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The Free Lounge For Everyone At Paris CDG

Matthew Klint Posted onAugust 28, 2018 13 Comments

If you’re transiting through Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport and have some time on your hands, a new lounge offers relaxation and comfort…for free.

Called Instant Paris, this “public transit lounge” is located in Terminal 2E (Air France). It is open 24/7 and includes:

  • Yotel, an innovative hotel in an international area to relax for a couple of hours or even for a night.
  • A place of relaxation, culture and entertainment, in true Parisian style.
  • A restaurant called Naked, to enjoy organic food in a relaxed environment.

To be clear, the hotel and food are not free. But if you are facing a long layover, the seating is comfortable, there is room to spread out and even lay down, plus an outdoor terrace for some fresh air (or a smoke). The lounge is likened to a Parisian apartment, offering areas including a:

  • Dining Room
  • Play Room
  • Library
  • Office

Best of all? Peace and quiet. No annoying music or security announcements to drown out the ambiance.

Here are some pictures:

CONCLUSION

I love innovation like this. This represents a far more humane transit experience than most airport concourses. While it may represent sacrificed space, it just makes the travel experience more bearable.

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Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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13 Comments

  1. Mark in Ithaca Reply
    August 28, 2018 at 4:10 pm

    How long is this going to look so serene? I love the idea, but unless they built it to handle hundreds of people at once, it’s going to get just as crowded as all the other concourses.

    • Simon Reply
      August 28, 2018 at 4:49 pm

      It’s at a dead-end of 2E before Yotel and not really anywhere near gates, so you’d have to actively seek it out. The ‘rooms’/areas mentions are off that long corridor, so it’s actually quite a lot of space.

  2. Mike Jones Reply
    August 28, 2018 at 5:02 pm

    The guy laying on the floor is smart. The floor is cleaned regularly while those couches people are laying on are never. Gross. Just wait till the homeless people in Terminal 1 find out about this and demand they are allowed in or they will strike!

  3. Arthur Reply
    August 28, 2018 at 5:21 pm

    CDG gets a bad rap. I think Terminal 2 CDG is actually very nice and easy. Terminal 1, on the other hand….

  4. emercycrite Reply
    August 28, 2018 at 7:58 pm

    That photo with the guy just sprawled out on the floor with his phone at the power outlet is hilarious. #uncouth

  5. Fonzi Reply
    August 28, 2018 at 8:06 pm

    Not even for free for all will get me into Cdg again. Always horrible experience so i try to avoid it as a pest

  6. Anthony Reply
    August 29, 2018 at 1:37 pm

    France has great airports with great food. The people who complain about CDG are crazy.

    • Matthew Reply
      August 29, 2018 at 3:19 pm

      I agree. I’ve always enjoyed CDG.

      • tina Reply
        December 18, 2019 at 8:17 am

        never seen so many homeless at any airport (been to many…) and no sorry, CDG is crap…old, bad signs, not good food…people who are not comlaining have clearly NO TASTE!

  7. Cheryl Rodriguez Reply
    October 19, 2018 at 6:16 pm

    Thank you so much for this! I’ll be traveling with my 5 year daughter soon and we’ll be arriving to 2E. I’ll have a carry on (no baggage claim) Is this easy to find? Would you suggest going here for a bit and then heading out? I’ll be waiting four hours for family to arrive (not sure what terminal they’re going to be arriving at yet) New to traveling but I know my little one would like to take a good nap here before exploring

  8. Bharat P Punjabi Reply
    March 7, 2019 at 8:24 am

    Hi, is there any Business lounge in the transit area at terminal 2e CDG airport.
    After the passport control area, and near the gates.
    Where we can pay and use it.

    • Matthew Reply
      March 7, 2019 at 9:33 am

      No lounge.

  9. Rania Ahmad Reply
    May 19, 2019 at 5:15 pm

    the lounge is past security im assuming?

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