Visiting Paris

The university is only 40 minutes away from Paris via the RER (suburban train) which enables you to benefit from both the calm of Cergy-Pontoise and regular visits to the capital.

A day in Paris...
Start your day by climbing up the Eiffel tower ! After taking in the panoramic view, continue with a boat tour on the Seine. You can admire all the Paris monuments from the river...
Then have lunch at the place des Tertres and visit Montmartre and the Louvre.
Top off your day with a play at the Lucernaire theatre. At the end of this busy day, relax with an evening stroll down the Champs-Elysées.

Not to be missed !

 The Eiffel Tower
Champ de Mars
Underground : Bir-Hakeim (line 6) - RER : Champ de Mars
Tour Eiffel (line C) - www.tour-eiffel.fr

 The Arc de Triomphe
Place Charles-de-Gaulle (intersection of the 8th, 16th and 17th districts)
Underground / RER : Charles-de-Gaulle/Étoile.
Open from 10 am to 10 pm.

 The Louvre museum
99, rue de Rivoli - Paris 1st district - www.louvre.fr
Underground : Palais Royal (lines 1 and 7), Louvre (line 1)
Museum open from 9 am to 6 pm
Pyramid open from 9 am to 10 pm
Closed on Thursdays.

 The Orsay museum
1, rue de la Légion d’Honneur, Paris - www.musee-orsay.fr
Underground : Solférino (line 12), Assemblée nationale (line 12)
RER : Musée d’Orsay (line C)
Open every day except Mondays from 10 am to 6 pm.

 Ideas for outings : Paris tourist office website, http://fr.parisinfo.com/

 For more information on Paris night life, consult this website :
www.parisbouge.com

Tip
Most monuments and museums are free on the first Sunday of every month. But they are closed on Tuesdays. So plan ahead !

To visit Paris on the weekend and holidays remember to purchase a “Ticket jeune”.
This ticket entitles students under 26 to an unlimited number of rides per day for around 6.40 €.

To come home after an evening in Paris you can take the Noctilien night bus N° 150.
This bus leaves the Saint-Lazare train station every hour starting at 1 am and will take you back to Cergy-Le-Haut for around 5 €.
www.noctilien.fr/Noctilien/pages/fr/index.html