Quick Guide to Paris’ Metro Tickets & Passes for Tourists
All about the Paris metro tickets for tourists: Paris metro tickets 2025, Paris metro pass options 2025, and how to buy them at the metro stations or online.
The Metro of Paris is Europe’s best subway system and allows locals and visitors to go from one point to another in Paris quickly and cheaply. Inaugurated in 1900 for the Paris World Fair, the centenary Paris Metro has grown organically, trying to adapt to the city’s new needs.
The Paris metro system is relatively easy to use and a great way to discover Paris like a local. Go on reading for information on the different Metro Paris tickets and passes for tourists.
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Table of Contents:
- Paris Metro Tickets 2024
- Paris Metro Tickets 2025
- Paris Metro Tickets Price 2025
- Best Paris Metro Tickets for Tourists 2025
- Where to Buy Paris Metro Tickets
- How to Buy Paris Metro Tickets
- How to Check Your Navigo Easy Card Balance
- Paris Metro Pass Options 2025
- Best Paris Metro Pass for Tourists 2025
TIP: If you want to know how to use the Paris metro, check out this Paris Metro Guide. If you want to know if there’s any metro strike scheduled during your trip to Paris, then check out this post about transportation strikes in France.
1. Paris Metro Tickets 2024
The Paris Metro tickets are also known as T+ tickets. You can use the Paris Metro tickets for zones 1-3 only (= within Paris) for the next 90 minutes after validation (without exiting the network). With this Metro Paris ticket, you can also travel by bus, tramway, RER (within the limits of Paris), and Montmartre’s funicular.
GOOD TO KNOW: With a Ticket T+, you can connect for free between metro-metro, RER-RER, and metro-RER in central Paris for 90 minutes from your first validation. You can take the Montmartre funicular with a Ticket T+, but you cannot connect to other modes of transport.
The T+ tickets are only valid for getting around Paris. If you want to travel to Versailles, Fontainebleau, or Disneyland Paris, a Billet Ile-de-France (Ile-de-France ticket) is necessary. The Billet Aéroport is the ticket to buy if you want to travel to the Airports in Paris.
TIP: Always keep your Metro Paris ticket until you leave the Metro. Ticket controls are frequent in the Paris Metro, especially at the beginning and end of the month.
Paris Metro Tickets Price 2024
The Paris Metro ticket price is 2,15 €. The T+ ticket comes with a few discounts, which are the following:
> A pack of 10 T+ tickets (called Carnet 10 tickets RATP or Carnet de Dix in French) costs 17,35 €, which means 1.73 € /ticket.
> A pack of 10 T+ tickets at a reduced price (called Carnet de Dix Tarif Réduit in French) is available for kids from 4 to 9 years old and costs 8,65 €. A passenger with a reduced fare ticket must be able to prove their right to the reduction at any time during their trip (e.g., with an identity card). There is no single T+ ticket with a reduced price for kids.
How to Buy Paris Metro Tickets
Because Paris Metro T+ tickets are now virtual, you can buy these Paris Metro tickets online, with your phone, or load them onto a physical Paris Metro card.
> On Your Phone: buy and validate your tickets with your phone using any of the free RATP apps.
> On a Paris Metro Card: purchase the Navigo Easy card (a plastic card) and use the vending machines or your phone to buy and top up your tickets. Then, use the card to validate your tickets.
IMPORTANT: The sale of paper tickets T+, alone or in a pack, is now permanently discontinued in Metro stations and stops. Today, Paris Metro tickets T+ are only virtual, and you must upload them to a Paris Metro card or your phone (more on this below).
Can I buy Paris Metro tickets in advance?
> Your Phone: you can buy Paris Metro tickets online (=upload them on your phone or a physical card) if you have any of the RATP apps. To view, purchase, or validate tickets, NFC Activation is necessary.
> Vending Machine: you can buy Paris Metro tickets in advance (=upload them on your physical card). I always buy a bunch of Paris Metro tickets at the end of the year because I know that in January, the Paris Metro ticket price will be higher.
Where to Buy Paris Metro Tickets
> Your Phone: you can buy Paris Metro tickets online anywhere, as long as you have your phone. Simply download one of the free RATP applications available on the App Store and Google Play: Ile-de-France Mobilités and Bonjour RATP. To view, purchase, or validate tickets, NFC Activation is necessary.
