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About the Airport – Schiphol (AMS)

Holland is a small country, it has only one international airport, Schiphol in Amsterdam, this one here is the main gateway to and from the Netherlands, it is also one of the Europe’s busiest airports.

Schiphol airport consists of three parts. The Airport Plaza - Schiphol Plaza, Arrival Hall and the Departure Hall

Schiphol Plaza, not only a range of shopping centres, a wide range of cafes, fast food, snack shops and lots of flower shops. Please Note that Schiphol Plaza is an indoor square, there is an outdoor plaza after this one, where the airport buses (mainly to the outskirts of Amsterdam and other cities, towns band bus), hotel Shuttle Bus, Taxis.


Arrival Hall consists of three parts; Arrival 1 to for the flights from Schengen states, there is no Passport Control. Arrival 2 and 3 are for the flights from non-Schengen area, Arrival 2 mainly for European’s Non-Schengen arrived (e.g. UK), and Arrival 3 is for the major international arrival areas. Each of the arrival halls has the transfer desks, which is very convenient for you to make the transfer procedures, and you will be told which departure hall you will need to go.


Departure Hall also consists of three parts, generally with the Arrival Hall of the district should be relative. In addition to the major airlines Check in counters, almost all the airlines are equipped with ticketing counters next to their check in desks. Netherlands and many European travel agencies counters can also be found here. Through security checks, you are now in a massive duty-free shopping area, See by Fly the airport duty-free shops often have special offers for sale, try your luck there!


Airport traffic

Schiphol to the centre of Amsterdam and other Dutch towns is very convenient; the most rapid means of public transport is the train. You can find the timetables and fares for all domestic trains and international train services at http://www.ns.nl/,

You can purchase the tickets at the self-ticket machines or at counters (0.50 Euro fee) by cards or cash. Remember to buy tickets before you travel, the fine for travelling without a valid tickets is 35 Euro.


Netherlands Taxis are very expensive, from the airport to the centre of Amsterdam, a short 20-minute journey costs at least 40 Euros.


Luggage storage

There are automatic luggage storage in each lounge in the airport and next to the exit of Arrival 3, the prices are vary between 4-9 Euro for every 24 hours, depending on the size of storage shelves.

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Tips for Paris Public Transport

Jul-16-2008 By Yong

Paris public transport guide

Paris, the sub-district and zones:
If travel in Paris for short trips, you can buy 10 one-way ticket (10 Carnet). This one-way ticket can only be applied to the city of Paris 1, 2 zones, but most of the Paris tourist spots are concentrated in these two zones. In addition, you can choose 1 day ticket, 3-day ticket and the use of the region as one-way ticket, in the general words, most of the attractions of Paris are in walking distances, so 10 tickets more practical and economic, enough for two days use.

There are also the following two sets of cards:

1, paris Visite
In Paris can enjoy the many attractions from 10 to 35 percent price concessions, in addition to another subway, bus and tramway in all other concessions. The card in addition to the Versailles Palace (the first four zones) useful, not very wide use. 1-6 zones paris Visite can go to the airport wearing Gore


Paris Visite - Paris Tourist Card

zone

1 day

2 days

3 days

5 days

1-3

8.50

13.95

18.60

27.20

1-6.

17.05

27.15

38.10

46.60

The tickets are valid for any public transport within 1-2 zones. (valid 1.5 hours for buses, and only 1 trip for metro. Cannot transfer between bus and metro)

Single ticket is 1.5 Euro, the package for 10 are available for 10 Euro 11.1

Days with Mobilis

Zones

Price (Euro)

1-2

5.60 nearly covers all attractions in Paris

1-3

7.50

1-4

9.30 (De Versailles)

1-5

12.50Disneyland

1-6

15.90


Youth Ticket Jeunes (26 below)

weekend or holiday only, effective the same day.
However, cannot ride the bus and RER ride to the airport

Zones

Prices (euro)

1-3

3.2

1-5

6.4

1-6

8.0

3-6

4.0


2, weekly tickets Carte Orarge (basic will change Passe Navigo)


This permit is cheaper, can be unlimited in the subway, bus, RER train in the use of valid tickets week from Monday to Sunday only, no matter which day you purchase, are valid only on Sunday. If the 10 tickets in a week and the week 1-2 district vote, the latter undoubtedly much cheaper, if you stay in Paris from 3 to 4 days, (the best on Monday to buy three) this card is the best option.
The types of vehicles mentioned above cards can be at all MTR stations or the purchase of Tourism Bureau, a subway map at the same time. Remember to vote in the week posted good photos and fill in personal information, or else they would be fine.
(Now the majority of MTR stations have launched digital film is a new week as the tickets Navigo, in fact, usage, only to let the staff at the scene with digital cameras shoot photos of cards, after the ticket gate designated on the card can be entered, Recent may abolish the Carte Orarge)
(Wednesday this week the last week to buy tickets, the tickets in the first week next week Friday to buy, not sell Thursday)

Zones

prices

1-2

16.30nearly covers all attractions in Paris

1-3

21.60

1-4

26.70

1-5

32.10

1-6

36.10

Museum Card Carte Musées et Monuments

(Where to Buy: any museum or tourist offices, FNAC stores) if the mad able to turn the museum, a lot of people want to be this election, not a single vote buying is normal. From the first day of use are valid for two consecutive days, can be purchased in advance.

