want to tourist without cumbersome luggage

January 2, 2009 1:21 PM

Where can I leave three small carryon bags in Paris this Sunday? (or what can we do while lugging around rolly suitcases and a backpack?)

our hotel is sketchy so we can't leave stuff with them. We are in our mid-20s so probably don't look nice enough to leave bags at a random hotel.

posted by waltzing astronomers to Travel & Transportation around Paris, France (5 answers total)

Are you going through or near one of the several train stations? They almost always have left luggage for a few euros.
posted by smackfu at 2:05 PM on January 2, 2009

According to SNCF there are facilities at four of the big train stations: Austerlitz, Lyon, Montparnasse, Nord. The French term is 'consigne'.

The Guy in Seat 61 has slightly different information (in English), and I'd be inclined to trust it: it mentiosn lockers at three of those four, and a staffed office at the Gare de l'Est.
posted by holgate at 2:22 PM on January 2, 2009

Nthing train stations. they are usually lockers that come in varying sizes at different rates. i fit several bags in one locker for a day in paris and it was very reasonable and easy, but i can't remember which station it was.
posted by dahliachewswell at 2:37 PM on January 2, 2009

i can vouch for left luggage at the gare du nord. very reasonably priced, lots of lockers, low hassle
posted by ascullion at 5:21 PM on January 2, 2009

Yep, the left luggage lockers at Gare Du Nord are great, it's 4 Euros for the smallest one, and goes up in roughly 2 Euro increments. I think the biggest one is about 10 Euros or so.
posted by Happy Dave at 11:57 PM on January 2, 2009