First time travel to Paris

I%26#39;m planning to go to Paris this mid June. What kind of weather do I expect. Will it start getting hot? Can anyone tell me if I buy a Paris Visite be able to go to Chantilly? If I only use Paris Visite, are there any towns or cities near Paris that you will recommend for day trip. Is credit card commonly used for transportation and food?

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Credit cards, or at least debit cards, are accepted with no problem, the local debit cards are operated by typing in your PIN altho%26#39; UK friends have had no problems using their %26#39;swipe%26#39; style credit cards.

For the temperature it can vary widly so I%26#39;d just keep checking website and forecasts in the week before your visit.

I recently got a Paris Visite for my parents, it covered zones 1 - 3 but you can get ones for all 8 zones.

With three zones you can get to the La D��fense Business Dsitrict, zone 4 covers Versailles and St Germain en Laye ... go to the Paris transport website, www. rapt.com, and check out the %26#39;Zone Map%26#39; which should be a link on the left of the English Version home page.

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There are a lot of cities that can easily be reached on a day trip, either using the RER, regular trains, or the TGV. Versailles and Fontainebleau near Paris, Chartres and Giverny (Monet%26#39;s home) a bit farther away, Rouen, Reims, Dijon - even Lyon - a bit farther. That%26#39;s not a complete list but it will give you an idea, and all of these can be reached in two hours or less.

Just one little caution - not every restaurant accepts credit cards, even some quite expensive ones. (Ask me how I know this...) Most do, though, and you can use your regular bank ATM card to get cash.

Have a great trrip - and there is a good shot that in June the weather will be warm and sunny, but no guarantee. It could be cool and wet or uncomfortably hot too.