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Discover Paris: Navigating the Olympics host city with the metro, buses and bicylces

Discover Paris: Navigating the Olympics host city with the metro, buses and bicylces
So you get to Paris and now you have to get around. The good thing is you have options. Light rail is one of them that's brand new. Also *** really robust bus system that'll get you around. But if you want some pedal power bikes, just like at home, you can rent. We though will start underground. This is the second busiest metro in Europe and during the Olympics, it might just teeter near first. All right. So the map is your best friend. This is familiar just like New York, Boston. Also, they have the app city mapper type in where you wanna go takes you there tells you everything, you know, foolproof. They say that the subway covers more than 600,000 miles *** day. And fortunately, I just needed less than one. All right. So that's not that bad at all. If you just follow *** map or just an app, it'll get you through. But you have options. Maybe what you want is *** bicycle or throughout the streets, they make it so easy to get around. Going green is big in Paris right now and biking, the city of Light is quite popular. We can see all of the monument and uh it's *** friendly and uh good, uh, good activity to, uh, to visit Paris. It's busy but not intimidating because we've seen it all before New York. Except that here saying *** town or downtown, it's just *** name. So you need to make sure that you're in the right way or around and around town at the Arc De Triomphe, which can be dizzying but it all ends well from bikes to trains to cars. See there's so much hustle and bustle in life going on that you just, you get to point *** to point B in *** snap.
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Discover Paris: Navigating the Olympics host city with the metro, buses and bicylces
In the heart of Paris, the thrill of being "taken for a ride" takes on a whole new meaning.There are so many options to get around town. Light rail is one of them. That's brand new. Also, Paris has a really robust bus system that'll get you around the city. If you want some pedal power, you can rent a bike.Going green is a big trend in Paris."We can see all of the monuments and it's a friendly and good, good activity to visit Paris," said Sasha, a worker at Bicycle Store Paris Etoile.Another option, head underground and jump on the Metro. It is the second busiest Metro in Europe and, during the Olympics, it could teeter on being the first.There are a handful of apps you can use to help you navigate. Citymapper is a great tool. You type in where you want to go and it tells you exactly how to get there and which mode of transportation is the fastest."It's busy but not intimidating because we've seen it all before," said Delphine-Anastasia D'Aviav de Ternav, a France native who lives in NYC."It is so much hustle and bustle in life going on and you just you get to point A to point B in a snap," said Candice Montes-Perez, who was visiting from California.The only obstacle you will face is during the Olympics there are some Metro stops closed for security reasons.

In the heart of Paris, the thrill of being "taken for a ride" takes on a whole new meaning.

There are so many options to get around town. Light rail is one of them. That's brand new. Also, Paris has a really robust bus system that'll get you around the city. If you want some pedal power, you can rent a bike.

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Going green is a big trend in Paris.

"We can see all of the monuments and it's a friendly and good, good activity to visit Paris," said Sasha, a worker at Bicycle Store Paris Etoile.

Another option, head underground and jump on the Metro. It is the second busiest Metro in Europe and, during the Olympics, it could teeter on being the first.

There are a handful of apps you can use to help you navigate. Citymapper is a great tool. You type in where you want to go and it tells you exactly how to get there and which mode of transportation is the fastest.

"It's busy but not intimidating because we've seen it all before," said Delphine-Anastasia D'Aviav de Ternav, a France native who lives in NYC.

"It is so much hustle and bustle in life going on and you just you get to point A to point B in a snap," said Candice Montes-Perez, who was visiting from California.

The only obstacle you will face is during the Olympics there are some Metro stops closed for security reasons.