Originally Posted by
diggity
Folks, my wife and I will be in Paris in June and will be flying to Venice on a Thursday (flight leaves at 6:30 pm). I wanted to find out if we should attempt to take the Air France bus to CDG or if we should take the RER? We are staying at the Park Hyatt Vendome. Also, how early should we leave Paris? I have read that rush hour can be very difficult. Some folks recommend leaving 3-4 hours prior. I am thinking leaving Paris at 2:30 just to be safe. Any and all advice is appreciated.
How much luggage do you have? If you have a lot and since you are right near the Opera area--the departing point for the
Roissybus (this is
not the AF bus) this would be the best choice (allow an extra hour for traffic, the worst that will happen is that you will have too much time to kill at CDG). Unfortunately the RER system is set up so that transfers from one RER to another is very easy, but from the Metro to an RER involves lots of walking through passageways. A few blocks from the Opera area is the Auber (line A RER) station and at Chatleet-Les Halles there is an easy connection to line B (going north) to CDG.