There remains one final mode of public transport, Batobus (www.batobus.com), which operates from April to October, stopping at eight points along the Seine in the following order: Port de la Bourdonnais (M° Eiffel Tower/Trocadéro), quai de Solférino (M° Assemblée Nationale), quai Malaquais (M° St-Germain-des-Prés), quai de Montebello (M° Notre-Dame), quai St Bernard (Jardin des Plantes), quai de l'Hôtel de Ville (M° Hôtel-de-Ville/Centre-Pompidou), quai du Louvre (M° Musée du Louvre) and Port des Champs-Élysées (M° Champs-Élysées). Boats run every twenty-five minutes from 10am to 9pm from June to September and from 10am to 7pm in April, May and October. The total journey time is around thirty minutes, and tickets cost €3.50 for the first stop, €2 for subsequent stops, or €10 for a day pass.
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