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Mel & Judith Croner

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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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