- Charles de Gaulle to Disneyland
- Orly to Disneyland
- Paris to Disneyland
- Paris to Versailles
- Paris to Fontainebleau
- Paris to Rambouillet
Transportation information between the airports and Paris: Transport to Paris
Information about transportation in Paris: Transportation in Paris
Attractions in Paris
The Île-de-France region consists of the city of Paris and seven surrounding departments. For some tourist destinations in Île-de-France, the RER is the recommended mode of transport. The RER (Réseau Express Régional) has 5 lines (A, B, C, D, and E) connecting the suburbs in the Île-de-France region with Paris. The Transilien trains also provide fast connections between Parisian stations and the outskirts of Paris. With these lines, you can easily reach attractions such as Disneyland, Versailles, Fontainebleau, or Rambouillet, as well as beautiful historical places like Meaux, Melun, and Provins.
Since all lines also pass through Paris, you can hop on and off in Paris. If your hotel or campsite is outside Paris, for example, in Maisons Laffitte, Disneyland, or Evry, you can easily and quickly take a day trip to Paris and back with the RER. The RER lines have fewer stops but are much faster than the regular metro. They operate from around 6:00 am in the morning until around 1:00 am at night.
Other means of transportation around Paris include the Transilien trains, regional buses, and some private transportation companies like the VEA bus.
- travel routes on the RATP app
- interactive line and zone map
- overview of RER lines
- Transilien lines
Traveling with RER and Transilien
At the entrance, insert your ticket into a slot in the turnstile. It will come out on the other side. Take the ticket and pass through the swing doors or the turnstile. If you have a Navigo Découverte pass, hold it in front of the purple eye.
On the platform, you’ll find an illuminated board showing the stations of the line. An illuminated light for a station means that the RER stops there. Pay attention to the direction the train is going: there may be multiple endpoints.
To open the doors, press a button under the handle of the door. Inside the train, you can see which stations it stops at. When you exit an RER station, you need to pass your ticket through the slot of the turnstile again. So, make sure to keep your ticket! You also need to hold your Navigo Découverte semaine pass in front of the eye again.
Paris Public Transport Tickets
The type of ticket you need depends on the mode of transport. You can travel with a billet Origine-Destination (price by distance), a discount card (price by zones), or a separate ticket (for the TGV and the VEA bus). The billet Origine-Destination is also called ‘billet Ile-de-France’. Which ticket you can use is indicated for each destination. The prices mentioned are based on traveling with a billet Origine-Destination or a private transportation company. Those with a discount card for the mentioned zones pay nothing extra.
Billet Origine-Destination
With your ticket t+, you cannot travel on the RER outside Paris. For that, you need another ticket called ‘billet Origine-Destination’. It looks similar to a ticket t+.
The price of the ticket is determined by the distance between your departure and arrival stations. The farther, the more expensive. The zone division does not apply here. You can buy it at the ticket office or ticket machine of any metro, RER, and train station in and outside Paris.
A round-trip ticket does not exist. For a round trip, you buy 2 identical tickets, one for the outbound journey and one for the return journey (‘aller et retour’). You can also buy these tickets as a carnet (10 tickets at a time), which is 20% cheaper per ticket. Children (4 to 9 years old) get a 50% discount on single tickets or a carnet. Children up to 3 years old travel for free.
If you travel with the RER to the center of Paris, you can transfer to another metro line there with a billet Origine-Destination (not on bus or tram), as long as you stay underground. Once above ground, you need a ticket t+ for the next ride.
The billet Origine-Destination is valid on trains and buses in the Île-de-France region. This also applies to the discount cards, but there are some exceptions. These are mentioned with the different cards.
Discount Card or Subscription
If you want to buy a discount card or subscription like Mobilis, Ticket Jeunes Weekend, Navigo semaine, or Paris Visite, the price of the subscription is calculated based on the number of zones you travel in:
- Paris to Orly Airport or vice versa: 4 zones
- Paris to Charles de Gaulle Airport or vice versa: 5 zones
- Paris to Disneyland or vice versa: 5 zones
- Paris to Versailles or vice versa: 4 zones
- Paris to Rambouillet or vice versa: 5 zones
- Paris to Fontainebleau or vice versa: 5 zones
You can also buy discount cards at any metro, RER, or train station in and outside Paris. More information on purchasing and usage can be found here.
Paris Visite
(children from 4 to 11 years old: half price):
1 – 3 zones:
| 1 day | € 11.65 |
| 2 days | € 18.95 |
| 3 days | € 25.85 |
| 5 days | € 37.25 |
1 – 5 zones:
| 1 day | € 24.50 |
| 2 days | € 37.25 |
| 3 days | € 52.20 |
| 5 days | € 63.90 |
Mobilis: (no child discount)
| 1 – 3 zones | € 9.70 |
| 1 – 4 zones | € 12.00 |
| 1 – 5 zones | € 17.30 |
The Mobilis card is not valid on the RER-B to and from Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports, nor on the Orlyval, TGV, and VEA bus.
Ticket Jeunes Weekend: (up to 25 years old, only on weekends)
| 1 – 3 zones | € 4.00 |
| 1 – 5 zones | € 8.70 |
The Ticket Jeunes Weekend is not valid on the RER-B to and from Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports, nor on the Orlyval, TGV, and VEA bus.
Navigo Découverte semaine: (Monday to Sunday)
| 1 – 5 zones | € 22.15 |
The Navigo Découverte semaine is not valid on the Orlyval, TGV, and VEA bus.
Destinations traveling in Paris
(all prices mentioned are one way)
from: Charles de Gaulle Airport
to: Disneyland
TGV
There is no direct RER connection between Charles de Gaulle Airport and Disneyland. However, you can make a transfer at a station. Take RER line B from CDG to Châtelet – Les Halles (end station). There, transfer to RER line A (direction Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy), which will take you directly to Disneyland. The journey takes about 1.5 to 2 hours.
from: Orly Airport
to: Disneyland
Route RER-A route Orlyval
First, take the Orlyval shuttle train to Antony station. There, transfer to RER line B (direction Mitry – Claye or Aéroport Charles de Gaulle), and get off at Châtelet – Les Halles (end station). Then, transfer to RER line A (direction Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy), which will take you directly to Disneyland. The total travel time is about 1.5 to 2 hours.
from: Paris
To: Disneyland
To reach Disneyland from Paris, take RER line A (direction Marne-la-Vallée – Chessy) from any station in Paris. The journey takes about 40 to 50 minutes.
from: Paris
to: Versailles
To get to Versailles from Paris, take RER line C (direction Versailles – Rive Gauche) from any station in Paris to the Versailles – Rive Gauche station. The journey takes about 45 minutes to an hour.
from: Paris
to: Fontainebleau
To reach Fontainebleau from Paris, take Transilien line R (direction Montargis) from the Gare de Lyon station in Paris to Fontainebleau – Avon station. The journey takes about 40 minutes.
from: Paris
to: Rambouillet
To travel to Rambouillet from Paris, take Transilien line N (direction Rambouillet) from the Montparnasse station in Paris to Rambouillet station. The journey takes about 1 hour.
from: Paris
to: Fontainebleau
To get to Fontainebleau from Paris, take Transilien line R (direction Montargis) from the Gare de Lyon station in Paris to Fontainebleau – Avon station. The journey takes about 40 minutes.