How much does a Paris transport pass cost?

The Navigo Easy card costs 2€; the Navigo Découverte costs 5€ and requires a photo. A Navigo Day Pass costs €12.30, while a Weekly Pass (Mon-Sun) costs €32.40.

What area is covered by the Navigo pass?

It covers the whole of Greater Paris, including Versailles, Disneyland (Chessy), Rambouillet, Pontoise, and Fontainebleau.

What is excluded from the Paris transport passes?

RER to/from CDG and Orly is excluded from daily passes (but included in weekly passes). River buses, taxis, and rickshaws are also excluded.

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Q: What's the difference between Navigo Easy card and Navigo Découverte card?

Navigo Easy cards are not personal and can be loaded only with a Paris Visite weekly card or individual tickets. Navigo Découverte cards are personal and can be loaded with normal Navigo Semaine (weekly) or Navigo Mois (monthly) passes.

Q: How / where do I get a Navigo card?

Navigo cards can be bought at ticket sales counters in metro and RER stations, SNCF Transilien suburban stations, ticket offices in stations such as Gare du Nord, and authorized newsagents.

Q: Is there an app for Paris transport?

Yes, you can download a free app onto your phone and load Navigo products onto it, avoiding the 2€ cost of the plastic card.

Q: Are there any other passes I should know about?

There is the Paris Visite card, valid for 1, 2, 3, or 5 consecutive days. It is more expensive (e.g., 45.40 € for 2 days) but available at airports and main stations.

Q: What means of travel are included in the pass?

All standard public transport: buses, metro, RER, suburban trains, trams, and the funicular up to Montmartre.

Q: Can I buy a ticket for a single journey?

By summer 2026, contactless payment (€2.10) will be available on all buses. For the metro, you must use a Navigo Easy card or the phone app to hold single tickets.

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USING PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN PARIS for FREE

Paris has a great public transport network, with a fast underground or subway network that stretches well into the suburbs. And believe it or not, you can travel anywhere in the greater Paris area for FREE once you've bought a Navigo pass for a day or longer. And daily passes for the whole Paris are start at just 12.30 €... just over £10 or under $ 15 for a whole day's free travel throughout Paris and its suburbs.

1. How do you start?

Firstly, understand that there are two principal types of card (the holders) and a choice of passes (the products) . First you choose between a Navigo Easy and a Navigo Découverte card, or get an app.

2. What's the difference between Navigo Easy card and Navigo Découverte card?

Navigo Easy cards are not personal, and can be loaded only with a Paris Visite weekly card, or individual tickets. Navigo Découverte (Navigo Discovery) cards are personal, and can be loaded with normal Navigo Semaine (weekly) or Navigo Mois (Navigo Month) pass.

3 How / where do I get a Navigo card?

Navigo cards can be bought at multiple locations in and around Paris. These include

Ticket sales counters in metro stations and RER stations
In SNCF "Transilien" suburban train stations
At ticket offices or machines in stations such as Gare du Nord, Gare de Lyon
From authorized newsagents, tobacconists

4. Is there an app?

Yes, you can download a free app onto your phone, and load Navigo products onto it.... avoiding the cost of a plastic card. The Bonjour RATP app can be downloaded from the Apple App Store or for other devices from the Google Play Store

5. How much does it cost?

The plastic Navigo Easy card itself costs 2€ - a once-only payment.
The plastic Navigo Découverte card itself costs 5€ - a once-only payment. - and requires a passport-size photo
Once you have a card, you just "load" tickets onto it at any sales point

A Navigo Day Pass for the Easy card costs €12.30, a Navigo Weekly Pass for the Découverte card costs €32.40, valid for a calendar week, i.e. Mon to Sun. There are also monthly and annual passes, which are even better value for long-term use.

6. Are there any other passes I should know about?

Yes, there's the Paris Visite card, which is more expensive, and can only be purchased in some spots, such as airports and main train stations. There's a free app, or a charge of 2 € if a plastic card is required This pass is valid for any consecutive period of 1, 2, 3, or 5 days , but is more expensive, costing 45.40 € for 2 days... and up to 78 € for 5 days .

