tim..... wrote:
> "David Horne, _the_ chancellor (*)" wrote in message
> news:1imuhic.9rhdk31erqrtwN%d4g4h4@yahoo.co.uk...
> > Mxsmanic wrote:
> >
> >> tim..... writes:
> >>
> >> > At these prices a "7 day" pass looks interesting if you are staying
> >> > only
> >> > four days.
> >> >
> >> > It's the same price as 20 rides with carnets, so 5 a day, which any
> >> > tourist
> >> > will almost certainly need and less cost than 4 "day" passes. Unless
> >> > there
> >> > is another option?
> >>
> >> If you are not using the Métro a lot, a pack of ten tickets (a carnet) is
> >> actually the cheapest way to go. This may well be the case if you spend
> >> a lot
> >> of time walking around the city.
> >
> > On my last trip, I used two tickets a day, and that was the return trip
> > from the hotel (which was in a suburb) into the centre.
>
> I can't believe this is normal for a "tourist".
It's perfectly normal for me. I don't speak for other tourists.
> You are just not going to
> walk 3 Km between attractions, 5 times in a day, just to save a few metro
> tickets.
Believe it of not, in Paris the attractions are closer together than
that.
> And often people will go back to their hotel during the day to
> collect things.
Or they may not.
> I know that walking around the city for a bit adds to the attraction, but
> there is a limit to this
It depends on the city. The centre of Paris is always interesting to
walk around IMO.
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