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Activities in France - seniors in France
Seniors, baby boomers: welcome to France !
 
Museums & Monuments
   
 

Some museums and monuments allow a reduced entrance fee for persons over 60 years old. An ID such as a passport or other may be required as a proof of your date of birth.

 

 
Transportations
   
 

Persons aged 60 years and over are eligible for a 25% discount from SNCF (French Railways System). The discount apply only for travel beginning in a "blue" period, when traffic is light, i.e., times other than Friday and Sundays afternoons, Monday mornings and holidays.
Please check the SNCF calendars, which are available in France. Or you can consult the "Calendrier Voyageurs" on French National Railways website at:
http://www.sncf.fr .

If you plan to travel frequently in France over the course of a year, the Carte Senior may be for you. 

Reasonably priced, the Carte Senior will allow discounts of 25-59% for one year from the date of purchase. This card is ONLY SOLD in FRANCE.

These reductions are not valid for traveling by train in the Paris area.