7. What area is covered?

With limited exceptions, Navigo passes cover the whole of the Greater Paris public transport area. This reaches as far as Versailles and Rambouillet in the west, Pontoise in the north, Chessy in the east (for Disneyland) and Fontainebleau in the south.

8. What means of travel are included in the pass?

All standard public transport; buses, metro, RER (express suburban transit), suburban trains, trams. Even the funicular up to Montmartre.

9. What is excluded?

Transport by RER to and from Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports is not included in the daily pass, though is included in the weekly pass. Other forms of transport - river buses, taxis, rickshaws, are not included. Some long duration passes only cover limited zones, but these are not usually intended for visitors.

10 Can I buy a ticket for a single journey?

It depends. By summer 2026 contactless payment by credit / debit card will be available on all bus lines in Île‑de‑France, meaning that you can board a bus and pay for that journey by Visa or Mastercard. The cost is € 2.10. You can still buy a single ticket for the metro in some stations, but you'll have to buy a plastic Navigo Easy card (cost € 2) to hold it, or load it on your phone.

Note that you cannot tap a card twice for two people on the same journey. Two people traveling together need two cards.
Family travel : each member of the family needs a card, except children under 4, who can be carried through turnstiles. Kids 4 - 14 need a card loaded with half-price tickets.

Other tourist transport :

In addition to hop-on hop-off tour buses (see tourist passes), there is a range of other travel options for tourists. Apart from taxis, other more picturesque options include pedicabs and rickshaws, tours by historic 2CV (the iconic little French car), Segway tours, bike tours and walking trips.
There is also a city-wide bike share system known as "Velib". How to make use of this system is explained on the Budget Paris page.

See the full size map:
► Metro map for your phone or computer
or
► PDF metro map to print out

Finding your way in the metro.
This is no big problem. Using the maps available, check the line number and terminus station of each line you want to take. If you need to change routes, follow the "Correspondance" signs on the platform and through the foot tunnels; these indicate the line numbers and the termini.

Travelling outside Paris: use the trains or hire a car at a location on the outskirts of Paris, to avoid having to drive in the streets of Paris. See tips on car hire on the outskirts of Paris. Click here for travel to and from Paris airports

► Don't buy the Paris Visite bus and metro pass online in advance, buy it when you arrive. Apart from the official site, other sites selling this pass charge inflated prices and high delivery costs.... up to 29.90 € for delivery to North America, and even more for "rest of the world". You can buy the pass at airports, main train stations, and all Paris urban transport stations.

What to see and do in Paris:
If your budget is limited, visit the Paris for Free page. Even the Louvre is free, if you know when to go or - in many cases - if you are under 26 !

Click here for Paris tourist attractions info : Notre Dame, the Louvre, Montmartre, Moulin Rouge, and much more. Or see the Eiffel tower info page,

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In an emergency in Paris:

24 hr chemist / pharmacies:
About a dozen pharacies are open 24/24 in Paris. Here are five of them in different parts of the city.
a) Pharmacie 5 place de la République, 75003
0147 00 18 08
b) 84, av des Champs-Elysées 75008, tel
0145 62 02 41
c) 6, place Clichy 75009, tel
0148 74 65 18 .
d) Pharmacie Bastille - 6 bd Richard Lenoir 75011
0147 00 49 44
e) Pharmacie d’Italie - 61 avenue d’Italie, 75013
0144 24 19 72

For other addresses, search on the Paris Area Health Service website (in French).

English-speaking pharmacies:
British Pharmacy
62, Avenue des Champs-Elysées
75008 Paris
0143 59 22 52

British-American pharmacy,
1 rue Auber, 75009
0142 65 88 29

English-language crisis line;
SOS-Help
Daily 3 pm - 11pm
01 46 21 46 46

Ambulance:
Call/phone: 15

Hospitals:
Hertford British Hospital: 3, rue Barbès, 92300 Levallois-Perret
Tel 0146 39 22 22

American Hospital of Paris
63, Bd Victor Hugo
92200 Neuilly-sur-Seine
0146 41 25 25

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