After overnight stay in Venice the hotel is quiet, we had to get up early to catch a flight to Paris. Using low-cost airline Easy jet from Venice Marco Polo airport to airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle. To the airport from the hotel or from the station St. Lucia, we just walk about 5 minutes to the bus terminal first. From here can choose a city bus or a special shuttle bus to the airport. We recommend that you select directly for the airport shuttle more quickly. You can see the schedule on the website ATVO, whereas for the purchase of tickets can be directly in the terminal. Mileage from the terminal to the airport about 20-40 minutes depending on traffic.
Venice has 2 airport: Venice Marco Polo and Venice Treviso. So note the name of Airport when booking your flight. Marco Polo is located near far enough, while Treviso, about 1 hour. Venice Marco Polo airport is fairly small for Airport category in Europe, but modern and many airline that serves this airport, including EasyJet. Flight Venice – Paris takes 1 hour 45 minutes and we arrived at Paris CDG airport is super busy. And one more, welcome to the world without English. In a very large airport, the directions we should look for is the location pointer Metro (subway), so pay careful attention to directions in this airport.
Arriving at the Metro station at CDG airport, might be a little confusion because the atmosphere is unusual and where to buy metro tickets. You can buy metro tickets at the yellow machine like an ATM machine using a credit card, or can be purchased at the SNCF office counter. For those of you who do SNCF railway ticket booking through the Internet, should also exchange with all the original ticket here so do not forget.
After the ticket is purchased, then follow the instructions to the train platform. Train routes serving the airport is the train line RER line B. You can get off at the station Gare Du Nord or Chatelet for interchange to serve the other lane. For those who still do not understand the train line in Paris, congratulations! Railway line in Paris is a complicated even for people who have come many times. Take a look at the metro map is here.
Train trip takes 30 minutes more and we got off at Gare Du Nord station. A little dazed, because the station is huge and we do not hold the metro map. Finally with the help of a kindly officer and some English can he show me the way to the destination station. In general, Paris has 2 main train system. The first is the Metro lines (M given circle logo), which serves parts of the city with the track line numbered 1 to 14. The second is the RER train line (RER given circle logo) which serves commuter route from the outskirts of town, the track was given the code letters A through D. For official info, you can read on the RATP website.
To ride Metro, RER, and also requires a city bus tickets are usually called carnet (pronounced: karnei). These tickets can be purchased at the station or at the grocery store or coffee shop. 1 pack contents 10 ticket carnet can be purchased for 11 Euros. 10 tickets should not be used alone, can be shared with fellow travel. Small ticket size of dominoes, there is a magnetic strip on the back. Every time you enter the gate of the station, insert this ticket into the slot to be validated (there are writings that indicate print was used)
We may use both types of train, eg the metro to RER or vice versa. Normally for the zone in the city we just use 1 ticket and can interchange. But some interchange requires us to get out of the Metro and use the new ticket for entry into the RER. Make sure you read the sign at the station about this.
Travel tips to fast until the purpose is to use both types of train as efficient as possible. Metro serves many stations and lines that tend to be longer (because of many stops and have a lot of exchange line) while the RER serving long routes from the suburbs to downtown with fewer number of stops. So whenever possible use the RER lines combined with Metro for a long journey for example from east to west.