I am thinking of travelling by the RER B ligne from CDG to my hotel - located at rue Saint Bon in the Marais. However, after checking with a couple of transport sites, one site is telling me it is easier to get off at Chatelet Les Halles and walk to my hotel, and the other site has said to get off at St Michel, and it will be 10 mins walk to my hotel, which has left me a tad confused.
It will be just myself travelling, my first time in Paris, so I am unfamiliar with the RER/metro (however feel fairly confident), and will be carrying a large suitcase and one piece of hand luggage.
Could someone please help me clarify which would be the easiest option to my hotel? Right now I%26#39;m thinking of getting off at Chatelet Les Halles and just getting a taxi to my hotel. Also, another quick question - is Chatelet (metro) and Chatelet Les Halles connected in the same station or are they completely separate stations altogether?
Many thanks for you help.
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Hi:
Chatelet Les Halles is connected and the station is huge! It can also be extremely crowded since it%26#39;s such a hub. That said, looking at a map, the street of your hotel does look quite close to the metro. The question is where you will get out. You might need to walk for quite a while to actually find the exit that takes you out close to your street. The Saint Michel station would be a longer walk, but might be worth using just to avoid the chaos and confusion at Chatelet.
Check out www.mappy.com. It%26#39;s a great online map resource and includes metro stations and other landmarks so you can get your bearings. Hope this helps! Have a great trip.
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Either way, it%26#39;s going to be a hike. I would definitely take the train to St. Michel-Notre Dame and walk back across the river, just because the route you%26#39;ll take is a little less convoluted. If you use the Plan de Quartier function on the ratp.fr website, you%26#39;ll see the route you%26#39;ll have to take from the stairs that lead to the St. M-ND station are almost directly south of rue Saint Bon.
Truthfully though, I wouldn%26#39;t get off at either one. I would either take the RER to Gare du Nord and then a Taxi to the hotel, or the Air France bus to CCG-Etoile and then a direct Metro shot to Hotel de Ville with a short walk from there to your hotel.
But since you mentioned the idea of Chatelet/Taxi, I think my first choice would be Gare du Nord/Taxi.
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You really need to %26#39;..plot..%26#39; the relative locations on a good Paris street map (you%26#39;ve already got one, right?...if not, go out and get one NOW. It%26#39;s not as if you%26#39;re not going to need it once you arrive--try STREETWISE PARIS for general planning and touring purposes). These will be your three(3) fixed points, as a frame of reference.
The HÔTEL ANDRÉA RIVOLI (2-star)-- http://www.hotelandrearivoli.com/ --is locate at 3 rue Saint Bon (just at the intersection with rue de Rivoli) 75004---approx equidistant from the HÔTEL de VILLE and CHATELET Metro stations.
The RER %26#39;B ligne portion of the CHATELET-Les HALLES station is located near the intersection of rue Berger %26amp; rue Pierre Lescot (at the south-east corner of the Forum Les Halles complex.
The RER %26#39;B%26#39; ligne portion of the SAINT MICHEL-NOTRE DAME station is located on the Left Banl of the Seine, at the intersection of Petit Pont / quai Saint Michel / quai de Montebello ? rue Saint Jacques.
The fact that the hotel is located relatively close to the CHATALET Metro station is a more than a bit misleading....since the CHATELET-Les HALLES station for the RER %26#39;B%26#39; ligne--ROISSYRAIL--train from CDG is located several blocks to the north. You can certainly take underground CORRESPONDENCE passageways from the RER portion of the station to the Metro portion of the station near your hotel...but the whole of the CHATELET-Les HALLES station complex is huge and--S P R A W L S--under 16-20 square city blocks ...and has been noted the surface street, walking route from here is a bit of a %26#39;maze%26#39;. But if walking is your first preference than as noted the most %26#39;,,direct..%26#39; walking route will be from the SAINT MICHEL-NOTRE DAME RER station at PETIT PONT---across the Seine at Petit Pont ,straigt ahead across Île de la Cité (with time to oooh aaaah and take photos of Notre Dame as your pass) across the Seine again at Pont Notre Dame and pretty much just straight ahead until you cross rue de Rivoli, then right onto rue de Rivoli and rue Saint Bon will be the first street on your left..a few doors in on your left. The entire distnce will be approx 750 yards...6-8 blocks...and even rolling luggage, probaly no more than 8-10 minutes from the time you step off of the escalator onto the sidewalk at the SAINT MICHEL-NOTRE DAME RER station.
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