Luxembourg - have you returned to IKEA ... anhd have you lived to tell the story? I'm a great fan of the store but it's exhausting!!!

You're welcome ! Bonnes courses ! Cordialement.

Thanks Marie and Stacy! Will try to get there this coming week.

You can also use the RATP's trip planner ("itinéraire") to find which one is closest via public transport, though you'd have to enter the address for each store separately and then compare.

Unless they've opened any new stores since November 2005, the easiest one for me to get to from central Paris was Villiers sur Marne via RER and then bus. We went out there to buy a €30 desk and ended up spending more than that on the taxi ride back to Paris! You can order a lot of the larger things now from their website, and smaller items you can probably manage to take with you on public transport. It will take a good chunk of your day to get there, shop, and get back.

De rien !

I don't know. If you type "mairie du 5ème arrondissement" in the box, called "départ", they say it takes 52 minutes by car and it is a 39 km drive to get to Plaisir...

http://www.maporama.com/affiliates/ikea_fr...2-c56f75572a2a}

Then, if you type "mairie du 5ème arrondissement" to get an itinerary to get to Evry Ikea, they say it takes 45 minutes and it's a 32 km drive...

http://www.maporama.com/affiliates/ikea_fr...SEARCH_ITI2.y=7

Go and have a look at the map they give you each time... Cordialement.

PS : I've gone and edited my previous message so that you can find the time and distance between the mairie of your 5ème arrondissement and each Ikéa store, but, it only concerns itineraries by car...

Thank you so much Marie. Can I assume that the first one on your list is the closest to central Paris (we are in the 5th)?
Luxembourg

Bonsoir,

Here is some info but it seems as if one has to take the "métro" and then the bus to go to Ikéa stores... Cordialement.

- IKEA Plaisir (from the mairie of your 5ème arrdt, driving to Plaisir Ikéa takes about 52 minutes and the distance is 39 km / 24 miles)
http://www.maporama.com/affiliates/ikea_fr...AME&VV=IKEA Plaisir&VN=ENDPOSTCODE&VV=78370&ENDSTATE=&GO_DRIVEMETO.x=0

- IKEA Evry (by car, from the mairie du 5ème arrdt, it takes about 45 minutes and it's a 32 km drive)
http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/serv...;StoreName=evry

- IKEA Roissy (from the "Mairie du 5ème", the distance by car is 24 km / 15 miles and it takes about 40 minutes)
Transports en commun :
Accès direct depuis Paris :
RER B, Parc des expositions, puis bus n° 640 ou n°23 vers IKEA

- IKEA Villiers sur Marne (from the "mairie du 5ème", the distance by car is 16 km / 10 miles and it takes around 23 minutes)Transports en commun :
-R.E.R A Noisy Mont d'Est puis prendre soit bus 120 ou bus 306 (pas de bus 306 le dimanche)
-R.E.R E (EOL) Villiers sur Marne puis prendre bus 110/108

- IKEA Vélizy (from the mairie of your 5ème arrdt, the distance by car is 17 km / 10 miles and it takes about 31 minutes)
Transports en commun :
Métro Pt de Sèvres puis prendre le bus RATP 179, 379, 390, arrêt Delattre de Tassigny

- IKEA Franconville (from the mairie du 5ème, the distance by car is 24 km / 15 miles and it takes about 44 minutes)
Transports en commun
En RER : ligne C arrêt Franconville Plessis Bouchard puis le bus 30 03 circuit D ou E.

I have heard that IKEA has opened several new stores in and around Paris. Which is the closest to central Paris and the easiest to get to (apparently there is one that only requires a metro trip and a walk not a metro and a bus)?
Many thanks