Advanced Metro System Of Paris

Metro transport system is the backbone of public transport system in Paris and it gratifies the travellers in France, one of Europe's largest countries.

Just going through a Paris metro map alone can be a perplexing experience appearing more similar to a work of modern art with its myriad of different coloured lines each standing for a route on the Paris metro system.

Paris metro system is among the oldest of the metro systems in the world. The 100-plus year old metro system of Paris runs on 15 different lines that are named after their destinations and this speaks volumes about its experience.

Selection is yours in picking any of the metro stations near the place of your visit out of a total of 368 metro stations which are linked by a track measuring 200 kilometres. It is believed that one is never more than 500 meters away from a metro station from any given point in Paris.

How many times you are going to make use of the metro service in Paris and what type of ticket you need to choose depend on some elements. If you are staying in the centre of Paris you may not use the metro that much.

This is because most of the well-known places including museums and monuments are all situated within walking distance of each other. If this is the case you'll probably only want to buy a single metro ticket for a particular journey that takes you further a field.

Buying a metro ticket in Paris is easy. There are ticket counters with attendants to help at almost all metro stations in Paris. What many of the tourists do who are only in Paris for a week or so and know they'll be using the metro at least a few times is possess a carnet. This includes 10 metro tickets at a discounted rate which allow you to ride the Paris metro 10 times.

An orange Paris metro ticket is an alternative. This ticket allows you to travel any number of times on the metro for a week. Cost depends on the number of places you plan to travel and hence it is economical to choose an orange Paris metro ticket and save money.

Paris Vistes are special tickets meant for the tourists from the US. This allows them to pay unlimited number of visits on the RATP network. Paris Vistes can be reserved through the internet before you leave for France.