Taxi in Paris

Hi there,

I%26#39;m going for a 4 day vacation to Paris and I would like to have some sort of transportation. Does anyone know some phone numbers of some good taxi companies I can call while I%26#39;m in Paris?

I%26#39;m planning on visiting the following places:

Saint-Germain-des-Pres

The Catacombs

Buddha Bar

The Eiiffel Tower

Thank you very much!

Aquiles

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Use the metro. Its easy and you can get anywhere in Paris in 20 minutes.

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If, for some reason, you must use a taxi, you might ask your hotel where the nearest taxi rank is (if you are able to walk to it). When a taxi is summoned, the meter starts from wherever they are - at least, that is how it was explained to me.

If you are physically able to use the subway / metro system, it does provide extensive service within Paris very inexpensively.

To answer your question, here are a couple of taxi company phone numbers:

Taxi Bleus: 01 49 36 10 10

Alpha Taxi: 01 45 85 85 85

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I agree that the metro is easy and, if traffic is heavy, it%26#39;s also decidedly quicker than a taxi. We used both. It%26#39;s always easy to get a taxi from a big hotel, but we had mixed experiences trying to get a taxi from the designated taxi stands around town... once there was a taxi but the driver had left (she eventually returned and drove us to our destination), another time we waited 10 minutes and saw probably a dozen taxis pass but none stopped (all were full).

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Add TAXIS G7 to the previous two companies listed and your access to the three largest taxi companies in Paris

TAXIS BLEU--

http://www.taxis-bleus.com/A_index.html

ALPHA TAXIS--

http://www.alphataxis.com/noticelegale.php

TAXIS G-7--

http://www.taxisg7.com/

For a list of local Taxi Ranks with telephones and locations throughout Paris--

infotaxiparis.free.fr/pages/en/en_bornes.htm

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Most of the metered taxis are good, but it helps to have the address you need to get to written down if your pronunciation isn%26#39;t good, which mine is not.

I also had one sour experience on a Saturday night, when I was waiting at a taxi stand, and a taxi pulled up. He asked if I spoke English only, and when I replied yes, he said the price was 30 euros, more than twice what it should be. He was not French, but a middle eastern immigrant. I told him he was a dirty crook, and I was calling the police, and he sped off, lol.