Paris has three international airports which are Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport, Orly airport, and Beauvais Tillé. The first two airports are accessible from Paris shuttle bus, taxi or metro (RER B for Charles-de-Gaulle airport; Orlyval for Orly airport).

Sea travel:

There are many connections to France by sea.  

Shipping UK/France (the Channel):

P & O Portsmouth: Portsmouth – Le Havre, Portsmouth – Cherbourg,  Dover - Calais, Hull - Zeebrugge.

SeaFrance:  Dover - Calais

Southern Ferries/SNCM: Portsmouth – Caen, Portsmouth – St Malo, Poole - Cherbourg, Plymouth - Roscoff. 

Condor Ferries: Weymouth - Guernsey, Weymouth - Jersey, Poole - St Malo, Poole - Guernsey, Poole - Jersey, Guernsey - St Malo, Jersey - St Malo.  

Hoverspeed Fast Ferries: Dover - Calais, Newhaven - Dieppe.  

Norfolkline: Dover - Dunkerque. 

SpeedFerries Ltd.: Dover – Boulogne. 

Shipping Italy/Corsica:

Corsica Ferries: (Livorno / Bastia - Savona / Bastia - Savona / Ile Rousse)

Grimaldi Ferries: (Livorno / Porto Vecchio), line in from June to September.

Grimaldi Ferries: (Civitavecchia / Bastia)

Moby Lines: (Livorno / Bastia - Genova / Bastia)

Lauro Lines (Naples / Porto Vecchio)

Saremar: (Santa Teresa di Gallura / Bonifacio)

Shipping Italy/Toulon:

Grimaldi Line: Toulon-Civitavecchia: Toulon/Brégaillon-Rome/Civitavecchia. 

Buses:

Eurolines is the largest operator of scheduled coach services, offering regular services to France.  

Trains:

Practical, fast and comfortable, the train is one of the best ways of getting about in France. The rail network is very developed (especially from Paris) and connects every town by either TGV or TER (regional express trains). The French National Railroads' (Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer or SNCF) network of inter-city rail links also provides frequent express and high-speed train service known as the TGV or Train à Grande Vitesse. The high-speed network also includes European routes, featuring the Eurostar which connects Paris to London in just 2h35 and the Thalys going to Brussels and Amsterdam in 1h30 and 4 hours respectively.

There are many attractive price options reserved for foreign travellers (Europass, Eurodomino, Inter-Rail.), which can be obtained from your country of origin before you leave.  

The major cities have metropolitan systems (Paris, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Rennes, Toulouse), or Tram systems (Bordeaux, Caen, Grenoble, Île-de-France, Le Mans, Lille - Roubaix/Tourcoing, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Mulhouse, Nancy, Nantes, Nice, Orléans, Rouen, Strasbourg, Valenciennes, Angers and Toulon). 

Taxis: You can take a taxi from taxi ranks, hail one in the street or book one by calling a taxi company.