Paris makes the airport run easy if you know two things: the taxi fare into the city is fixed by law from both main airports, and the trains are quick and run all day. Below is every realistic way in from Charles de Gaulle and Orly, with the operators' own times and prices, and the way we would get to each of the ten hotels in our Paris edit.
The short answer
From Charles de Gaulle a taxi costs a fixed €56 to the Right Bank, where nine of our hotels are, and €65 to Mandarin Oriental Lutetia on the Left Bank; the drive is typically 33–41 minutes. From Orly it is €45 and €36, and 20–31 minutes. Travelling light, the RER B from Charles de Gaulle and metro line 14 from Orly each reach Châtelet in about 25–28 minutes for €14.
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The simplest answer for two or more people with luggage and for most of our hotels. Take a car only from the official rank outside arrivals; every Paris taxi must take cards.
Worth it after a long-haul night, for late or delayed flights, for families who need child seats or a larger car, and for groups of more than four who would not fit one taxi.
Quick and the right call for Hôtel Madame Rêve and Le Grand Mazarin if you travel light. For most other hotels you still need a metro change or a taxi at the far end.
The best way in from Orly for anyone near Châtelet or Madeleine. Board at the Aéroport d'Orly station, reached from Orly 3 arrivals.
Useful for the Left Bank stations of the RER B, Luxembourg and Port-Royal. With luggage, the €36 taxi to the Left Bank is the easier choice.
The only public transport in the small hours, and slow. After a late landing with bags, a taxi or a booked driver is the better answer.
Place de la Concorde
The fixed €56 fare drops you on Place de la Concorde at the door; from Orly, metro line 14 to Madeleine leaves you a five-minute walk away.
Faubourg Saint-Honoré
The hotel is a ten-minute walk from Madeleine, the nearest line 14 station, so the taxi to the door on the Faubourg Saint-Honoré is the way to arrive.
Les Halles
The RER B from Charles de Gaulle, or line 14 from Orly, reaches Châtelet in under half an hour, and the hotel is about a five-minute walk away on Rue du Louvre.
Trocadéro
Avenue d'Iéna is well away from the airport trains, so the €56 fare to the door beats two changes with bags.
Saint-Germain-des-Prés
The one Left Bank hotel in our edit: €36 and about 20 minutes by taxi from Orly, or €65 from Charles de Gaulle, with no direct train to Sèvres-Babylone.
Le Marais
Travelling light, the RER B or line 14 to Châtelet and a seven-minute walk into the Marais is quick and cheap; with cases, take the €56 taxi.
Place des Vosges
The hotel sits behind Place des Vosges in the Marais, away from the airport lines, so the fixed fare to the door is the easy arrival.
Auteuil
Auteuil is on the far western edge of Paris and no airport train comes close; from Orly the taxi takes about 23 minutes.
Pigalle
The closest of our hotels to Charles de Gaulle, 33 minutes by taxi, and no airport train stops nearby.
Grands Boulevards
The fixed €56 fare covers it, and a taxi to the door beats changing from the RER at Gare du Nord or Châtelet with luggage.
French law sets the fare between the two main airports and Paris, and it depends only on which bank of the Seine you are going to. From Charles de Gaulle it is €56 to the Right Bank and €65 to the Left Bank; from Orly, €45 and €36. The fare is per car, the same in both directions, and no extra fees or surcharges can be added, including for luggage. A fifth passenger, where the car takes one, adds €5.50.
Nine of our ten hotels are on the Right Bank; Mandarin Oriental Lutetia is the one on the Left. Take a car only from the official rank outside arrivals, check the roof light, and pay by card if you like: every Paris taxi must accept it, whatever the amount.
From Charles de Gaulle, follow the train signs to the RER B: the station sits in the middle of Terminal 2, and from Terminal 1 the free CDGVAL shuttle takes you to it. Trains reach Gare du Nord in about 25 minutes and Châtelet-Les Halles in about 28. From Orly, metro line 14 leaves from Orly 3 and runs straight to Châtelet in about 25 minutes.
Both need the €14 Paris Région Airports ticket; the ordinary metro ticket will not open the gates at the airport stations. Which to take comes down to the hotel: Hôtel Madame Rêve is about five minutes on foot from Châtelet-Les Halles, and Le Grand Mazarin about seven from Châtelet. For the rest of our edit, add a change or a walk and the fixed taxi fare starts to look like the better deal, especially for two.
The Orlybus stopped on 3 March 2025, replaced by metro line 14, and the Roissybus stopped on 1 March 2026, when Île-de-France Mobilités said the rail options give a more reliable journey time; express bus 9517 now runs from the airport to Saint-Denis Pleyel for metro line 14. Older guides still list both. The only buses left into Paris are the Noctilien night lines.
The RER B leaves Charles de Gaulle until around midnight and line 14 runs from Orly until around the same time; after that it is the night buses or a car. A taxi from the official rank costs the same fixed fare at any hour, and a booked driver will have tracked a delayed flight and be waiting. For a landing after 23:00 with luggage, either beats a night bus to Gare de l'Est.
The fixed fare is per car, so a family of four pays what one traveller pays; a fifth person adds €5.50 where the car takes them, and larger groups need two cars or a booked people carrier. Booking a private transfer is the way to be sure of child seats and a car big enough for a pushchair. On the trains, the Paris Région Airports ticket has a €7 reduced fare for those entitled.
The fixed fares work in reverse, and Paris Aéroport advises arriving two hours before a short-haul flight and three before a long-haul one. Allow about 33–41 minutes to Charles de Gaulle and 20–31 to Orly, and much more in the weekday rush. Tell the driver your terminal and, at Charles de Gaulle, your hall (2E, 2F and so on).
Questions people ask
€56 to the Right Bank and €65 to the Left Bank, fixed by law in both directions, with no extra fees. The drive to our hotels is typically 33–41 minutes.
€45 to the Right Bank and €36 to the Left Bank, also fixed. The drive to our hotels is typically 20–31 minutes.
Take the RER B from the airport station: about 25 minutes to Gare du Nord and 28 to Châtelet-Les Halles, every 10 to 15 minutes on weekdays, for €14.
Metro line 14 runs from Orly 3 to Châtelet in about 25 minutes for €14, or take a taxi at the fixed €45 to the Right Bank or €36 to the Left Bank.
No. It stopped on 1 March 2026, and the Orlybus on 3 March 2025. Use the RER B, metro line 14, a taxi, or the Noctilien buses at night.
No. The fixed airport fares, €56 or €65 from Charles de Gaulle and €45 or €36 from Orly, cannot have extra fees or surcharges added; only a fifth passenger costs €5.50 more.
Yes. Every Paris taxi must have a working card terminal and accept cards whatever the amount.
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