paris airports help?

we are flying from glasgow in july to paris for a week and will be staying in the montmartre area the accomodation website states that the charles de gaul airport is the closest, i am finding the flights to be about £150 per person BUT if we fly in to beauvais airport i can get the flights for about £50 per person from ryanair.

my question is = is it worth the saving to go to beauvais airport and do taxi or even metro transfers? or is beauvais to far away? from where we will be staying. the beauvais flights are at better times also.

thanks for any advice you can give

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I%26#39;ve never flown in to the Beauvais airport, so I can%26#39;t comment in the strictest sense. But I do know that you can get a transfer in to the city from Beavais, which is much farther out than CDG, for less than the difference in the airfares you%26#39;re seeing. See this website:http://www.aeroportbeauvais.com/bus.php?lang=eng

There are other alternatives for getting into the city too.

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Thre cost of the transfer, via public transportation between CDG and Paris vs. BVA and Paris are not significant. In practical terms, the time it would take for the transfer would be approx. 45-60 mins from CDG to central Paris vs. 70-80 minutes from BVA to central Paris. Another minor disadvantage to BVA is that there is only one regular public transportation transfer available--the BVA SHUTTLE, with only one drop-off location in Paris vs. several public transportation alternatives from CDG (RER %26#39;B%26#39; train, ROISSYBUS, two(2) Les CARS AIR FRANCE Coach Routes with several different drop-off locations within Paris.

The BVA Shuttle (large motorcoach) departs from a pick-up point just outside of the BVA terminal building (fare: 13€--travel time approx 70 mins) and drops-off near PORTE MAILLOT, at the western edge of Paris. From the BVA Shuttle drop-off point you must make your own way across Paris, via taxi, Metro or bus to your final destination within Paris. As noted, this transfer takes a bit more time than transfers from CDG...but not excessively so.

So for a saving of £200...the Ryan Air route to BVA seems a substantive saving for two passengers...with SOME additional inconvenience.

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There is a 13€ shuttle from Beauvais to Porte Maillot and from there you can take either the Métro or taxi to your hotel. The bus ride is approximately 1+15 to 1+45 depending upon traffic. I estimate a taxi from Beauvais to central Paris would be about 150€+ (it is a good distance from Paris).

I personally would fly into CDG and take the RER into Paris - 8.45€ and about 30 minutes. The important consideration: is the cost and time of using an airport so far away from Paris worth the money you save on the tickets?

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