SFI 2019

Access to the conference venue

Conference venue

Access map

Travel by public transport

• Tram:
  Line 1 - ‘Duchesse Anne - Château des Ducs de Bretagne’ tram stop,
  one stop from the TGV railway station (North exit).
• Busway:
  Line 4 - ‘Cité Internationale des Congrès’ stop.
• Airport / City centre shuttle bus:
  Every half hour - ‘Cité Internationale des Congrès’ stop.

Tan information (City transportation in Nantes): www.tan.fr

How to reach the conference venue

Located in the city centre, just a 5-minute walk from the high-speed train station (South exit) and a 20-minute shuttle ride from the airport, La Cité is served by excellent transport links.

By plane

Nantes is a European destination, easy to reach:

• 1 hour from Paris and London (1^st air traffic hubs in Europe)
• 4 daily scheduled flights to Paris Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle
• 4 daily scheduled flights to Paris-Orly
• All the key European destinations are less than 2 hours away by plane

Direct flights to 60 destinations:

• 20 French cities: Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nice, Paris, Strasbourg, Toulouse, etc.
• 40 international destinations: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Geneva, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Montreal, Rome, etc.

Aéroport Nantes Atlantique

Nantes Atlantique airport is the 1^st European airport with the ISO 9001 accreditation. It was elected Premier European Airport (winner of the 2011/2012 ERA Airport Award).
Nantes Atlantique airport is a 20 minute-shuttle ride from La Cité (departure every half hour).

www.nantes.aeroport.fr

Air France

Tel: +33 892 702 654 from abroad
www.airfrance.fr

You can benefit from the special congress rate (35% to 60% of the Air France rate depending on availability) if you book via the following link:
http://globalmeetings.airfranceklm.com/Search/promoDefault.aspx?vendor=AFR&promocode=34091AF

By train

Nantes has direct rail connections to all the major French cities:

• 2 hours from Paris Montparnasse
• 21 daily TGV connections between Paris and Nantes
• 3 hours from Paris Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport with 4 daily TGV connections
• Direct TGV connections to: Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Paris, Strasbourg, etc.

SNCF

By car

The Nantes region is served by an extensive motorway network with easy access to:

• The East: Paris on the A11
• The South: Bordeaux and Toulouse on the A83
• The West: Brest on the N165 / E60
• The North: Rennes on the N137

Parking

450 parking spaces are available underneath La Cité and 2.000 additional parking spaces in close walking distance. Exhibitors are allocated a temporary parking area with direct access to la Cité’s exhibition areas.