Practical information

All the talks will take place at Lecture Hall A of the Sciences Campus (Lombarderie) -Building # 1.

You may use this interactive map to follow the directions below.


View Getting to the Campus Lombarderie in a larger map

Access:

From the train station (follow the green and red paths):

Upon your arrival at the main station ("La Gare"), take the north exit ("Sortie nord") and follow the direction to the tramway stop, (Line #1, La Gare) in front of the main entrance of the station. Take the tramway in the direction of "François Mitterrand". Get off the car at "Place du Commerce" and take the tramway line # 2 in the direction of "Orvault-Grand Val". Get off at "Michelet Sciences", enter the campus and walk to the math buliding following the red path in the map above. You may use the campus map provided above.

The cost of an one-hour-valid ticket is 1,50 Euros and there are some vending machines at each stop.

Attention: The vending machines may not take non-France issued credit/Banking cards. Almost certainly, they will not take a US issued credit/ATM cards.

For detailed bus and tramway schedules please visit TAN.

From the Nantes-Atlantique [airport]

(http://www.nantes.aeroport.fr):

By Bus:

You can get to the city center by the airport shuttle bus (TAN AIR Shuttle) in 20 minutes. The final stop of the shuttle is "Place du Commerce" and there is one bus every 30 minutes. From there you can take the tramway Line #2 in the direction of "Orvault Grand Val" and get off at "Michelet Sciences". Follow the red path to the institute.

By Taxi:

At the main entrance of the Hall 4 you will find a taxi shelter where you can call for a taxi to pick you up.

Accomodation:

Residhome Appart Hotel Berges de la Loire 3 Allée Jacques Berque 44000 NANTES T. + 33 (0)2 40 99 07 07
Appart'City Nantes Viarme 3 rue Frédureau 44000 Nantes T. + 33 (0)2 40 47 57 47
Appart'City Quai de Loire "Sanitat" 2 impasse du Sanitat 44100 Nantes T. + 33 (0)2 51 84 26 68
Camping du Petit Port 21 Bd du Petit Port 44000 Nantes T. +33 (0)2 40 74 47 94
Hôtel Saint Daniel 4 Rue Bouffay 44000 Nantes T. + 33 (0)2 40 47 41 25
Hôtel Saint-Patrick Centre Hôtel Sarl 7 Rue Saint-Nicolas 44000 Nantes T.+ 33 (0)2 40 48 48 80
Hôtel du Tourisme 5 Allée Duquesne, Cours des 50 Otages 44000 Nantes T. + 33 (0)2 40 47 90 26
Grand Hôtel de Nantes 2 bis rue Santeuil - 44000 NANTES T. +33(0)2 40 73 46 68
Hotel Pommeraye 2 rue Boileau 44000 Nantes T. +33( 0)2 40 48 78 79
Oceania Hôtel de France 24 rue Crébillon 44000 Nantes T. +33 (0)2 40 73 57 91
Park&Suite 4, rue des Petites Ecuries - 44000 Nantes T. + 33(0)2 28 08 10 20