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Orlybus ( 08 92 68 77 14; adult/4-11yr €6.10/3.05; 6am-11.50pm from Orly, 5.35am-11.25pm from Paris) This RATP bus runs every 15 to 20 minutes between both terminals and metro Denfert- Rochereau (Map; 30 minutes) in the 14e, making several stops in the eastern 14e en route.
Orlyval & RER B ( 08 92 68 77 14; adult/4-10yr €9.30/4.65; 6am-11pm) From either terminal take the Orlyval automatic rail to the RER B station Antony, then RER B4 north (35 to 40 minutes to Châtelet, every four to 12 minutes). Orlyval tickets are valid for the subsequent RER and metro journey.
RATP bus 183 ( 08 92 68 77 14; adult/4-9yr €1.50/0.75 or 1 metro/bus ticket; 6am-9.40pm from Orly, 5.35am-8.35pm from Porte de Choisy) The cheapest means of getting to/from Orly Sud, this slow public bus links the South Terminal with metro Porte de Choisy (Map; one hour), on the southern edge of the 13e, every 35 minutes.
RER C & shuttle ( 08 90 36 10 10; adult/4-10yr €6/4.25; 5.30am-11.50pm) From the airport, hop aboard an airport shuttle bus (every 15 to 30 minutes) to the RER station Pont de Rungis-Aéroport d’Orly, then RER C2 train to Paris’ Gare d’Austerlitz (50 minutes). Coming from Paris, be sure to get the shuttle at Pont de Rungis that goes to the correct terminal.
Aéroport Roissy Charles de Gaulle
Air France bus 2 ( 08 92 35 08 20; www.cars-airfrance.com; single/return €13/18; 5.45am-11pm) Links the airport every 15 minutes with the Arc de Triomphe outside 1 av Carnot, 17e (Map; 35 to 50 minutes) and the Palais des Congrès de Paris, 17e (Map; 35 to 50 minutes).
Air France bus 4 ( 08 92 35 08 20; www.cars-airfrance.com; single/return €14/22; 7am-9pm from CDG, 6.30am-9.30pm from Paris) Links the airport every 30 minutes with Gare de Lyon (Map; 45 to 55 minutes) and Gare Montparnasse (Map; 45 to 55 minutes).
Noctilien night bus ( 08 92 68 77 14; adult/4-9yr €7.50/3.75; 12.30am-5.30pm) Part of the RATP night service, Noctilien buses 120, 121 (linking Montparnasse, Châtelet, Gare du Nord) and 140 (linking Gare du Nord and Gare de l’Est) go to Roissy-Charles de Gaulle hourly.
RATP bus 350 ( 08 92 68 77 14; adult/4-9yr €4.50/2.25 or 3 metro/bus tickets; 5.45am-7pm each direction) Links Aérogares 1 and 2 with Gare de l’Est (Map; one hour, every 30 minutes) and Gare du Nord (Map; one hour, every 30 minutes).
RATP bus 351 ( 08 92 68 77 14; adult/4-9yr €4.50/2.25 or 3 metro/bus tickets; 7am-9.30pm from the airport, 8.30am-8.20pm from Paris) Links the eastern side of place de la Nation (Map) with Roissy-Charles de Gaulle (55 minutes, every 30 minutes).
RER B ( 08 90 36 10 10; adult/4-11yr €8.20/5.80; 5am-midnight) RER line B3 links CDG1 and CDG2 with the city (30 minutes; every 10 to 15 minutes). To get to the airport take any RER line B train whose four-letter destination code begins with E (eg EIRE) and a shuttle bus (every five to eight minutes) takes you to the correct terminal. Regular metro ticket windows can’t always sell RER tickets to the airport so you may have to buy one at the RER station where you board.
Roissybus ( 08 92 68 77 14; adult €8.60; 5.45am-11pm) Direct public bus linking several points at both terminals with rue Scribe, next to Palais Garnier, in the 9e (Map; 45 to 60 minutes, every 15 minutes).
Aéroport Paris-Beauvais
Express Bus ( car park 08 92 68 20 64, airport 08 92 68 20 66; one way €13) Leaves Parking Pershing (Map), west of the Palais des Congrès de Paris, three hours before flight departures (board 15 minutes before) and leaves the airport 20 to 30 minutes after arrivals, dropping passengers south of the Palais des Congrès on place de la Porte Maillot (Map). Journey time is one to 1¼ hours and tickets can be purchased up to 24 hours in advance online (http://ticket.aeroportbeauvais.com), at the airport from Ryanair ( 03 44 11 41 41) and at a kiosk in the carpark. Only plane ticket holders can board the bus, so leave the farewell troops at