Parking areas and car parks Paris Passlib’: get around, Do not park in ‘axe rouge’ (no parking) visit, explore! areas. Do not double-park and do not park in Get the official city pass for Paris: the Paris spaces reserved for people with disabilities; Passlib’, from the Tourist Office’s informa- nor in spaces reserved for delivery vehicles tion centres or website, PARISINFO.com! (except Sundays and public holidays, and This pass gives you access to numerous from 8pm to 7am; however, it is forbidden to cultural sites and sightseeing opportuni- park in spaces bordered by a double yellow ties in Paris (open-top bus, cruise on the line). To find out the addresses of car depots River Seine) and gives you free and unlim- and car pounds, go to: ited access to the public transport net- 34 30 (€0.06/min). work. Option to visit the Eiffel Tower. www.prefecturedepolice.interieur.gouv.fr The places included in the pass are indi- Paid street parking costs €4 (in arrondisse- cated in this guide by the pictogram ments 1 to 11) or €2.40 (in arrondissements 12 to 20) for the first hour. There are also underground car parks in all districts of the city where drivers can park for as long as they like. You can reserve a parking space in advance and benefit from reduced rates: www.onepark.fr www.opngo.com https://parclick.fr www.parisfranceparking.fr https://parkingclaridgeparis.com www.q-park-resa.fr City of Paris museums www.saemes.fr Art, history, literature … the City of Paris www.travelcar.com boasts exceptional collections, the second most important in France after those of the State! 14 sites and museums belong CULTURE to the Paris City Council: the Musées d’Art Moderne, Bourdelle, Carnavalet – Histoire Paris Museum Pass de Paris, Cernuschi – Arts de l’Asie, Cognacq- Jay, Palais Galliera – Musée de la Mode, Vie This pass gives you free and unlimited pri- Romantique, Zadkine, the Maison de Balzac, ority access to over 50 museums and mon- the Catacombes, the Archaeological crypt uments in Paris and the Paris region. Three of the Île de la Cité, the Musée du Général different passes (2, 4 or 6 consecutive days Leclerc de Hauteclocque et de la Libéra- for €48, €62 or €74) are on sale at the Paris tion de Paris – Musée Jean Moulin, the Petit Tourist Office, on PARISINFO.com, and at Palais – Musée des Beaux-Arts and the Mai- participating sites. N.B.: this pass does not son de Victor Hugo. Admission to these sites give access to temporary exhibitions or to is free for everyone, except for temporary visits with talks. exhibitions, the Catacombes, the Archaeo- www.parismuseumpass.fr logical crypt and the Palais Galliera. www.parismusees.paris.fr Museums, good to know Museums open around 10am and close around 5pm or 6pm. Many offer a late-night opening one evening a week. The majority are closed on either Monday or Tuesday and some public holidays. Ticket desks usu- ally close half an hour before the sites. 98 NOITAMROFNI LACITCARP