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Exchange rates

Local currency is Euro
(September 2006)
US$1 = 0.78 euros
£1 = 1.49 euros

Museums

All national museums, such as the Louvre, are closed on Tuesdays; Paris City museums are closed on Mondays.

You can buy a special museum pass which will allow you to visit more than 70 museums and monuments in Paris.

Department stores

Bon Marché (métro: Sèvres-Babylone) is the nearest. Buses 80 and 28 will take you to Saint Lazare train station, which is only a few minutes’ walk from Printemps and Galeries Lafayette, both on Boulevard Haussmann.

Theatres, concerts, cinemas and Paris by night

There are two weekly publications on cultural events: Pariscope (with a section in English in the middle) and the Officiel des spectacles, which can both be bought at all news-stands.

Transport in Paris

Taxis

You can find taxis at the taxi ranks shown on the map on the back of this guide; it

is more reliable to telephone one of the following numbers: 01 45 66 00 00, 01 49 36 10 10, or 01 47 34 00 00.

On arrival, the meter will already show a certain amount. That amount, which corresponds to the price of the journey made to pick you up, is charged to you. There are three rates, according to the time and distance from the city centre:

rate A - in Paris from 10 a.m. to 17 p.m. monday to saturday;

rate B - from 7 p.m. to 10 a.m. monday to saturday;

rate C - on Sundays and public holidays.

Metro

One ticket is valid for one trip regardless of the distance travelled. It is cheaper to buy 10-tickets at a time, asking for a “carnet”.

Stations close to UNESCO: Ségur, Cambronne, Sèvres-Lecourbe, École Militaire.

Bus

Use the same tickets, coupons and cards as for the métro, one ticket per trip. Buses which pass near UNESCO are the 28, 80, 82, 87 and 92.

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