If you’re travelling to Paris for a week or more, and you’re planning to get around by metro, the Passe Navigo Découverte is a convenient and economical way to hop around the city.
The pass is available to anyone, not just french nationals. It gives you unlimited travel on the metro, bus, RER from Mondays to Sundays and you can use it on the Montmartre funiculaire.
To get the €5 rechargeable card at metro stations, you’ll need a passport-sized photo. Then you top up the card depending on which zones you intend to travel in. Zones 1 and 2 can be used up to the periphery of Paris and are the most likely ones you would use. The card is valid for 10 years.
Below are the latest Passe Navigo Découverte tariffs effective 1 January 2015: (ref)
| Travel Zone | Cost for Recharge per week |
| 1 to 2 | € 21.25 |
| 1 to 3 | € 27.15 |
| 1 to 4 | € 32.95 |
| 1 to 5 | € 35.40 |
| 2 to 3 | € 19.80 |
| 2 to 4 | € 25.10 |
| 2 to 5 | € 29.00 |
| 3 to 4 | € 19.00 |
| 3 to 5 | € 23.15 |
| 4 to 5 | € 18.45 |
A single metro ticket, called Ticket t+ costs € 1.80, or € 2.00 when purchased on board a bus (only).
A carnet of 10 Tickets t+ costs € 14.10.
Click here for more information on the Paris Metro with Passe Navigo Découverte.
[…] *Prices are quoted as at November 2009. Click here for the latest Passe Navigo Decouverte tariffs. […]