Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)

I had to catch a connecting flight through this airport the other week on my way back from America and first impressions when arriving was that this airport is in pieces at the moment as it's being rebuilt bit by bit. However, what would be nice is if there was no disruption to travellers while this was going on but unfortunately that wasn't the case. When we landed we had an hour before our next flight, however the journey from the flight landing to the terminal by the coach must have been about 15 minutes and then once inside the terminal it was chaos going through security etc. and everyone just seemed to be pushed into one small area. We barely made it through to the ...  Read the complete review

I travelled through this airport last week after a long journey from the loire valley. Firstly when you arrive from the metro you get to a large concrete station with not much in it. I worked out from the rubbish signs that I then needed to get on another quick train from there to terminal 1. When arriving at the terminal you first need to find the right hall to check in which is on a board. I had 2 hours to wait before I checked in so bought some food from the small shop and a coffee from Mcdonalds. There is a large seating area but those seats are not comfortable believe me. At least you dont get charged for using the toilets like everywhere else ...  Read the complete review

Have just passed through this airport on my way back to the UK, and I am afraid that I can't offer anything positive to combat the general air of negativity surrounding it! I was at least fortunate in that a) I had checked in online, and only had hand luggage and b) I arrived on a train from Bordeaux, and thus had through no choice of my own over three hours to find my way to where I needed to be! I would hate to be arriving just before my flight was closing and be trying to find my way to the right departure gate! I came up out of the station and my attention was immediately caught by an enormous departures board. It was the only one I saw in my time at ...  Read the complete review

Charles De Gaulle International Airport, Paris, France When we decided to go to Disneyland Paris earlier this year, we didn't have much option other than to fly. We live in Scotland so to go by ferry, car or eurotunnel would with 3 young children be an absolute nightmare, not to mention expensive. We had originally considered flying into Beauvais with Ryanair, but we decided we'd rather fly from Edinburgh which is closer to us and fly to Charles de Gaulle which is closer to Disneyland. I had been warned that Charles de Gaulle could be a bit of a nightmare and had done a bit of researching on the internet before we went. I had been given instructions ...  Read the complete review

I know that living near Heathrow and then complaining about someone else's airport might conjure up the phrase "Pots, kettle, black - discuss", but Paris CDG, really, what a dump. We're constantly hearing how Heathrow must expand or die, losing its 'vital' hub traffic to CDG, Schipol and Frankfurt, but in the case of CDG, I don't think it's got much to worry about. Anyway, what do hub passengers benefit my local economy - they fly in, pollute my air, fly out and spend nothing locally? I'll get off my hobby-horse now and back to purpose - i.e. telling you what my first and hopefully LAST impressions of CDG Terminal 2 are. Last ...  Read the complete review