Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) has a wide range of accommodation options from off-airport low cost, budget chains to luxury hotels where you can walk out of the front door directly into the passenger terminal.
Like many large international airports, the room rates at the Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) tend to be significantly lower at the weekend when business custom is at a low. Passengers on transfer shuttle services are also reduced.
Like many large international airports, room rates tend to be significantly lower at the weekend whenIt is sensible and cheaper therefore to base yourself out at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)and get a transfer on the RER train into the centre of Paris, which is just over 30 minutes away, especially at the weekend.
Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) is the largest international airport in France and the second busiest after London Heathrow. It is relatively modern as it opened in the 1970s and is not as cramped as older airports.
The terminals are spread out and sprinkled between the passenger terminals. There are five on-airport hotels, most of which offer transfer shuttle services. Clearly you pay a premium over the off-airport hotels but after a long flight a lot of people welcome the convenience of fast access to a comfortable hotel room.
Three of the hotels at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG), (Ibis, CitizenM, Novotel and Sheraton) are directly above the two RER stations at the airport that serve the passenger terminals. This means you can be in the centre of Paris within 30 minutes if you wish.
The Hilton and Pullman hotels have their own frequent shuttle buses for the very short distance between hotels, train stations and passenger terminals.
A frequent free shuttle train called CDGVAL travels the length of the airport with several stations along the way at terminals, stations and car parks. It doesn't matter too much then if your hotel is not immediately next to the passenger terminal you are using.
The largest cluster of airport hotels at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG) are located just the other side of the motorway/freeway from the airport.
There are numerous hotels to suit all budgets surrounding the old village of Roissy in an attractive spacious parkland setting.
Two separate free shuttle services connect these hotels to the airport passenger terminals. As well as benefiting from lower hotel rates here, guests of the hotels can stroll into the pleasant village where there are small shops and restaurants.
There are other off airport hotels which are nearly all much more isolated than the Roissy airport hotel district. Check hotel shuttle operating times, especially at the budget options which may have restricted operating frequencies.