Avoid this place at all costs (Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG))

Member Name: Keith Till

Product:	Charles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)
Date:	21/10/00 (256 review reads)
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Advantages: None

Disadvantages: Everything there

I have travelled via many airports in the world but have not had any experiences as bad as the ones that happened to me at Paris CDG in July this year.

On arrival had problems finding baggage recovery area, very poorly signed. When finally found it after walking a great distance over floors and corridors covered in litter that did not look as if they had been cleaned for weeks. Arrived at carousel and found that that particular one was being used for three simultaneous flights that had arrived within a few minutes of each other, so there was three times the number of persons crowded around it than normal. You just could not get anywhere near to it, when my baggage arrived I had to actually force my way through a crowd some 5 or 6 deep around the carousel to reclaim it. It goes without saying of course that ther was not a luggage trolley in sight. I then spent a long time trying to find a signpost to the railway station but finally discovered from a fellow traveller on the same flight as me who had been before that it was a ten minute bus ride away at the other side of the airport. Following him I was able to find the correct bus stop. But still no signs advising what to do officially. The few members of the staff I spoke to in my efforts to get sorted out were adopting a very low profile. In the main they said, in perfect English, that they could not speak or understand English!!!!

This is a place to avoid. If you have to fly via Paris try going via Orly Airport the other side of the City.

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