Quick and Easy Guide to Public Transportation in France: Trains, Buses + Metros, Episode 223
Join Us in France Travel Podcast
Annie Sargent
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 17 February 2019
⏱️ 61 minutes
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Summary
On today's episode we discuss getting around France using public transportation: buses and metros in Paris and national trains & regional buses in the rest of France.
Some places in France you need a rental car, but there are many where you do not. Many places in France having a car could ruin your vacation! This episode is your essential training how the transportation system works in France.
Lachlan Cooke has been visiting France since he was a teenager and he loves the French public transit system. He has become very proficient at it and shares his best tips and tricks. We also talk about the best travel Apps out there. Apps will make your life simpler if you get the right ones for France!
Complete show notes and photos are here.
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| 0:00.0 | Before we start this episode about Paris, let me take a second to tell you that I now offer |
| 0:05.6 | audio tours of different Paris neighborhoods via a smartphone app called Voicemap. |
| 0:11.5 | I wish I could show all of my listeners around in person but unfortunately |
| 0:16.4 | there is not enough of me to go around so I hope you'll find taking me |
| 0:20.6 | around in your phone to be an acceptable compromise. |
| 0:24.1 | If you'd like to try a self-guided tour where I show you Paris and tell you some amazing |
| 0:29.4 | stories exactly where they happened, download the Voicemap app on your phone and look for |
| 0:35.7 | tours in Paris by Annie Sergeant. You can order tours through the app on your |
| 0:41.5 | phone but if you'd like to enjoy a special discount for |
| 0:44.7 | podcast listeners visit join us in France.com forward slash audio tours to order your |
| 0:51.4 | tour activation codes and I'll see you in Paris. |
| 0:57.0 | This is join us in France episode 223. |
| 1:01.0 | Bonjoure, I'm Annie Sergeant. |
| 1:04.0 | Are you getting ready for a trip to Paris? |
| 1:06.0 | Provence, Normandy? |
| 1:08.0 | Somewhere else in France? |
| 1:10.0 | On this podcast, you'll hear conversations about France. I am French, I live in France in |
| 1:16.6 | fair city of Toulouse, so I believe in sharing boots on the ground reports that keep it real and helpful for your own |
| 1:26.3 | trip planning. How often have you taken public transportation in France? Maybe never, |
| 1:31.7 | maybe you've been to France many times, but you always rent a car or use |
| 1:36.0 | taxis, maybe you know a lot about public transportation, but let me tell you what, my guest on today's episode, Lachlan Cook, has tried every mode of public transportation in France and will explain how you can get around France using public transit. Many people in North America are not |
| 1:56.7 | used to taking public transportation but in France trains, buses and metro's are often more convenient than using a car. |
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