Paris - Beauvais > Reviews

Advantages: Cheap to get to. Quick access and baggage reclaim.
Disadvantages: A bit far from central Paris.

...bus, or train trip into Paris itself that in many cases will take you longer than the actual flight from your departure point. ~ ~ The mad cabbie and family used Beauvais airport on our recent short break to Paris, flying Ryanair from Dublin. As far as I can make it, this is the ONLY major airline that actually uses Beauvais, so the chances are that unless you book with Ryanair then it’s an airport that you’ll never be very likely to visit. Ryanair ... Read review

Advantages: Small, compact, quick service
Disadvantages: Few shops/entertainment facilities

I travelled to Paris using Ryanair in Easter 2001. Ryanair seems to specialise in using small, undiscovered airports which require you to get a bus to the nearest city, and this is the case with Beauvais. It is a very small airport, which nevertheless has a reasonable selection of duty-free and duty-paid goods on sale as you leave to return to the UK, and there is a café if you arrive early, although this is must be taken advantage of before you proceed ... Read review