Access to the congress venue
We strongly encourage eco-friendly travel and, therefore, we recommend rail transport whenever possible
Conference venue
Hotel ‘MERCURE Montpellier Centre Comédie’
6 rue de la Spirale
34000 Montpellier - France
Tel: +33 4 67 99 89 89
Travel by public transport
- From Train station ‘Montpellier Saint-Roch’:
- The venue can be reached easily by tram or on foot in 15 minutes (1 km).
- Tramway Line 1 direction ‘Odysseum’, get off at ‘Antigone’ stop (2 stations).
- From TGV station ‘Montpellier - Sud de France, two options:
- From the Train station exit: take ‘Airport Shuttle, Line 620’, get off at ‘Place de l’Europe’ stop to connect Tramway Line 1 direction ‘Mosson’, get off at ‘Antigone’ stop.
- From the Train station exit: take ‘Shuttle (La Navette Gare)’, get off at ‘Place de France (Odysseum)’ stop to connect Tramway Line 1 direction ‘Mosson’, get off at ‘Antigone’ stop.
TAM information (City transportation in Montpellier): www.tam-voyages.com - Ticket prices
By car
Exit from the freeway A709 > Follow signs for Montpellier Centre - Polygone
GPS coordinates: 43.609199, 3.885743
Car park
- Mercure has a 48-space parking lot. It’s best to book in advance, €16 per day.
- There are several parking lots nearby.
For more information: Parkings du centre-ville de Montpellier - Stationnement à Montpellier
How to reach the conference venue
By road
Montpellier is linked to Paris by the A9 and A75 Motorways (around 700 km). It is also linked to Italy, Spain, Switzerland.
Your itinerary: Michelin - GoogleMap
By train
Train station ‘Saint-Roch Montpellier’: is located downtown Montpellier.
- 15 direct high speed trains are operating daily from downtown Paris (3h½).
- 5 daily direct high-speed trains from Roissy Charles de Gaulle airport (4 hours).
- There are also direct trains to Barcelona, Geneva, Nice and Italy, Bordeaux, etc.
TGV (high-speed train) station ‘Montpellier Sud-de-France’: is located at less than 4 miles from downtown Montpellier. Two shuttle runs between ‘Montpellier Sud-de-France’ station and Montpellier city:
Price: TAM urban ticket, € 2, usable on the entire network (including connecting tramways), on sale at self-service kiosks at the station stop. Around 40 minutes in total to travel from ‘Montpellier Sud-de-France’ station to Montpellier city centre (shuttle bus and tram).
For more information: www.sncf-connect.com
By plane
Montpellier Méditerranée Airport is at 10 kilometers from Montpellier center (15 minutes drive), midway between the town and the sea. Six regular airlines (Air France, Alitalia, Air Arabia, Ryanair, Easyjet, Volotea) operate to and from it.
Direct daily flights to 4 international hubs:
- 2 hubs in France: Paris & Lyon
- 2 hubs in Europe: Amsterdam & London Gatwick
- Paris Orly: 8 daily flights
- Paris Charles de Gaulle: 4 daily flights
- Nantes: 3 daily flights
- London Gatwick, Lyon: 2 daily flights
- Amsterdam: 1 daily flight
- Frankfort: 5 weekly flights
- Charleroi, Strasbourg: 4 weekly flights
- Casablanca, Fes, Rotterdam, London Luton: 3 weekly flights
- Roma, Basel, Lille, Leeds: 2 weekly flights
A shuttle runs between the airport and Montpellier: ‘Airport Shuttle, Line 620’ (see schedules).
- Duration of the ‘Airport Shuttle’ travel: about 25 minutes.
- Ticket price: Single ticket ‘Airport Shuttle + Tramway’ = € 3.
Single ticket ‘Airport Shuttle’ only = € 2 - Single ticket ‘Tramway’ only = € 1.60. - Tickets on sale on board the shuttle (think of buying your return ticket directly).
For more information: Tel: +33 4 67 20 85 85 - www.montpellier.aeroport - Airport Shuttle
Air France
Tel: +33 892 702 654 from abroad
Web: www.airfrance.fr
You can benefit from the special congress rate (-10%, on a wide range of public rates on all AIR FRANCE, KLM flights and their code-share flights) if you book via the following link: http://globalmeetings.airfranceklm.com/Search/promoDefault.aspx?vendor=AFR&promocode=50510AF
Taxi
Association of airport cabs of Montpellier - Tel: +33 4 30 96 60 60
Taxi Airport - Tel: +33 4 67 20 65 29
Taxi Montpellier - Tel: +33 6 98 55 96 11