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Tips and ideas on how to best spend a layover at Paris de Gaulle airport. Got a favorite quiet place to connect to wifi? A great bar or restaurant? Maybe an exhibit or a walk? Share your CDG Airport layover experiences with others, or post a question and get notified when there is a response.

CDG Layover Ideas DISCUSSION

greg 03/27/2019
Have a couple of hours to wait for a flight at CDG....is there an arrival lounge available??
FWU 03/10/2017
I have a SQ flight arriving in CDG at 7.30am at terminal 1. The next flight to London is 9.50am . I need to collect our bags, go through passport control and customs, and then re-check bags with Easy Jet. Is 2.5 hours enough to do all this?
ZAP 03/10/2017
It's barely enough time if everything goes perfectly. Your EasyJet flight will depart from 2D so you will have to take the CDGVAL there.
*** 10/14/2016
flying from ireland to CDG airport, is 2hours .30 mins enough time for layover on connecting flight to Bangkok Thailand
ZAP 10/14/2016
If both flights are on Air France, then yes, that is enough time. You just have to walk from your arrival gate to your departure gate.
ally84 10/12/2016
Looking at flights from US to Dusseldorf Germany. Most have connections at CDG. If I book one ticket with the connection in CDG, will I have to go through customs? Or just passport control and bag will be transferred?

Thanks!
ZAP 10/12/2016
You will go through passport control in Paris, but not have to do anything with your bags.
Joan 08/28/2016
I will have a 12 hour layover at CDG and booked a hotel for nap, shower, walking outside but nearby the airport grounds. I am then travelling on to Johannesburg, Africa. Is it OK to leave the airport?
ZAP 08/29/2016
What is your citizenship? If you require a visa what kind do you have?
Lw 06/03/2017
I fly from SFO to Paris,have a 12 hour layover, then to Johannesburg, all on AirFrance. American Citizen and US Passport. Can I LEAVE THE AIRPORT? If I leave CDG , Will I have to go through customs with my suitcase or can it be checked all the way through from SFO to Johannesburg . How much time before departure to Johannesburg should I get back to CDG?
Lw 06/03/2017
Forgot to mention, I will be departing CDG for Johannesburg, from Terminal A at 11:30pm
jlyncol 05/12/2016
We have a six hour layover in Paris. Is it worth it to leave the airport for awhile, or is there a lounge we can pay to use while we wait?
Andy 02/09/2016
I live in Paris and my friend has a 4 hour layover at CDG. He arrives at terminal 2E. What would be a convenient place to meet?
BillyBoyC 01/20/2016
We are traveling from Detroit to Lisbon. Is a 65 minute layover in CDG enough time on Delta?
ZAP 01/21/2016
It's possible but doesn't leave much time to spare. CDG Terminal 2 is a bit of a zoo.
ac 11/26/2015
Am looking at flights, and it looks like there will be a long layover at CDG - between 8 and 11 hours. Is it possible to leave the airport and go into Paris?
ZAP 11/27/2015
If you are a US, Canadian, or EU Citizen or have a Schengen visa, then yes, you can leave the airport.
clarisse 09/21/2014
If I have 50 min between landing on a flybe flight 9from the UK) and departing on an AF flight (to Saudi Arabia), will I have enough times? And is it the same terminals?
ZAP 09/22/2014
FlyBe and Air France Non-Schengen are in the same concourse. You should be OK as long as your first flight is on-time and your bags are checked through to Saudi Arabia.