Distances and walking times

I%26#39;m struggling to get a sense of distance between different locations in Paris.

I%26#39;me going to be staying in the 9th close to the St Georges metro station.

Can anyone please give me an idea of how long it would take to say walk from Metro le Peltier to the Louvre.

Also is it relatively flat in this part or does it get steeper as it heads up towards Pigalle.

Any comments would be greatly appreciated.

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%26gt;%26gt;%26gt;Can anyone please give me an idea of how long it would take to say walk from Metro le Peltier to the Louvre.%26lt;%26lt;%26lt;

How long this particular walk takes will depend on your individual pace....and how many times you stop along the way to pinch yourself and say %26quot;..DAM!!! I%26#39;m in PARIS !!!..%26quot;

At a guess, at an average walking pace, allowing for stops to cross streets, I%26#39;d say approx. 20-25 minutes to walk from the Le PELTIER Metro station (#7 ligne) to the Louvre or Notre Dame (30-35 mins from SAINT GEORGE). There are also several bus bus routes which run through the immediate neighborhood. The terrain is relatively flat when heading south toward the Seine but trends slightly up-hill when heading north in the direction of Pigalle and steeper still beyond to Montmatre.

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Nettie, There is a great site to help you figure out the walking distances. www.mappy.com

According to them it is a 1.4 km walk that could take you as few as 21 minutes.

I%26#39;d say relatively flat, but of course, that is strictly relative.

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Thanks much appreciated - I think the %26#39;dam I%26#39;m in Paris%26#39; thing will happen quite often actually...

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Once you arrive in Paris, stop at a ticket kiosk in almost any Maeto station and ask for one (or two) copies of the RATP%26#39;s FREE--

%26#39;..#2--PARIS-Grand Plan--Lignes et Rues..%26#39; transportation map. The is an indispensable %26#39;tool%26#39; for finding your way about the city via public transportation---especially on the public buses.

This large-format (think Texaco road map) folding map has a color-coded, numbered diagram of the complete Metro and RER train system, overlaid on the serviceable (but not great) Paris street map on one side and a complete, color-coded, numbered diagram of the public bus routes for the City of Paris, with route directional indicators and approx. route stop locations.

Perhaps more so that for the Metro system (figuring out the Metro is easy), this is an dindispensable %26#39;tool%26#39; to help you to figure out the bublic bus route system. Obviously, if a particular bus route travels in one direction, along a one way street, it can not return along the same street in the other direction. And, several different bus routes may travel along the same street for a distence, but not all bus routes stop at all bus stops along that street. This map will help you to determine which buses head in which direction and stop at which stops along the way. Buses are a great way to move about and through the the city---and see more of it than you might from a tunnel beneath the streets.

As an example, there is a #42 bus, which runs past and stops near the Le Peletier Metro station (along Blvd. Haussmann) that will take you around the Place de la Opera, Place de la Madeleine, Place de la Concorde, up the lower portion of Champs Élysées past Grand and Patite Palais, across the Seine on the Pont Alma, along the Left Bank right up to and around the Eiffel Tower. How%26#39;s that for a public transportation %26#39;..mini-tour%26#39; of Paris?

If you use the PLAN de QUARTIER feature of the RATP%26#39;s web site, you can discover which public transportation modes (Metro and public buses are in the vicinity by simply enterring the Address of your Paris accommodations. By placing the mouse over the Bus or Metro icon and Clicking on it, you can find out which ligne or route it is and where the stop is located.

http://www.ratp.fr/

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Wow - thanks for all that - great information.

I have to admit that when I travel to large cities that I don%26#39;t know well, I tend to stick to the Rail/Underground systems as they are easier to understand, however this bus you have mentioned sounds like a great way to have a bit of a look around.

Thanks again