Where to leave your luggage ?
So you’re in Paris Region, burdened with your luggage. The problem is that it’s too early to check into your accommodation. Or, you’ve left your hotel but have a few hours left before travelling home. We have a number of possible solutions for places to leave your bags. Left luggage facilities can be found at stations, museums and elsewhere, and there’s even a luggage check-in and forwarding service. Here are our suggestions for peace of mind without your luggage in Paris Region.
What are our luggage-handling options in Paris Region?
Left luggage in Paris Region
Did you know that there are more than 500 safe places to leave your luggage in Paris Region? Including **170 left-luggage facilities in Paris itself. Available 24⁄7 in many cases, they offer a solution for getting rid of your bags pending your return trip or while visiting the surrounding area. Be it for a few hours, a whole day or even a week, you’ll find a convenient solution to keep your personal belongings safe.
In the railway stations of Île-de-France
The region’s main train stations have automatic left-luggage lockers where you can leave your bags for a few hours. Be aware, however, that their opening hours and prices vary. There are also stations in Île-de-France that have no left-luggage facilities. But even then, there may well be a left-luggage service in the vicinity.
Make sure you always have some change on you, but also a bank card as some left-luggage facilities accept only card payments or only cash.
- Stations with automatic left-luggage facilities: Gare du Nord; Paris Est Station; Paris Austerlitz Station; Gare de Lyon; Montparnasse Station; Marne-la-Vallée Chessy.
- Stations without left-luggage facilities: Charles de Gaulle 2 Airport TGV Station; Massy Palaiseau Station, Massy TGV Station; Paris Bercy Bourgogne - Pays d’Auvergne Station; Paris Saint-Lazare Station.
Left-luggage facilities elsewhere
Besides the stations, other strategic sites in Paris Region have left-luggage facilities where you can leave your bags while sightseeing, shopping or a day out at Disneyland.
- Museums: certain museums, including the Louvre and the Orsay Museum, have left-luggage facilities for small and medium-sized bags. We recommend, however, that you check their restrictions relating to the size of the bags to be left.
- Shopping centres such as the Carrousel du Louvre offer practical solutions for those wishing to go window shopping without cumbersome bags…
- Theme parks: Disneyland® Paris, for example, has a left-luggage service that allows you to have fun in the company of Mickey Mouse without worrying about your personal belongings.
Alltheway collects and registers your luggage for you before or after your flight
Alltheway provides an innovative luggage handling service that allows you to travel light. If you’ve chosen to travel to the Paris Region by plane, this is the solution for you. Let them collect your luggage straight from your hotel or apartment and check it in for you at the airport, and vice-versa. Whether you’re arriving in Île-de-France or leaving after your stay, Alltheway takes care of everything, at least where your luggage is concerned.
On your arrival at the airport, you simply collect your bags at the desk of your airline. And if you’re arriving, they can be delivered directly to your accommodation.
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