How’s your sense of direction? Here are some handy hints to help you find your bearings more easily in Paris and to get to know your way around the capital.
Street plans
You’ll find plans all over the city, on the main roads, at the entrance and inside metro stations and in bus shelters… There are detailed street maps, plans of the “arrondissement” or maps showing the public transport network. Often, the spot where you are standing is marked on the map with a sign saying “vous êtes ici (you are here!)”. Maps of each “arrondissement” are also available from vending machines in each area - you have to pay for them, but they are very detailed. Last but not least, you can obtain free maps from the ticket offices in metro stations, in the department stores and at all the information centres of the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau (the latter is available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and Russian!).
How’s your sense of direction? Here are some handy hints to help you find your bearings more easily in Paris and to get to know your way around the capital.
You’ll find plans all over the city, on the main roads, at the entrance and inside metro stations and in bus shelters… 
There are detailed street maps, plans of the “arrondissement” or maps showing the public transport network. Often, the spot where you are standing is marked on the map with a sign saying “vous êtes ici (you are here!)”. Maps of each “arrondissement” are also available from vending machines in each area - you have to pay for them, but they are very detailed. Last but not least, you can obtain free maps from the ticket offices in metro stations, in the department stores and at all the information centres of the Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau (the latter is available in English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese and Russian!).