Practical Information

Travelling to Lyon

• By air: the closest airport is Lyon Saint-Exupéry (LYS). Geneva may also be an option.
• By train: Lyon can be reached by fast train (TGV) from Paris (2h) and Marseille (1.5h) and by local train from surrounding cities (including Geneva, 2h). Train stations are Lyon Part-Dieu and Lyon Perrache. Tickets may be booked online here.

Please consider travelling by train if possible: you can compare the carbon footprint here (train emits roughly 20 times less CO2).

Conference Venue

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Lunch will be served at the university restaurant located on the R. Descartes campus.

Enjoy the park during the lunch breaks.

Getting there

From Lyon-Saint-Exupéry Airport:

• Take Rhônexpress train from the airport to Part-Dieu railway station.

From Part-Dieu railway station:

• Take “Vivier Merle” outdoor
• Take the underground - line B - towards “Oullin”
• Exit at “Debourg” stop.

From Perrache railway station:

• Take tram T1 towards “Debourg”
• Exit at “Debourg” stop.

Access map

Metro-Bus-Tram map

Hotels

Séjour & Affaires Gerland
Séjour & Affaires Saxe Gambetta
Park & Suites Gerland
Bed in City Gerland
Hôtel Ibis Gerland Mérieux
Hôtel Ibis Gerland Pasteur
Novotel Gerland
Hôtel des Facultés

Visiting Lyon

Lyon is a vivid city with a long history starting back with the Romans. The renaissance part of the city is registered as World Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO. It also the French capital for gastronomy and is in close contact with the famous vineyard of Rhone Valley and Burgondy.

Official Lyon tourism website