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See Paris and park. The parking system of the capital of France
We continue the cycle of descriptions of parking systems in large foreign cities. Next up is Paris.
The parking "behavior" of local drivers in the French capital is different in that they like to park cars closely, touching the bumper of a neighboring car. What we could call an accident - there is absolutely in the order of things. Otherwise, in Paris, everything is relatively clear and accessible.
You can park your car both on the street and in the underground parking. It is forbidden to get up “second row”, stop in places where this is not allowed, leave the car in places for the disabled and for unloading.
Paris street parking requires payment from Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 8 pm. During the holidays, you can sometimes park your car for free on certain streets. On which ones - the yellow sticker pasted on the parking meter will tell you.
Parking rates vary depending on the area of the city. In the center, parking can cost 4 euros per hour (284 rubles), on the outskirts the price drops to 2.4 euros (170 rubles). You can pay for parking with a Paris Card (Paris Carte, sold in tobacco shops), credit card or using mobile application. The parking meter will give you a check, which you need to put behind the windshield so that it is clearly visible. Parking time for street parking limited to two hours.
Coming to Paris in a mobile van is not best idea. It is forbidden to sleep in such cars in the city, so it is better to leave the van in a special campsite outside the city.
There are many underground parking lots in the capital, and they work every day and around the clock. In some you can even leave motorcycles. Such parking lots are located, as a rule, in crowded places: near attractions, business centers and where people go shopping. Underground parking lots are equipped with surveillance cameras and guarded.
Tariffs for underground parking also differ depending on the location of the parking lots. Those located in popular places are more expensive - about 2.5 euros per hour and 20 euros (1420 rubles) for a parking time of 12 to 24 hours. Outside the center, parking is mostly cheaper - 10-15 euros per day. There may also be special rates for weekends in underground parking lots.
Underground parking in Paris differ from street parking not only, in fact, in its location underground, but also in a convenient location, as well as a range of services. For example, for those who want to visit Notre Dame, there is a parking lot that is located directly under the cathedral. In some parking lots you will be offered to wash your car, they will give you tools for repairs, a locker for motorcycle helmet. The main advantage of such parking lots is that a place on it can be booked in advance.
Parisians themselves have the opportunity to obtain a resident permit for parking in their area. The cost of a permit for a year is 45 euros (3200 rubles), for three years - 90 euros. Owners of electric vehicles natural gas and some hybrids can get permits for free.
In general, driving your own or rented car around Paris should not be a big deal. The rules are generally generally accepted: buckle up, do not honk unnecessarily, carry a Green Card policy ( compulsory insurance when operating a car, valid in 48 countries of the world), do not occupy the lanes of public transport.
For those who are going to visit Paris, we wish you a good trip!
Please note that non-compliance with the parking rules entails a fine of 17 euros (if it is not paid within 45 days, it will increase to 33 euros). It should be noted that autotravels are not recommended to be planned at the end of the first and the beginning last week August. If we talk about the congestion of French roads, then not best time to enter on - Sunday evening, and to leave it - Friday evening.
Features of parking in France
In France, it is undesirable to park near bridges, on sidewalks, cycle paths and in places where a car can obscure a road sign. Important: in the blue zone you can park for up to 1.5 hours, in the green zone it is allowed long parking and parking in the red zone is prohibited. In addition, cars cannot be left in front of fire hydrants, as well as on the street in the same place, for more than a day.
Many French parking lots are equipped with horodateurs: these machines are designed to pay for parking spaces with special cards (they are sold at tobacconists). You can park without paying in August, on weekends, on holidays and on weekdays from 7 pm to 7 am (in small cities, free parking is allowed from noon to 13:30). Concerning paid parking, then they are indicated by a white stripe and a P / Payant sign.
Parking spaces can be paid through a special machine that accepts cash; bank and prepaid "city" cards; Moneo cards (electronic French payment system). Some cities offer their guests to pay for parking remotely. So, in the commune of Issy-les-Moulineaux, an electronic parking ticket can be bought over the phone (remote payments are accepted via the Internet or a voice server).
Car parks in French cities
In Paris, you can park at Baudoyer-Marais (in a parking lot that can accommodate 47 cars, 15-minute parking is paid for 1 euro, an hour - 3.90 euros, 4 hours - 15.80 euros, 12 hours - 35 euros ), Rivoli-Sebastopol (267-car parking rates: 15 minutes/1€, 2 hours/8€, additional hours/4€, 24 hours/36€), Litece-Cite (prices for a 211-space car park, 0 .90 EUR/15 minutes and 36 EUR/24 hours)…
Tourists will be able to leave their car at Parking Marengo, where up to 400 cars are guarded. Rates: €0.50/15 minutes, €1.60/45 minutes, €4.60/2 hours, €15.80/day.
In there following parkings: Saint-Marc (no charge for the first 15 minutes of parking; each of the 532 parking spaces costs 2.5 euros / 1 hour, 6.10 euros / 3 hours, 15 euros / day), Haute Vieille Tour (427 available places; car owners pay 4.50 euros/hour, 6.10 euros/3 hours, 13.70 euros/12 hours, 15 euros/day, 3 euros/from 19:00 to 03:00), Gare de Rouen (15 minutes parking at the Gare de Rouen, accommodating 381 cars - free of charge, 45 minutes - 2.10 euros, 1.5 hours - 3.70 euros, 12 hours - 12.30 euros, 24 hours - 12.80 euros).
