER as RER is usually 5 euro per person? if you could please advise. also, how does it work with Pass Navigo as we are staying for 4 days.

@@gaganxs Buying tickets from the airport is more expensive than anywhere else. This is a hidden tax on tourists. The best thing to do is to buy “Pass Navigo découverte” - it’s the equivalent of a UK Oyster card. If you can’t buy this at Charles de Gaule you can try to go to the next RER stop by taxi. You can then do a weekly top up which will allow you to go wherever you want inside the Paris region for 30€. You can top up using an app, IDF mobilités. In total this will be 140€ for 4 people for a week. I don’t recommend taking the bus from Charles de Gaulle. It’s too far and buses are slow. Take the RER or rent a car (but then keep in mind parking is not easy or cheap in Paris). I also probably wouldn’t recommend the hotel in Charles de Gaulle. Once again it’s pretty far from the city.

​@@gaganxs Four people in a taxi should cost the same as one person in a taxi. When you divide a taxi fare by 4, it's much more reasonable and possibly very close in price to the train or the bus.

​@@gaganxs I personally use bus 350. You also have bus 351 if your destination in Paris is around Place de la Nation. And yes if you catch RER B from Parc des Expositions it's much cheaper, around 5e indeed. But you need to get there first, so... The train company knows you're stuck and that's how they get away with this. Although to be fair, the airport price used to be the same as any other long destination price, they didn't increase it they just dramatically decreased all the other prices (and then increased it a bit, over time, along with all others). But wait until they open the "CDG Express", which is expected to cost 24e (one way): I think they'll increase RER even further then, otherwise nobody in their right mind will use the new train, which will only marginally be faster and, unlike RER B, will only have one single destination.

@@julienb5815 My friend, I'm planning a trip to Spain in the end of November, and becuase of this trip, I'll have a connection in Charles de Gaulle airport of about 3 and half hours. I would LOVE to take my girlfriend to a nice café in Paris, but is this enough time if I dare take the train? Considering an uber ride will cost me 50 euros...

It should be valid within two hours since the first use

@@Pidgey95 If I use the same ticket when transferring from RER B Line to E Line, do I still need to put it inside the machine again?

I've never been to Lyon, but maybe someone in the comments can jump in and help

@@thoughtsontravelandlife Thank You i hope so