Trip to Turkey + stops in Paris and Amsterdam

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What process and fees would these people have to go through, in detail, to exit the Paris and Amsterdam airports as tourists during their respective layover periods to sightsee (and book a hotel in Amsterdam overnight)?

As US passport holders, and until the European response to the ESTA is in place, you don’t have to pay any fees to enter the Schengen area. As of August 1st, 2022, all Covid restrictions have been lifted so you won’t have to pay for a test just to be able to leave the airport. The process is therefore: present yourself to the border control (Schengen entry check by the French police), walk through the luggage claim hall and walk out through one-way doors.

With no luggage, the only thing left is transportation: A taxi to the centre will cost €50-60 (price is fixed but depends on where in the centre you are going, left or right bank of the Seine river). A RER (commuter train) or bus ticket will cost €12 (but that’s per person).

You won’t have a whole lot of time in Paris and need to budget some time to make your way back to the airport and go through security but 12 hours is enough to go to the centre, see a few things or grab lunch. We probably have other questions about that.

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