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Taking the bus is always a good option because you don't have to worry about getting lost or finding a place to park. GotoBus has some really affordable Paris bus tours if you want to give them a try.
http://search.gotobus.com/cgi-bin/tour.cgi?gid=&nm=0&depart=Paris%2C+EU&ignore=1&days=&attraction=&keywords=&s=Search
If you have only several hours (by which I take it you mean not nuch more than three hours) then its not realistic to leave the terminal and get into the city.
The train into Paris and back will consume almost two hours of your time and entering and exiting thru customs and security will take several hours by itself.
My girlfriend and I took a walking tour of Paris in June 2008 and absolutely loved it! We booked a tour with Aeon Tours (www.aeontours.com). The "Paris Essentials Tour" was ideal for us since we only had 3 days in Paris and we wanted to see the popular sites, but I believe Aeon Tours offers more choices as well. Our guide was quite knowledgeable and kept us entertained.
Enjoy your trip!
I would suggest taking a train Eurorail from Germany to Paris Then booking your tour of Paris thru the hotel you are staying at in Paris. You only need to book these tours the evening before you plan on going. Trains are easy and very enjoyable in Europe. Also don"t be affrid to use the subway in Paris they are very safe and each station has a route map that is very easy to understand
You can take the bus, but the Metro train is far more easier and faster. Also, Paris is a walking city, just about everything is easy to get to on foot. The bus will work, but it won't be ideal. We ended up taken the train from the airport to our hotel and bought a weeks pass so we could just ride the the train whenever we wanted.
This is a personal choice. If you book now and have changes in your plans or you simply want to do something else, you're stuck. On the other hand, if you don't book and you needed to go at a particular time and there are no more tickets, again, you're stuck.
I have been to Paris several times, and each time I have taken those tours you are speaking of, and I never made advance reservations. I don't wan to be locked in to taking the tour at a specific time. I prefer to decide when I want t go once I'm there. But that is just my personal preference.
There is so much to see and do in Paris that if you don't get the reservation you want, you can still see amazing things on another tour, or even without the tours, .
You don't mention if you speak French. If you don't, then the tours will be very helpful. Another thing is that you don't want to do Paris just on tours. I think in what you describe you are leaving time for just exploring – that's important in Paris.
Wherever I travel, I almost always take the city bus tour first – it gives me a good idea of what I want to see up close and personal (I do this in the US too!). I also LOVE riding around on those busses, whether it's the open top double decker, the closed air conditioned one, or the one that runs around the city and then takes you right into the water! Not everyone likes these, but I love them.
In Paris, I have taken the city bus tour, and also tours to Versailles, Fontainebleau, the French Chateaux, Mont St. Michel, and Brugges in Belgium. I find them to be well organized, economical, and enormously convenient.
Unless you have never traveled to another country, have never taken tours, or don't speak French and are skitty about trying to communicate in another language, I would just go to the tour office and book my tours. I would think the hotels would charge a commission for this, when you can go right to the tour office. Check to see the difference in prices. I have used several companies and all of them have been fine.
The tours you speak of sound interesting. I have to tell you that you don't need a tour to cruise the Seine. You can walk right up to the boat dock and buy your tickets. Some tours take you around the city and then let you go ride the boat on your own. There are several types of boats on the Seine, so make sure you get the one you want to ride on. (A large open decked boat is fun during the day; an enclosed bateau-mouche is fun at night.)
PLEASE don't miss Versailles. There are several ways to get there, and going on a tour will make it much simpler for you. So many people go to France and miss Versailles – what a pity! It is one of the most impressive things I have seen in my life – especially when you hear about how nobility lived in that era, compared to the common people.
You don't need a tour to see the Eiffel tower either. It's always busy there, and a tour can get you in sooner if you are on a tight schedule – but you will pay for this. The Eiffel Tower has EXPENSIVE restaurants, but there is a wonderful snack bar up there. We had fabulous sandwiches, and I think they had salads. We also had ice cream.
Quite frankly, more important than booking tours is knowing what things to see and how to plan. Paris is expensive and you want to get the most for your money. I don't know if you've ever heard of Rick Steves? I never travel to Europe without purchasing his latest book. He publishes them new every year, and they are full of ideas, plans and specific information that can save you money and time. They even have details about museums. When I visited the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican, there were no guides, but my Rick Steves book detailed out everything on that ceiling! I use Rick Steves' ideas to book hotels and to know how to wisely spend my days. He has books for each country, as well as books specific to major cities.
