Services at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport

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Find out what services and facilities are available at Paris CDG Airport. Where are the best places to eat and shop?

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Internet and Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi is free via the WIFI-AIRPORT hotspot.

If you are using an EU SIM card, you can make calls and use data in France at the same rates as in your home country.

Otherwise, you can quickly and easily get a French data e-SIM on theairalo.com website.

Supermarkets and chemists

You’ll find grocery shops or newsagents selling standard snacks in several places around the airport:

  • Marks & Spencer Food – Terminal 1, Level 5 (Arrivals – public area): 7.00 am to 8.30 pm
  • Marks & Spencer Food – Terminal 2E, Level 0 (public area): 6.00 to 21.00
  • Marks & Spencer Food – Terminal 2F, Level 0 (public area): 6.00 am to 10.00 pm
  • Marks & Spencer Food – by the train platform for Paris, Roissypole: 6.00 to 22.00
  • Monop'daily – between Terminals 2B and 2D, past security: 5.00 am to 10.00 pm
  • Monop'daily – by the platform for trains to Paris, Terminals 2: 6.00 am to 10.00 pm

Pharmaciesare located in the following terminals:

  • Terminal 1, public area, Level 3 – open 6.00–21.00
  • Terminal 2E, public area, departures level – open 6.00–20.00
  • Terminal 2F, public area, departures level – open 6.00–20.00

Luggage storage

The ‘ ’ and ‘Bagages du Monde’ luggage storage facilities are located in the main atrium of Terminal 2, near the TGV station in front of the Sheraton Hotel, and are connected to a luggage shop.

Opening hours are 7.00–21.00, and you can store your luggage here for between 10 and 14 eur depending on size for 12 hours, or between 15 and 18 eur for 24 hours.

There are neither luggage storage facilities nor lockers at Terminals 1 or 3.

Restaurants and shops

You’ll find a much wider selection ofrestaurantsbeyond the security check, but there are also plenty of dining options in the public area.

Popular choices include McDonald’s, the Pret A Manger fast-food chain and Starbucks cafés, but you’ll also find plenty of more upmarket restaurants here.

Despite its size, there are no restaurants at the airport that are open 24 hours a day.

Shopsselling upmarket clothing, accessories, jewellery, watches and travel essentials are mainly located beyond the security checkpoint.

A list of restaurants and shops can be found on the airport’s website:parisaeroport.fr/shops-restaurants.

Terminals 1 and 2 have plenty of shops and restaurants, whilst Terminal 3 offers only a small ‘ Duty Free Shop ’ and a few simple snack outlets.

ATMs and currency exchange bureaux

All currency exchange bureaux at the airport are operated by Global Exchange, which offers extremely unfavourable exchange rates.

You’ll find cash machines in many places at the airport, but they’re all operated exclusively by Euronet. Particularly if you don’t have a card linked to a euro account, you may encounter a very unfavourable exchange rate.

The withdrawal fee is around 4 eur. You can pay for transport to the city centre by taxi or train by card, so it’s advisable to wait until you reach the city centre to withdraw money, as there are plenty of cash machines there belonging to various French banks.

Drinking water

Fountains with cold drinking water, from which you can fill your own bottle, are located throughout the airport. Most of the fountains are situated beyond the security check.

Showers

Apart from the showers in the VIP lounges, which are accessible only to holders of airline loyalty cards, there are no showers for the general public at Paris CDG Airport.

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