2 days 30 Euro

4 days 45 Euro

6 days 60 Euro

Paris, a circle district map

Train
Paris train stations over the city:
GARE DU NORD (mainly to London, the Netherlands, Belgium, Lu Deguo Cologne direction, Eurostar, Thalys trains here,) RER B, MTR M4, M5 line
GARE DE L’EST (mainly to Strasbourg, most of southern Germany, Austria and other direction) The M4, M5 line
GARE DE LYON (mainly to the South, Lyon, Marseille) RER A, RER D, MTR M1, M14 line

GARE D’AUSTERLITZ (Nice to Yeche) RER C, Metro M5, M10 line

GARE BERCY (Italy to train) The M6, M14 line
GARE MONTPARNASSE (to Loire, such as the direction of the Atlantic) The M4, M6, M12, M13 line


Coaches
Eurolines car to Paris two terminals:
Gallienl stations, subway lines, the east end of M3, in the ring (not good law and order, leave as soon as possible)
La Defense station, subway line west end of M1, in the ring. RER A line will be three zones
(Gallienl station terminus, La Defense at the car will open up)


Bicycle
Paris now launched 16,000 Velib bike, need to rent, insert the international credit card , 150 Euro deposit, you will get a ticket to use for renting, according to the prompts. This ticket costs 1 Euro a day, seven days for 5 Euro. Fares for the first half-hour free, every half-hour after the euro, you can ride for half an hour on the vehicles.


Taxi
From 3.4 in Europe, 20 in Europe within the city in general, CDG airport to the urban areas around 60 in Europe, ORLY to the urban area around the EU 30

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Paris is really an amazing cities, find out which attractions you really don’t want to miss first! Budget traveller has listed the following 15 top attractions as a guidance for you! Enjoy you visiting in France!

1. Notre Dame de Paris - Some people say the best from the North Portal entered, a door will be able to let you see the magnificent display of three roses painted windows, was really surprised. I went before heard of, you may wish to give it a try. Napoleon in 1804 to the throne, but did not seem to stay with’s Memorial. South Pylon building a “Notre Dame de Paris”, the well-known large bell, I have read the book before Hugo here feel very cordial.

2. Sacred Heart Church - best to go on Sunday, you can catch up with the mass market, where the nuns wear white-glasses. Do not forget to climb up a good look at the Dome of Paris.


3. Arc De Triomphe - Street (including the Arc de Triomphe) - French-Street is actually very “soil” is the meaning of the field. But of the two kilometer-long street today is the world’s most Yang Qi one of the streets. Night-time arrangements must field, under the lights slowly Duobu more Qingzhi. In other weekend prime time to squeeze McDonald’s, ranked Battalion had to wash their hands. Here I would also like to remind those friends to Paris, to the attention of millions of Hong Street, the other in order to Nengzhuan 1,000 francs on others to buy passports can be bought with “Louise Weidong” bag (although they pay first and only Used by you and your passport), and other uncertainties or less as a matter of the Miao.

4. Louvre - must Beizu time, I went to nearly a day and eventually did not turn. , The world’s biggest museums will be alleged to have each new discovery. Mentally prepared to do a good job, with the largest classical devout fully appreciate the beauty of it. Mona Lisa will not be so if you Xiang Xiang, but absolutely first class. Unger, Bo Tiqie, Michelangelo, Xi Like, Rubens, Rafael, Courbet, Delacroix, Keluo things and there is absolutely Yes, there are too many treasures are also listed Buwan, do not forget to look at the focus of Rembrandt, his drawings (copper engraving) is a refined.

5. Pompidou - the best in the next day immediately after reading the Louvre to see the Pompidou. The former is a “god”, the latter is a human or non-human, you will immediately be understood. Upstairs a modern painting is really brilliant, Xia Jiaer, Rousseau, Picasso, Kandinsky MAX ENRST, Miro, Klee and other people’s works are worth a good stop, but below a layer of contemporary artists the things I do not Dare to compliment, and occasionally in a previous TV station, a man immediately said: I am a man, you are a woman, we are human beings. I work, you work, we work. I like to make love, you like to make love, we love to go back again…… these people are still kept “times New Roman”, but already faces a lot of heinous, Speed is also accelerating. I see this point of the newly injected into the bright classical artist to a lot of wastage.

