Travel/Accomodation
How to get to Montpellier :
Montpellier sits at the heart of the Mediterranean arc, halfway between Italy and Spain. The regional capital is one of the great conurbations, now and for the future, with its International Airport, the TGV station and motorway systems that connect it with increasing speed to the great cities of Europe.
By air?
Airport International de Montpellier Méditerranée:
- 15 daily return flights to Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Orly-Ouest: 1h10 flight time.
- Direct flights to Ajaccio, Bastia, Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Nantes, Nice, Perpignan, Strasbourg,…
- Direct international flights to Barcelona, London, Milan, Algiers, Brussels, Copenhagen, Geneva, Frankfurt, Rome,…
- National and international flights with connections to: Air France
- Bus service between the airport and the railway station: 15 minutes.
Faster and cheaper flights (avoiding Paris) through Marseille, Lyon or Gerona airports (then it’s easy to take the train (local or High speed train TGV to Montpellier-Saint Roch)To find some faster local and cheaper flights avoiding Paris : http://www.voyageons.fr/
Already some Links (Liaisons) :
EasyJet
via Marseille-Provence (MRS) and from there, take the High Speed Train or Local train until Montpellier St Roch :
from Bergamo (Orio al Serio) Rome (Ciampino) Venice (Marco Polo) and Porto (Porto)
via Lyon (Lys)St-Exup and from there, take the High Speed Train until Montpellier St Roch
from Madrid (Barajas) and Rome (Ciampino)
direct to Montpellier Fréjorgues and from there, take the public coach to Montpellier downtown from Brussels
via Marseille-Provence (MRS) from Madrid, Malaga Milan (Bergamo) Pisa (Florence) Portugal - (OPO)
via Barcelona- Girona (GRO) then take the Train to Montpellier Saint Roch, from Porto, Madrid, Malaga, Rome, Pescara, Perugia, Pisa, Bologna, Venice, Turin, Milan, Brussels
(TGV Train Grande Vitesse). The French Company is SNCF.
- Train from different French cities (- 11 daily trains to Paris: 3h15 by TGV)
- Train from Italy (Roma, Florence, Bologna, Geron) to Montpellier
- Train from Spain (Madrid, Barcelona) to Montpellier
Montpellier Public transportation :
The easiest way is the Tramway : “TRAM” (TAM)
Download a map of the downtown tramway here or click here for more information from the tram website.
List of Hotels:
A list of hotels can be downloaded here. Hotels in the core of the city will be convenient.
As the Rectorat is at the Louis Blanc Tram Station, hotels close by those Tram Stations : Louis Blanc, Corum, Albert 1er, Comedie are at a walking distance or 5-10 minutes by Tram. A map can be downloaded here.
The seminar will take place at the Rectorat
Address :
Rectorat de l’Académie de Montpellier
31, rue de l’Université
34064 Montpellier Cedex 2
Tél. (standard) : 04 67 91 47 00
Tramway station: Louis Blanc