“How Do I Get To Your Paris Office?”

See below for opening hours.


Our Paris Address:

2, rue Dussoubs, 75002 Paris
paris@bluemarble.org
Phone: +(33) (0) 1.42.36.02.34
Fax: +(33) (0) 1.42.36.92.81
To dial France from abroad, dial the international access code: 00 from any country except the US or Canada, or 011 from the US or Canada. Then dial the country code (33), and then our number, beginning with 1. To dial within France, dial 0, and then our number, beginning with 1.

Métro stops, in order of proximity, are
- Etienne-Marcel (line 4)
- Réaumur-Sebastopol (line 3, exit “rue St.-Denis”)
- Châtelet/les-Halles (lines A, B, D, 1, 7, 11 and 14, exit “Rue de Rambuteau / Rue de Turbigo”).

Here is an neighborhood map


Directions:

From Charles de Gaulle & Orly Airports (with hints on coming from Beauvais)

From Paris’ 7 Railway Stations, Station by Station:

• Gare d’Austerlitz
  Local (bike-carrying) trains from the Loire Valley, all trains from the Limousin and the Dordogne Valley (Souillac, Rocamadour), overnight trains from all points in France and Spain.
• Gare de Bercy
  Overnight trains from Italy, some trains from northern Burgundy (Auxerre).
• Gare de l’Est
  Trains from Alsace, Champagne, and eastern France in general; southern and central Germany, German and Italian-speaking Switzerland, Luxembourg.
• Gare de Lyon
  Trains from southeastern France: Lyon, the Alps, Burgundy, the Jura, Provence, the Côte d’Azur, the Cévennes, Longuedoc, Cataluña. Daylight trains from Barcelona, Italy, and French-speaking Switzerland.
• Gare Montparnasse
  Trains from southwestern France, Brittany, Chartres, Granville and the Channel Islands. Daylight trains from Madrid and San Sebastian. TGV services from the Loire Valley.
• Gare du Nord
  Trains from Flanders, the Low Countries (Belgium, Holland), northern Germany, and England.
• Gare St.-Lazare
  Trains from all points in Normandy except Granville (those come into Gare Montparnasse)
  

Area Map


“When Are You There?”

• Our Paris Office Opening Hours
  Our “peak season” (June - September) hours are 9h30a - 1p and 2:30p - 6p, Monday - Saturday. But on trip departure mornings, we are generally around at other times: earlier, later, through the lunch hour....
  
  From May 13 through May 31, and from October 1 through October 17, we open half an hour later (at 10a), and are open by appointment only (but without cost) on Monday mornings and Saturdays.
  
  In our “off season,” from October 18 through May 10 (May 12 is a legal French holiday), we are open by appointment (e.mail paris@bluemarble.org). Appointments are generally available (without any “opening charge”) Monday through Friday 9:30a - 6:30p, and on Saturdays from 10a to 1p.
  We will be closed Thursday May 1 (a holiday) and also Saturday May 3. We will open on May 2 from 3p to 5p, and at other times by appointment.
  
  During our off-season, the office is often covered by a single person. He or she may be absent for an outside errand or meeting. Hence the need for an appointment. Appointments are especially advisable on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, since, if we have nothing scheduled, these are days we choose to not to staff the office, to permit off-site work. We are pretty reliably in the office on Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, 9:30a - 12:30p, and 2:30p - 6p.
  
  To make an appointment for baggage drop-off, the service must be reserved. Follow this link to see how.
  
  
• Off-Hours Opening.
  If you absolutely need us to open just for you (on a Saturday afternoon in our “off season,” on a Sunday, late at night, early in the morning...) we can usually arrange it. This service is subject to availability, and is offered by reservation only (which requires pre-payment). A flat fee of 50€ applies. An agent will go to the office at the time you say, and wait for one hour from that time. If more time is required, the cost is a further 25€ per additional hour (beyond the first).
  
  If you are renting one of our apartments or travelling on one of our cycle trips, and one of us can be scheduled to be in the office for you without having to come in specially, there is no charge for a meeting at any time between 9a and 7p, Monday - Friday (or, obviously, during our regular Saturday hours). If your booking decision depends on it, ask if this service can be provided for free before booking.
  
  Cancellation of an Off-Hours Appointments
  You may cancel a pre-reserved Off-Hours Appointment without charge until 2 business days (M - Fr except holidays) prior to the scheduled appointment. Cancellation may be by e.mail (paris@bluemarble.org) or phone call to our Paris office. Example: to obtain a full refund, a Friday appointment would have to be cancelled by close of business on Wednesday. A Sunday or a Monday appoinment would have to be cancelled by close of business on Thursday).
  
  On shorter notice, but still prior to our Paris office closing on the last business day before your appointment, we rebate half of the charge. We also rebate half the charge for evening appointments cancelled before the end of business hours on the same day.
  
  If you do not cancel your Off-Hours Appointment, and simply do not show up, we will wait one hour, then assume you are not coming, and go home, grumbling. No refund is made in this case.
  
  As a practical matter, this means that if your flight is delayed 6 hours, and you learn of the delay before take-off, you should be sure to contact our Paris office, and ask us to schedule a new appointment. We will naturally make every effort to accommodate your request. A new 50€ fee will be due, but any rebate of the previously paid fee will be credited against this new charge, and at least you avoid paying for multiple extra hours....