6. ORSAY Museum - the museum’s rich totally beyond my imagination, it is from the Louvre and the Pompidou to the excessive, you have to appreciate a good time to prepare carefully impressionist and post-impressionist works. The best upstairs, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Rousseau, Cezanne, Degas, Renoir, Manet, Monet wonderful way. Angell is the downstairs “-chuen,” Miller’s “Mu Yangnv”, “Wan Dao” and “Shisui” Courbet and the many major works, so I stopped most of the upper floors of Van Gogh and Monet. The former is the vitality of the painting, the artist is almost his life into a burning color. The latter’s water lilies are people of the resources is huge impressionist, then even a single painting things so color abundance, a classical painter Monet’s perseverance. Then there was Sharon rejected by the orthodox art of Manet’s “lunch on the lawn,” is usually the most guests.

7. Eiffel - didn’t spend lots of time there, may be too many people, probably because of a fear of heights, Sheung Read on to see it will not work. Oh, that reminds me four beautiful wood “-as,” I in no way is here.

8. Hugo home - rain Grandpa lived for 16 houses, and the possession of his home, such as painting, good attention to Hugo’s writing desk, a small, very simple, but the corners of the table are carefully repair the system , Showing its elegance. He is also available in the Shuchu, although the long, but they are Naikan, there are his original handwriting, a very beautiful multicolored tile painting. But he too deep feelings with China, the Chinese are everywhere Baby, I almost thought that the home Zhuangjin Jia Zheng.

9. St. Paul Cathedral in St. Louis - baroque architectural masterpieces, there are Delacroix’s “Christ the Mount of Olives” (Daikao). The two used to test the shell is then living in the vicinity of the Victor Hugo gift, you can head in the next two points, James, master of the Ling Qi and Ding Li.

10. Picasso Gallery - a collection bovine elderly people (suspected to be his hometown of Bull-borne) of more than 200 works, is worth a good taste. You can see that the life of this master of the track, realism with the full realism, abstract and abstract dead, style changes, Xin Xu million, but another extension lead.

11. Luxembourg Park - have time to the fountains in the shade under Zuozuo, even read 12 books or travel, where the shade will let you completely forget that in busy, if lucky can catch up with a performance I hit the day a group of children singing rock and roll, a little boy Bizhuo Yan white hands held high to the sky high, I see Xinzui. Incidentally can look at the outside dome holding 10,000 tons of celebrities Memorial PANTHEON. Wu Fang is not the lack of time, tickets is not cheap, and few things (I wonder if I did not find inside the ground floor entrance, is said to have things below).

12. La Madeleine church - like the Greek temple of the Christian cathedral, with its huge stone pillars and significant power. There’s only natural light from three small DOME, is a masterpiece of architectural history.

13. Pull-zi Cemetery - I have not been, but heard Chopin, Molly mourning, and so there Eduard Oscar habitat. I was thinking where Sartrehas been sleeping.

14. Latin - 700 years of French elite gathering of the life and history, the European elite schools situated in the Sorbonne University in the air and are constantly changing new thinking mixed with the smell of nicotine and coffee, where I Qunxun half a day, would like to Daddy was back in the romantic, he said: If you had the honour young man living in Paris, after the years that you no matter where to Paris, would have been with you, because Paris is a moving feast satisfy the (effect). I doubt he and his peers are in Paris to find the other cities did not smell, the city is the home of exile, which is here, starting composer Chopin, Picasso started painting, Joyce began writing ” Ulysses “……, look at the sitting of the Paris Bar you can Kaiqiao, Parisians like Paoba the extent far greater than the other, they are not taboo ground Street and sit in front of the people is Wuluketao , And that certainly look you in the review, a small mouth and a coffee or a smoke ring, you will be many Yanxia, then certainly come back to the other subjects “forces.” Was Daddy, Xia Jiaer, Modi, and other frequented several bars such as La Closerie, Des Lilas, La Rontonde, Le Select and Le Dome and so on row upon row, it is located in a good look at the carved downstairs Le Dome, Not far away is a bronze statue of Rodin’s Balzac, a Dome parked in the blue sky and white clouds refused to leave, look at the traffic used to look at the eyes of a very uncomfortable feeling it. Have time to get the best cup of coffee, I think, if fortunate enough to live in Xiaban Sheng Nazhuang upstairs, buried in this life on the possession of knives completely broken sword-xia not read Zoujiang Hu!

15. Of course, do not forget to see the magnificent Paris Opera (Opera) - do you read “Aobei Ha” Oh, that sounds noble French. Where the world’s largest stage, 1964 Xia Jiaer painting zenith, at first glance can look at people fainted, put the best first-aid medicine to live or you can shoulder the most powerful arm. Or have the opportunity to look at a night market, “Sleeping Beauty” or “Giselle” and so very good, and make your trip thoroughly Buxucihang Paris.

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