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 Métro and Buses
If you plan to be in Paris for a week (or at least five days), the best transportation buy is the
Navigo. (The explanation is in the French part of the
RATP (Métro's) web page.) You can purchase one in any Métro station. You should buy the weekly «hebdo», second class, Zones 1 - 2 (Paris) ticket for
16.80 €, about $22.50. Don't buy the three-day pass, it's not a value. You will need a picture of each person purchasing a
«Navigo»
which you can take in the photo booths in almost any Métro station for €5.
Be sure ask for a Métro and bus map «plan». The
Navigo is good for unlimited use
on the Métro, on all buses, even on the RER during the week's period of
validity. These tickets are sold on a Monday-to-Sunday basis. If your stay in Paris is less than a week, or you don't
think you will be taking public transit a lot, buy a «carnet de dix»,  a book of ten, one-way tickets than can be used on the Métro or buses.
There are no transfer among buses.
You also can purchase a 1-, 3- or 5-day
museum pass «Carte Musées et Monuments» at most Métro stations. With the museum pass, you avoid standing in the long lines to purchase tickets. The pass is good at most, but not all, museums
in and around Paris.
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