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Paris Orly Airport - Aéroport de Paris Orly, can be found just south (12km) of Paris, France. It has flights from cities in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Caribbean, and North America.
Orly Airport has two terminals: west and south.
To continue your journey by train you will next want to go to
Austerlitz
station (gare) if taking the non TGV (around 2 1/2 hrs
to Tours) or
Montparnasse station (gare) for the TGV (around 1hr 15mins to Tours) to the Loire Valley.
To get to Austerlitz train station you need to take the
RER suburban train which provides a regular service into centre of the city. You need to use the shuttle bus services
ADP
'Paris par le
train' from the airport to the RER C station at 'Pont de Rungis'.
You can pick up the ADP “Paris par le train” shuttle bus at Orly’s South terminal, entrance F and at Orly’s West terminal, entrance G on the arrivals level. Buy your ticket (€ 2.50) on board.
The journey is 10/15minutes and the bus drops you off opposite the 'Pont de Rungis - Aeroport d’Orly' RER station. You can buy your RER
ticket (€ 3.90) here or combined ticket at the
airport
For Montparnasse
you can take a 'Le Bus' coach . These run every 12 minutes from 6:00 am until 11:00 pm. Buy a ticket on the bus. A one way trip should cost around € 12.00.
It takes 30 to 45 minutes to get to Montparnasse railway station. The bus will drop you off outside the station, at rue du Commandant Mouchottes. From here you can catch the TGV to cities within the Loire Valley.
Click here for 'Le Bus' website
You can of course
also to take a taxi direct available outside the terminals.
If you are staying in Paris before travelling on to the Loire Valley.......
You can use the above options or ...
By train is the fastest way to get to Paris city centre from Orly airport. On arrival after the usual clearances, take the Orly Val train from either Orly South (Sud) or Orly West (Ouest) terminal into Paris.
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