Charles de Gaulle has one hotel past security, YotelAir in Terminal 2E, and it's only for passengers flying on outside Schengen from gates K, L or M. Everyone else rests in a lounge or, after passport control, at the Sheraton in Terminal 2, next to the train station.
Can you sleep at Paris CDG during a layover?
Past security, only at YotelAir in Terminal 2E, and only if your next flight leaves Schengen from gates K, L or M: rooms by the hour from 4 hours, or one night. Otherwise, the Sheraton in Terminal 2 is outside the transit zone, so you need to be able to enter France. Pay-in lounges start from €95.
Hotels in and next to the terminals
Two hotels sit inside the terminals at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG). YotelAir is past security, so you can use it without entering France, but only on some flights; the Sheraton is outside the transit zone.
| Hotel | Where | Airside or landside | How you get there |
|---|---|---|---|
| YotelAir | Terminal 2E, above Gate L | Airside | Through security to the Gate L area; for flights outside Schengen from gates K, L or M |
| Sheraton Paris Airport | Terminal 2, next to the train station | Landside | After passport control, follow the signs to the Terminal 2 train station; from Terminal 1 or 3, the free CDGVAL stops there |
YotelAir takes passengers with a boarding pass for a flight outside the Schengen area (the UK counts as outside) leaving from Terminal 2E gates K, L or M, or arriving from one. Bring hand luggage only. There’s no set check-in or check-out time. You can book by the hour, 4 hours at least, or for one night, with a flight leaving on the day you check out.
The Sheraton is the hotel for everyone else, and for anyone going into Paris: a late landing, a night’s sleep and the first train in the morning. It’s outside the transit zone, so you go through passport control to reach it and need to be able to enter France. Check-in is from 2pm and check-out by noon for a night’s stay.
Day rooms
Both hotels sell rooms for part of a day:
- YotelAir: by the hour, 4 hours at least, with no set check-in time, so it suits a daytime connection outside Schengen.
- Sheraton: day rooms for travellers in transit, outside the transit zone. Ask the hotel which hours are free and what they cost.
Check prices on each hotel’s own site when you book.
Lounges you can pay for
Every lounge at Charles de Gaulle is past security, near the gates, so pick one in the terminal your next flight leaves from.
- Extime Lounges, in Terminal 1 and Terminal 2, sell entry to anyone, from €95 (seen November 2026).
- Airline lounges, among them Air France’s in Terminals 2E, 2F and 2G and the Star Alliance lounge in Terminal 1, are for their airlines’ passengers: check with yours whether your ticket gets you in.
Left luggage
There’s one left-luggage office, run by Bagages du Monde, in the Terminal 2 train station building, opposite the Sheraton, where the CDGVAL arrives. It’s before security and open every day from 7am to 9pm. Bags are X-rayed and the room is watched on camera. The price depends on the size of the bag and how long you leave it; you’ll see it when you book on Bagages du Monde’s website.
Two things to plan around: it opens at 7am, after the first trains, and it closes at 9pm, so an early landing or a late return means taking your bag with you, or storing it in town.
Getting between terminals
The free CDGVAL shuttle train runs from 4am to 1am between Terminal 1, the stop for Terminal 3 and Roissypôle, and the Terminal 2 train station. Terminal 2G is reached by the N2 shuttle bus from Terminal 2F.
Connecting on one booking without leaving, follow the yellow “connecting flights” signs to free connecting shuttle buses between the terminals. They run from about 5:30am to 11:30pm, with shorter hours on some routes, so with a very early or late connection, ask your airline how you’ll get to your gate. Inside Terminal 2E, the LISA shuttle links gates K, L and M past security.
Wi-Fi and phone data
Wi-Fi is free throughout the airport. For maps and the train ticket app once you leave, set up a France eSIM before you fly.