Airport Transfers to Paris

Getting there

Paris has two airports. The largest, Charles de Gaulle International Airport is situated in Roissy-en-France 16 miles from the city centre. It hosts daily flights from London, through Air France, British Airways and easyJet and frequent regional flights mainly from FlyBe out of Aberdeen, Birmingham, Cardiff, Doncaster Sheffield, Edinburgh, Exeter, Manchester, Newcastle and Southampton. British Airways flies from London to Orly International Airport which is 11 miles south of Paris with a transfer time of 35 minutes.

City (main sights)

Paris is one of the most beautiful and romantic cities. The French capital in the north of France on the banks of the Seine is home to the world’s finest and most luxurious fashion designers; it has the second highest number of Michelin restaurants in the world (after Tokyo); and contains iconic landmarks such as the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Notre-Dame Cathedral, Louvre Museum, Moulin Rouge and Lido.

Day trips from Paris

While there is plenty to do in the city, for those with time Paris is ideally positioned for a number of day trips (all of which can be arranged with the help of Sea-Lifts!) including: Palace of Versailles, built by Louis IV as a glamorous palace and focus of court life; Normandy D-Day Battlefields and Beaches; island and monastery of Mont Saint-Michel; Loire Valley châteaux; Bruges; Fontainebleau with its Royal Château; Claude Monet’s garden and home in Giverny; champagne tour.

Events

Fête de la Musique, summer solstice celebration (June); Paris Plages – urban beaches on the banks of the Seine and at the La Vilette canal basin (July and August); Bastille Day – procession down the Champs-Elysées and fireworks to commemorate the start of the French Revolution in 1789 (July 14) Tour de France – world famous cycling race with finishing line in Paris (July).

History 

Gauls of the Parisii tribe founded a fishing village on an island in the Seine in 250BC, today it’s the Ile de la Cite, around which Paris developed. Conquered by Julius Caesar in 52BC, the city was reclaimed in 987 by Hugh Capet, Count of Paris who became the first king of France. The storming of the Bastille in 1789 marked the beginning of the French Revolution, the first of three, others following in 1830 and 1848. The Germans occupied Paris during the Second World War.