Transit Pass during the Paris 2024 Olympic & Paralympic Games

Traveling to Paris for the 2024 Olympics and Paralympics?

There is a lot of press and social media about the government raising the metro rates, but we wanted to highlight the solution for visitors coming to France. Single ride tickets will leap from €2.10 to a whopping €4, and a bundle of ten will jump from €16.90 to €32. Sacré bleu! For those without a Navigo or Liberté + pass (which is largely what locals use), the price hike is effective from July 20 to September 8, 2024.

Valérie Pécresse, the big boss of the Île-de-France Regional Council, recently explained that the raised prices on individual tickets is to discourage visitors from buying them. Instead, they want visitors to buy a specific Olympics Pass to avoid mechanical issues with paper tickets, long queue lines, and to avoid issues at stations where there is no staff.

The special Olympics Paris 2024 pass allows unlimited jaunts across the region for €18 one day up to €142 for two weeks. Sure, it's still quite expensive but the good news is that it is a carte blanche on all forms of transit in the greater Paris region, including to and from the airport (metro, suburban train, RER, express tram, tram, bus, OrlyBus, RoissyBus).

Most importantly, you can buy your passes now and have them delivered to a large number of countries. If you are coming during this special period, we strongly encourage you to buy your passes now at this official site: Paris 2024 All-in-One offer

Travelers with Android phones can even download the transit app here and buy their Olympics Pass inside the app. Then they can use their phone at the ticket turnstiles. Unfortunately, the Paris system is not yet compatible with iPhones in the same way. Important update — as of April 11, 2024, RATP announced that the Bonjour RATP app should also work on iOS by the end of May. If this is the case, it will make it even easier for everyone to navigate the system during the Olympics and Paralympics.

If you cannot manage to pre-order a Pass, be prepared to ask for one when you arrive in the country. The normal one-week pass will not be available for sale and we agree with Madame Pécresse, you don’t want to be stuck in long lines or dealing with broken paper ticket readers. Also importantly, there are often controls checking for tickets on the Parisian transit system, and they will issue fines without fail.

We hope this bit of logistics will help you enjoy this unique time to visit the City of Lights.