parking in paris

[fphil]

we are going to spend half a day in paris to show the kids tower etc any one know of parking near the tower or parking near a tube station ???

[Liszt]

See here:
http://pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&f...

Half day to park and see the Tower? You'll be lucky

[AB]

You'll also come back with bumps and dings all over your car. Park out of Paris and take one of their trains, they are punctual, clean and generally run on time.

Edit: This is because from what I have seen, most Parisians idea of parking sensors is when you hit the car behind, then in front, then behind multiple times until you're in or out of the space.

[Liszt]

AB said:

You'll also come back with bumps and dings all over your car. Park out of Paris and take one of their trains, they are punctual, clean and generally run on time.

Edit: This is because from what I have seen, most Parisians idea of parking sensors is when you hit the car behind, then in front, then behind multiple times until you're in or out of the space.

If you park on some on street parking, maybe. Have parked in many NCP type carparks with out any problems.

[Mark.]

Lots of underground car parks in Paris good size spaces too so nothing to worry about. If you are going in August street parking is free for as long as you like.

As said though, 1/2 day? You sure? You'll likely queue for longer than that.

Top tip #273: Wander around a bit first, there will probably be 4 queues, people just join the first one they see, other moves much quicker.

[davepoth]

The trick with Paris parking is to make sure you've taken up the slack between the bumper on your car and the bumper on the other car before applying full power. You should do less damage that way.

HTH.