Here is the website, but you can also find the books at AAA and at bookstores too.
http://www.ricksteves.com
I hope you have a wonderful trip. Paris is TRULY magical. It's a once in a lifetime experience.
If you stay on the bus, so do not stop to see the sights, it is possible, but I guess that if you only have between 10 and 4, you better skip the boat ride. Take a stroll along the river, on one of the stops of the bus, and see it that way.
Boat rides are most fun if you can relax on them.
On the other hand, if a boat ride is a must for you, (your choice,) think about doing a tour with a bus that is not hop on/hop of, but one with a few short stops at the most famous sites, not one where you will have to wait 30 minutes to one hour for the next bus to come along. (Check the schedule before you book a bus ticket.)
yeap… you should try Paris L'open Tour…it's a double decker bus with an open top deck so you could see perfectly out in the open… they have the hop-on hop off rule.. so they could also work as your transportation while you're there ! It's a great way to discover paris and you get to see all the major attractions! Have fun!
To get from CDG to Paris, the RER B goes directly to Gare du Nord (and into the city) and it's normally 8.40 euro one way, for adult. You'll be doing at least 2 RER journeys that day (one from airport, one to airport) so you should consider getting 1 day zone 1-6 Paris Visite pass which is 18.50 euro (http://www.ratp.info/touristes/index.php?langue=en&rub=decouvrir&cat=paris-visite&page=tarifs ) and which this is a bit more than simple 2 one-way tickets to/fro airport, but it is worth considering because it has other discounts and advantages.
Paris L'Open Tour (http://www.pariscityrama.com/paris-open-tour ) is the only HOHO tour operator that passes Gare du Nord. It runs 4 routes that you can take and swap around with, and the 1-day ticket costs 29 euro per adult. If you decide to get the Paris Visite pass, then it's 25 euro. The Paris L'Open Tour link above has the route information on the routes that they run. You can also combine Paris L'Open Tour with Batobus and this combination ticket costs 39 euro.
There are numerous boat tour and they in general takes about 1 – 1 1/2 hours. The following listed have starting/ending point at the quay side adjacent to Eiffel Tower (except Bateaux Mouches which is a bit more up the river to the east, by Pont d'Alma):
1) Bateaux Parisiens : 11 euro per adult (http://www.bateauxparisiens.com/EN/offers-cruises-seine-paris/cruise-sightseeing-leisures-paris/sightseeing-cruise-seine-paris-eiffel-tower-prices.html ) – if you have gotten the Paris Visite pass, you can get 25% discount of Bateaux Parisiens
2) Les Vedettes de Paris : 11 euro per adult (http://www.vedettesdeparis.com/52/1/croisieres-vedettes-de-paris-our-cruises.html ) – there's 20% off promotion online at the moment
3) Bateaux Mouches : 10 euro per adult (http://www.bateaux-mouches.fr/tarifs/ )
4) Batobus is a HOHO boat tour : 12 euro per adult (http://www.batobus.com/english/tarif2.htm ) – this tour would take the longest to complete as it stop to let people on and off throughout the route, and there is no commentary.
Given you plan to cruise to/fro Eiffel Tower, and from there, to try to get back to the airport, the metro/RER option that is simple and involves only one change is to take RER C from Champ de Mars-Tour Eiffel (direction : Massy Palaiseau) to St Michel-Notre Dame. From there, change to RER B (direction Aeroport CDG). You should be travelling back to CDG on the RER at 4pm the latest to play it safe, as it takes about 45 mins to get to the airport, and that'll give you enough time for the advised 2 hours prior to flight time to check in again etc.
The costs involved in the option with Paris Visite:
- Paris Visite pass (for use on RER/metro) : 18.50
- Paris L'Open Tour (Paris Visite discount) : 25.00
- Bateaux Parisiens (Paris Visite discount) : 8.25
Total : 51.75 euro per person
Alternative costing:
- 2 single tickets to/fro CDG airport : 16.80
- Paris L'Open Tour + Batobus pass : 39.00
Total : 55.80 euro per person