> Physical Card: First, you need to purchase the physical card (Navigo Easy) at one of the Metro Information Kiosks. The Navigo Easy card cost is 2 €. When you buy your card, you can ask the staff to upload it with a few T+ tickets or a pack of 10 tickets (called “carnet de dix” in French).
For the next time, you can upload T+ tickets on your Navigo Easy card with your phone (if you have one of the RATP apps installed) or at the metro, tram, and train stations (RATP and SNCF stations). In the Metro, you will have to use the vending machines located at the entrance before the tripods.
The Metro’s Information Kiosks only provide information. If you ask kindly (s’il-vous-plait,…), they can upload the Navigo Easy card for you when you purchase it, but that’s all. The Metro staff in the Information Kiosks only inform Metro users and eventually help them if there is a problem with their tickets or Paris Metro pass.
2. Paris Metro Tickets 2025
On 1 January 2025, the metro tickets and passes available in Paris and its region will change. This important reform aims to simplify fares for all travelers and make the regional transportation network easier to understand.
RATP has launched three different single-fare Paris Metro tickets 2025 to travel in Paris and Ile-de-France:
- Ticket Metro-Train-RER: This ticket is valid on the metro, funicular of Montmartre, RER train, tramway lines T11, T12, T13, and Grand Paris Express everywhere in Ile-de-France. However, you can’t use this ticket to travel to the Paris Airports. It is valid for two hours without exiting and two hours for transfers to any of the modes listed.
- Ticket Bus-Tram: This ticket is valid on buses and tramways everywhere in Ile-de-France (except tramway lines T11, T12, and T13). It is valid for 1.5 hours without exiting and 1.5 hours for transfers to any of the modes listed.
- Ticket Paris Aéroports-Régions: This is the ticket to Paris Airports. This ticket is also valid on the metro, funicular of Montmartre, RER train, tramway lines T11, T12, T13, and Grand Paris Express everywhere in Ile-de-France. It is valid for two hours without exiting and two hours for transfers to any of the modes listed.
These three Paris Metro tickets are virtual, and you can store them on your phone (via one of the metro apps) or in a physical card named Navigo Easy.
Paris Metro Tickets Price 2025
How much is the metro in Paris? The Paris Metro price will depend on the type of ticket purchased.
- Ticket Metro-Train-RER: 2,50 € full price; 1,25 € reduced price. Unlike with the T+ tickets, there will be no volume discount offered for multiple ticket purchases.
- Ticket Bus-Tram: 2 € full price; 1 € reduced price. Unlike with the T+ tickets, there will be no volume discount offered for multiple ticket purchases.
- Ticket Paris Aéroports-Régions: 13 € full price; 6,50 € reduced price.
Paris Metro 10 tickets price was always cheaper than single tickets. The volume discount will disappear in 2025.
Best Paris Metro Tickets for Tourists 2025
Depending on your destination, you will use the Ticket Metro-Train-RER (to travel everywhere in Paris and the Ile-de-France region, except the airports) or the Ticket Paris Aéroports-Régions (if you need to travel to the airports).
Where to Buy Paris Metro Tickets
Can I buy Paris Metro tickets in advance? YES, you can buy Paris Metro tickets online with your smartphone before or during your trip to Paris. If you have a Navigo Easy card from previous trips to Paris, you can also upload the card using your phone.
A- Online with your phone: Simply, download one of the free RATP applications available on the App Store and Google Play: Ile-de-France Mobilités and Bonjour RATP. To view, purchase, or validate tickets, NFC Activation is necessary.
B- At the Metro Stations with the Navigo Easy card: You can also use a physical metro card (Navigo Easy, cost 2 €) and store the tickets in this Paris Metro card. First, you need to purchase the Navigo Easy card at any of the Metro Information Kiosks. Then, you can upload your Navigo Easy card with tickets at the vending machines located at the entrance, before the tripods.
The Navigo Easy card is individual, which means that several people CAN NOT travel simultaneously with the same card. However, it is not a personal card, so you can lend it to someone if you don’t use it.
How to Buy Paris Metro Tickets
IMPORTANT: For technical reasons, you will need to have a second Navigo Easy card or create a new card on your phone if your current card or phone has valid/unused T+ tickets (from previous years) or Paris Aéroports-Régions tickets.