If you decide to explore by car, it makes sense to look at Providence (95 parking spaces are provided; prices: half an hour - free, the next 15 minutes - 0.50 euros, 12 hours - 23 euros), Cours Julien (it is equipped with 630 parking spaces; for parking for 15 minutes from car owners is charged 1.80 euros, 1 hour - 2.60 euros, 6 hours - 13.10 euros, 12 hours - 18.40 euros, 24 hours - 19.20 euros), Charles de Gaulle ( 528 parking spaces are allocated here; for 15 minutes you need to pay 1.1 euros, for half an hour - 1.90 euros, for 1 hour - 3 euros, for a day - 31.70 euros).
For autotourists, parking is provided at 25 Rue Salomon Reinach (in a 30-space parking lot, 15-minute parking is free, then the following rates apply: 0.50 euros / 30 minutes, 1.30 euros / 1 hour, 2.80 euros / 2 hours , 4 euros/3 hours), 236 Rue Garibaldi (has 218 parking spaces; prices: 1.30 euros/1 hour, 3.5 euros/2.5 hours, 4 euros/3 hours; parking on Sundays and Saturdays from 19:00 to 09:00 - free), Rue Victor Lagrange (parking for 15 minutes in this 93-car parking lot is free; 1 hour / 1.30 euros, 2.5 hours / 3.50 euros, 3 hours / 4 Euro).
Car rental in France
To draw up a car rental agreement in France, a traveler who is already 21 years old cannot do without an international driving license and credit card. Approximate cost of car rental (louer ue voiture) in France: budget car- from 70 euros / day, and a car of category C - 200-300 euros / day.
- on toll road(autoroute peage) will indicate blue sign with the letter A (travel through the Frejus and Mont Blanc tunnels there will cost 43.50 euros, and round trip - 54.30 euros; across the Tancarville and bridges - 2.60 and 5.40 euros, respectively; along the A4 Paris - - at 38.20 euros; for A7 Lyon - Marseille - at 24.60 euros; for A28 Abbeville - - at 34.70 euros);
- V settlements it is permissible to drive at a speed of 50 km / h, and beyond them - 90-110 km / h;
- dipped beam must be used in tunnels and in conditions of poor visibility;
- gasoline prices: Gazole costs 1.2 euros, GPL - 0.59 euros, Sans Plomb 95 - 1.37 euros.
As in other European cities, it has its own characteristics. Find free place parking is not so easy. Sometimes this procedure can take up to an hour, exhaust the tourist, and subsequently become the basis for one of the funny travel stories. Therefore, it is easiest to park your car near your hotel, despite the fact that this type of parking is more expensive than street parking.
Parking Rules in Paris
As for parking on the street - its cost in Paris is quite low, but finding a free place in street parking is quite problematic. Parking in Paris, like in most cities, is paid. Rather, for parking, the following applies rules. From Monday to Saturday, from 9 am to 7 pm - parking is paid. Overnight parking in Paris, as well as parking on Sundays, is free. But then again. Finding a parking spot on Sunday is even harder than on a weekday.
During national holidays, as well as in the month of August, parking is free on some streets. In this case, the parking space will be marked with a special yellow mark.
Parking price is different on different streets. In general, all parking zones in Paris are divided into three zones. The most expensive is the center, where an hour of parking costs 3 euros. The cheapest is the outskirts of the city, where you can leave the car at a price of 1 euro per hour. By the way, parking machines in Paris do not accept small coins. To pay for parking in Paris, you need to use the so-called "Paris Carte", which can be purchased at tobacconists for a price of 10 to 30 euros. Parking machines issue special tickets, which should be placed on windshield. Well, the last disadvantage of street parking in Paris is that it is limited to 2 hours. Those. you will have to run to the machine every 2 hours and pay again for parking.
A good alternative to street parking in Paris are underground parking. They work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. There are a lot of underground parking lots, and there is often a free space there. Prices in such parking lots differ, but general principle the next one is 2.5 euros per hour, 5 euros for two hours and 20 euros if you leave your car for more than 12 hours.
13.10.2013 14:12
It should be noted that in France there are practically no free parking lots. However, if you learn about them, it will be a real fortune for a tourist! Parking in Paris is free on some streets and on certain days and months (for example, in April - on Sundays, in March - on Saturdays, as well as on weekends, at night, etc.). This information can be found in the ads in the atlases of Paris. Not always in such parking lots there are road posts or marking tape. The streets where it will be possible to park for free for the entire period will be marked with a certain color. "Parking" streets are rarely central, most often they are removed from the city center.
About free and paid parking
Many have free parking shopping centers Paris. However, recently the French have got the hang of leaving their cars in such parking lots for the night, so the administration of the centers has introduced free use of such parking lots for the first two hours from the moment of parking, for the rest of the time you need to pay extra even if you are in the shopping area all day. center.
If you have money, you can park anywhere, even near the Louvre. However, the question arises: "Who pays for parking?" After all, there are no parking attendants, as such, in Paris, instead of them, automatic counters have long appeared, which are available on all streets of the city and are installed at a distance of 50 - 70 m from each other. Depending on the location of the parking in Paris, the cost of 1 hour will be approximately 3 - 11 euros.
Paid parking in Paris significant disadvantage: often the cars on them are so close to each other that when a place is freed up, it is difficult to drive into this "patch" without damaging your car and nearby cars. This situation is due to the lack of parking space in the city. Due to the high density of urban parking, the French prefer small cars, which are compact and small in size. It is difficult for sedans and SUVs to find a parking space, because big car needs a number of maneuvers in the area, the length of which is no more than 7-15 cm.
Features of paid parking
Today in France it is popular to buy parking tickets. To do this, a special plastic card "Paris Carte" is pre-purchased, on which there is a parking credit. The card is inserted into the machine, the car owner sets the duration of parking and the required amount is read from the card account. The received receipt must be placed on windshield car from the inside - so it will be well observed by controllers who check the correctness of payment for parking.
