Metro - the quick and easy way to travel around the city, certainly the best value. The Paris metro has around 300 stations, their entrances marked by a big yellow “M”, and 16 lines, numbered from 1 to 14, 3 bis and 7 bis. Each line has a colour, which you’ll find on signs in the stations and on all the RATP maps.

Connections between lines make your journey easy to plan. For an idea of your journey time, allow an average of 2 minutes per station and add 5 minutes for each connection.

The metro operates every day including public holidays from 5.30am to 1am the following morning.

Trains are less frequent on Sundays and public holidays.