A- Online with Your Phone: Once you have installed the app of your choice (Ile-de-France Mobilités and Bonjour RATP) on your phone, you can easily buy and validate your tickets with your phone. You can also use your phone to reload your Navigo Easy card with more tickets.
B- At the Metro Station with a Navigo Easy card: When you buy a new Navigo Easy card, you can ask the staff to load it with a few tickets.
For the following ticket purchases, use the vending machines to load your tickets on the Navigo Easy card. Instead of writing a long description, I took pictures of every step.
By default, the machine will communicate with you in French, but we will change this too. Use the roller to move through the options and the green button to validate. You can pay your purchase with cash or a card.
NB: These screenshots are from 2024, so they still show the 10-ticket booklet and other options that will disappear in 2025. I will update the screenshots in January 2025.
Don’t take the credit card back until the machine tells you to. The machine loads the tickets on your card only after the payment is approved. The same goes for the Navigo Easy card: don’t take the Navigo Easy card back until the machine tells you to. And that’s it!
How to Check Your Navigo Easy Card Balance
You can check the Navigo Easy balance on your phone (if you have installed one of the RATP apps) or at the metro station.
If you are at the metro station, go to any vending machine and follow steps 1 to 5 from the screenshot above. In step 5, on the right corner of the screen, the machine tells you how many tickets are left in your card (Pass Contents). When I took the picture, my balance was ten tickets.
Then, go on with the process – if you decide to buy more tickets – or take your Navigo Easy card back. I promise to take a better picture soon!
You can also check the balance when you validate your ticket at the tripods, but sometimes, it is difficult to see.
NB: New year, new and more beautiful screenshots. I promise.
3. Paris Metro Pass Options 2025
TIP: The Navigo Easy is not a Paris Metro pass. It’s a physical support, a card that allows you to store single tickets or certain Paris Metro passes.
In 2025, there will be different Paris Metro passes (also called “forfaits” in French), but not all of them will be suitable for tourists. Here’s the detail:
Forfait Paris Visite: This Paris Metro Pass 2025 allows unlimited travel throughout Île-de-France, including airport zones and all modes of transport. It can be loaded onto a Navigo Easy card, which can be purchased at the station for €2, or directly on your phone or smartwatch through mobility apps like Bonjour RATP. This pass is available for 1, 2, 3, or 5 days and is personal, which means it cannot be transferred to another person.
- 1 day (full fare /reduced fare): 29,90 € /14,95 €
- 2 days (full fare /reduced fare): 44,45 € /22,20 €
- 3 days (full fare /reduced fare): 62,30 € /31,15 €
- 5 days (full fare /reduced fare): 76,25 € /38,10 €
Forfait Navigo Jour: The Navigo Jour pass (valid 1 day) is a dated individual pass at a fixed price of €12. You will be able to travel throughout Île-de-France, excluding airport zones, on all modes of transport except OrlyVal, RoissyBus, OrlyBus, and to the Orly and CDG Roissy Airport stations served respectively by Metro line 14 and RER B.
Forfait Navigo Semaine: This Metro pass Paris is valid for one week, from Monday to Sunday. You can buy the pass from the Friday of the previous week until the Thursday of the week you want to use it. If you decide to buy it on Thursday, for example, you will only use this pass for four days (Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday of the same week).
Forfait Navigo Mois: This Metro pass Paris is valid for one month, from the first day until the last day of the month.
- Navigo Jour: 12 €
- Navigo Semaine: 31,60 €
- Navigo Mois: 88,80 €
Navigo Liberté+:
This is an ideal option for occasional travelers working or living in Ile-de-France. It allows you to use all public transportation in Paris, including the funicular of Montmartre. To use it, you must validate your Paris Metro card each time you travel.
Each train or metro ride costs less than individual tickets (rail 1,99 € and surface 1,60€, caped at 12 €/day), and you will be charged at the end of the month depending on the number of journeys made. The use of this card, however, needs a French bank account.
The Navigo Liberté + contract is available exclusively on a personalized Navigo travel card (with your first and last name and photo).
Best Paris Metro Pass for Tourists 2025
The Forfait Paris Visite was the pass created to meet the needs of tourists.
However, if you don’t need to travel to the airports, I recommend doing the math. Simply, estimate how many times you will take the metro in a day and compare the total price using single tickets vs. Forfait Paris Visite vs. Navigo Jour.
If you don’t work or live in the Ile-de-France region, you cannot use the Navigo Liberté+.
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