What changed in the 2025 fare reform
Île-de-France Mobilités replaced the old zone-based ticket system with two flat single tickets from 1 January 2025, confirmed on its 2026 fares page. One ticket covers metro, RER and train journeys anywhere in the region; a separate, cheaper ticket covers bus and tram journeys. You can no longer buy one ticket that works on both.
For 2026 the metro/RER/train ticket costs EUR 2.55 at full fare (EUR 2.50 if you tap a preloaded Navigo Easy card rather than pay by phone or card at the gate), and the bus/tram ticket costs EUR 2.05, per the same fares page. Each ticket includes transfers within its own mode for a limited time, but switching from bus to metro mid-journey means a second ticket. The RATP's own explainer of the 2025 ticketing revolution confirms the split was designed to be simpler than the old zone chart, not to add a fare.
Navigo Easy: the reusable card for occasional trips
Navigo Easy is a plastic contactless card that holds multiple tickets so you are not carrying paper. It costs EUR 2.00 at a ticket office or station machine, according to Île-de-France Mobilités' own Navigo Easy pricing page. You load it with single metro/RER tickets, bus/tram tickets, Navigo Jour passes or airport tickets, then tap it at every validator.
Unlike Navigo Découverte, Navigo Easy is not tied to a name. Île-de-France Mobilités describes it as non-nominative, meaning you or a travel companion can carry and use the same physical card on different trips, though only one person can validate with it per journey. That makes it a reasonable choice if your group prefers to top up as you go rather than commit to a weekly pass upfront.
Navigo Jour, Découverte and Semaine compared
A visitor staying more than a couple of days is usually better off with a pass loaded onto a card than with single tickets bought one at a time. The table below compares the three main options for a short-to-medium stay.
| Pass | Price (2026, all zones) | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Navigo Jour | EUR 12.30 per day | One busy day with several metro/bus trips |
| Navigo Découverte + Navigo Semaine | EUR 32.40 for the week (loaded on the card) | A trip that spans most of a Monday-Sunday week |
| Navigo Easy + single tickets | EUR 2.00 card + EUR 2.55/2.05 per ticket | Short stays or light transport use |
Navigo Jour, at EUR 12.30 for unlimited travel across all zones that calendar day, is confirmed on the 2026 fares page, which also notes it covers everywhere in Île-de-France except the airport links. Navigo Découverte is the personalized card (it needs your name and a photo, per Île-de-France Mobilités' own description) that Navigo Semaine and Navigo Mois passes load onto.
The weekly pass runs a fixed calendar week
The detail that catches visitors out is that Navigo Semaine does not give you seven days from the date you buy it. Île-de-France Mobilités' Navigo Semaine page states the pass is "valid for a fixed week from Monday to Sunday, not seven days from purchase," and sales for the coming week open the preceding Friday.
That means if you arrive on a Wednesday and buy a Navigo Semaine, it only covers you until the following Sunday, not a full week from Wednesday. A trip that starts midweek and runs into the next week may need a Navigo Semaine for the second half plus day tickets for the first few days, or several Navigo Jour passes throughout, depending on which combination costs less for your actual dates.
Buying on a phone versus withdrawing a paper ticket
The Île-de-France Mobilités app works on Android and iPhone, and on Samsung Galaxy Watch or Apple Watch, according to its mobile ticketing page. Through the app you can buy and validate single tickets, Navigo Jour, Semaine and Mois passes, and the airport ticket, then tap your phone at the gate instead of carrying a card.
If you buy at a machine or ticket counter instead, Île-de-France Mobilités confirms you get your proof of purchase immediately as a printed receipt, with no reprint available later; buy through the app or the website instead and confirmation lands in your inbox as a PDF, per its payment help page. Keep either version until you leave the network, since inspectors can ask for it.
Airport tickets sit outside the flat fare
The Paris Region-Airports ticket, covering direct links to Charles de Gaulle and Orly, is priced separately from the flat metro fare: EUR 14.00 full fare (EUR 7.00 reduced) for 2026, per the Île-de-France Mobilités fares page. Orlyval, the automated line to Orly, charges the same EUR 14.00/EUR 7.00. None of the Navigo passes above substitute for this ticket on the direct airport link itself, even though Navigo Jour and the weekly pass do cover ordinary RER and bus routes toward the airports.
Matching the pass to your stay
For a 3-day stay with a handful of trips a day, three separate Navigo Jour passes (EUR 12.30 each) or a Navigo Easy card loaded with individual tickets both work; compare your planned trip count against EUR 12.30 to see which is cheaper for you specifically. For a 5 or 7-day stay that falls mostly within a single Monday-to-Sunday week, a Navigo Découverte card loaded with Navigo Semaine (EUR 32.40 total) is usually the simplest and cheapest option, since it removes the need to revalidate a new pass each morning.
For a stay that straddles two calendar weeks, add up Navigo Jour passes for the leftover days against a partial Navigo Semaine, and buy whichever combination is cheaper for your specific arrival and departure days. Confirm the current prices on the Île-de-France Mobilités fares page before you buy, since fares are reviewed annually.
Before you tap in for the first time
Check which zones and modes your planned trips actually use, since Navigo Jour excludes airport links and single tickets no longer cross between metro and bus. Buy through the app if you want to avoid a queue at the machine on arrival, but keep a backup payment method in case your phone battery runs low before your last validation of the day.