Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)

Also known as Roissy Airport, it is the main airport of the country and one of the most important of Europe. It is located near Roissy, 23 km from northern Paris.
Its name derives from the supreme commander and also president of France Charles de Gaulle (1890-1970). The construction of this building lasted almost 10 years.
In 2004 it was estimated that the airport Charles de Gaulle is the second airport of Europe with more passengers traffic (the first being the Heathrow airport from London). It has the biggest number of international connections with every other airport of the world. It welcomes more than 75 million passengers per year and it has flights to more than 500 cities in 132 different countries.
The CDG airport is connected with the RER net and the TGV. That allows the transportation to Paris town. It also has connection with the Thalys net that connects the airport with the south station of Brussels in Belgium.

The airport Charles de Gaulle extends over 32.38 km2 and over three different arrondissements:
Seine y Marne
Seine-Saint Denis
Val-d'Oise
Anyway, administration of this airport is in charged of the Paris Aéroports also in charged of the Orly airport, Le Bourget and some other located in Paris suburbia.

The three station have offices to change currencies and also cash dispensers. Stations 1 and 2 have post offices, bars, restaurants and cafes. They also have stores, including the ones free from taxes. There is a drugstore in stations 1 and 2, a medical center with vaccines services and also a hairdresser in station 1.

In the airport there are hotels connected with stations by a free bus service. Hotels from the airport are:

Kyriad Prestige
Tel: +(33) 01 49 19 70 70
Ibis
Tel: +(33) 01 49 19 19 19
Novotel
Tel: +(33) 01 49 19 27 27
Sofitel
Tel: +(33) 01 49 19 29 29
Hilton
Tel: +(33) 01 49 19 77 77

Address:
BP 20101, 95711 Roissy Charles de Gaulle
Tel: +(33) 01 48 62 22 80
Fax: +(33) 01 48 62 07 52
E-Mail: webmaster@adp.fr
Web: www.adp.fr

Parking

Each station has its own covered parking place with direct access to the station by an elevator. There is also a guarded parking place and another one cheaper for longer stays also connected to every station by a free bus service.

Transportation

RER
The airport CDG has two stops from the B line of the RER. One of them in Station 1 and the other in station 2. To arrive you just have to follow the signs. You can also use the free shuttle service between the stations of the airport. The shuttle has stops in the next points:
Station 1: Departure 28 arrival section
Station 2A: Departure 5 departure section
Station 2B: Departure 6 departure section
Station 2C: Departure 9 departure section
Station 2D: Departure 2 departure section
Station 2F: Departure F departure section

Tickets can be bought in the stations or in the automatic machines that accept credit cards. You can use Paris Visite, Mobilis or Carte Orange in the RER (those can also be bought in the stations)
There are trains every 15 or 20 minutes.

Paris stations

TGV (super fast trains):
The airport has its own stations of fast trains that will take you to many different cities from France and Europe.

Taxis
The trip from the airport to the center of Paris can cost you about 34 to 60 Euros, or more depending on the arrondissement you are going to. Taxis charge you also for extra packaging (around 1 euro) and if there is a fourth passenger (2.70 Euros) You also have to add the tip for the driver that generally is a 10% of the total amount if the service was good and the car was clean.
In the airport you will find the right indications to find the taxis stops.

Car renting
Avis
Budget
Eurocar
Hertz
National
Sixt

Counters are located in the arrivals saloon in station 1, in the shopping part of station2 and in the arrivals saloon of station2.

Air France Buses
Buses Air France are connected with stations 1 and 2 from the airport to different destinations of Paris that can result pretty comfortable.

Line 1 operates in the Orly airport.

Line 2 goes from Charles e Gaulle airport to Arc de Triomphe in Place de l’Etoile and Porte Maillot in La Defense arrondissement. There are buses every 15 minutes and the trip lasts around 45 minutes.
The single ticket costs 12 Euros for adults, 6 Euros for children from 2 to 11 years.
The return ticket costs 18 Euros.
The service is available from 5:45am to 11:00pm
The bus can be taken in these places:
Station 1: departure 34 in the arrivals section
Station 2: departures A6, B6, C5 and D6 in the arrivals section
Station 2D: departure 0.07 in the arrivals section

Line 3 goes from the Charles de Gaulle airport to the Orly-Ouest stations and Orly-South from the Orly airport. The service is available from 6:00 am till 10:30pm with departures every 30 minutes. The trip lasts around 50 minutes.
The single ticket costs: 16 Euros for adults and 8 Euros for children from 2 to 11 years old.
There are many stops to take this bus:
Station 1: departure 34 in the arrivals section
Station 2F: departures B2, C2, 0.07 in the arrivals section
Line 4 goes from Gare de Lyon (Boulevard Diderot) in the 12 arrondissement and Gare Montparnasse (rue du Commandant R. Mouchotte) in the 14 arrondissement. There are buses every 30 minutes operating from 7:00am to 9:00pm. The trip lasts 50 minutes approximately.
The single ticket costs 12 Euros for adults and 6 Euros for children from 2 to 11 years old.
The return ticket costs 18 Euros
The bus can be taken in these spots
Station 1: departure 34 in the arrivals section
Station 2F: departures B2, C2 and 0.07 en the arrivals section.
Tickets can be bought in the Air France counters inside the airport o can be paid directly to the driver.

Roissybus

The roissybus is a special bus service from the RATP. These buses operate between station 1, 2 and 3 from the Charles de Gaulle airport and rue Scribe in the 9th arrondissement near the Garnier Opera in the heart of Paris. They operate from 6:00 am to 11:00pm. The roissybus departures every 15 minutes until 7:00pm and from that time on only one bus every 20 minutes. The trip last approximately 45 minutes.
The single ticket costs 8.50 euros
You can use the Paris Visite card and the Carte Orange
If you choose to take the bus to the Charles de Gaulle airport you would only need to board the bus in Rue Scribe.

Public buses
Lines 350 (end in Gare de l’Est in the 10th arrondissment) and 351 (end in Nation in 11th and 12ve arrondissement) reach stations 1 and 2 from Charles de Gaulle airport. Both buses offer their services every day of the week. During the nights you can use the nocturne bus service called Noctilien, lines N120, N121 and N140.
The ticket costs 4.50 euros or three metro tickets.
You can use the Paris visite card and the Carte Orange.

Shuttles

Parishuttle
Price for one person: 25€
Price for 2 to 4 persons: 19€

Paris Airport Shuttle
Price for one person: 25€
Price for 2 or 3 persons: 19€
Price for 4 or more persons: 17€

Airport Connection
Price for one person: 27€
Price for 2 persons: 21€
Price for more than 2 persons: 15€

Limousines:
The price varies from 100 euros to more than 200 euros.
Phone number: +(33) 01 40 71 84 62