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How to Use Paris Visite

Paris, also known as the City of Lights, is full of history, culture and culinary delights. You can spend your visit seeing the major sites such as the Eiffel Tower and Notre Dame Cathedral, taking a cruise on the Seine River or enjoying small bookshops and cafes in the city's narrow, winding streets. Paris's public transportation system gives visitors and locals easy access throughout the city and its outlying areas. The Paris Visite is especially helpful in giving visitors a flexible travel pass that they can tailor to their needs.

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Instructions

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  Plan how many days you will be in Paris and determine the sites you will need to access by public transportation. Paris Visite passes are available for one, two, three or five days.
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  Plot your destinations on a map. Visite passes are available in two zones. Zones 1 through 3 include central Paris. Zones 4 through 6 are the outlying areas including Disneyland Paris, Versailles and the Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports.
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  Purchase the Paris Visite at one of the following locations: metro station, RER (express commuter train) station, bus terminus sales window, SNCF (French rail) train station, Paris airports and the offices of the Paris Tourist Office.
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  Keep track of what day you begin using your pass. The Paris Visite becomes valid starting on the first day of use.
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  Use your Paris Visite pass for unlimited rides on the metro, buses, RER trains and SNCF trains.

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