- Butter croissant: €1 – 1.5
- Pain au chocolat: €1.5
- Baguette sandwich: €4 – 6
- Coffee: €2 – 2.5
- Fresh OJ: €3 – 5
- Crêpes depending on filling: €3 – 5
As for lunch and dinner, you can expect the average price for an entrée to be around €17 and €30 depending on the type of meat usually, beef being the most expensive. Appetizers are usually around €10, sometimes a bit less, sometimes a bit more; a cup of soup is between €8 – 10. Desserts such as a crème brûlée can rarely be €5 and are likely to cost you €8.Did you know that baguettes and other French bread have way less gluten in them because the microorganisms in the yeast that French bakers use eat up the gluten? Baking soda, which most American bakeries use to bake their (let’s call it) “bread,” doesn’t do that. That’s good news for people who are allergic to gluten in the US: Many of them will not have ANY issues with this in France!
As for drinking, tap water is usually free, bottled water will cost €2 and up. If you’re into alcohol: 0.5l beer bottles will cost €2 and up, a glass of wine €5 and up, shots €4 and up, cocktails €8 and up.
TRANSPORTATION
In the unlikely case of you driving around Paris with a car, a liter of gas at the time this article was written is at about €1.25. If you’re taking the Metro, as you should because it’s an adventure that you have to experience, here are the current prices:Train ticket from Paris’ international airport Charles de Gaulle to the city center: €10
- Single Metro ticket: €1,90
- 10 Metro tickets: €14.50
- 1-day ticket for 1 adult: €11.65 (the more days you get, the cheaper it becomes. Five days will be just below €40) (These are the ones you’ll most likely need because they take you around zones 1 and 2, Paris’ city center, and all major attractions included).
- Ticket from Paris to Versailles & vice versa: €3.60
ATTRACTIONS
Attractions, museums, galleries, etc. are more difficult to generalize, but they usually cost between €10 and €30. I.e., to get to the top of the Eiffel Tower, it’s €17, and admission to the catacombs is €12.
ACCOMMODATION
Accommodation in Paris will most likely be your biggest expense. Airbnb and hotels in the center of Paris are €100 and up per night; however, if you don’t mind staying a bit further out, you may be able to find a place for roughly €40 (if you’re REALLY lucky) or €50.
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