Conference site

The conference will take place at the Mercure Atria hotel in the center of Toulouse in the Compans Caffarelli ward. You should find more information about the hotel and a location plan on their web site.

The address is :

Boulevard Lascrosses 8, Esplanade Compans Caffarelli 31000 Toulouse France Tel : (+33)5/61 11 09 09 Fax : (+33)5/61 23 14 12 E-mail : H1585@accor-hotels.com

You will be able to book rooms at the "Voyages 31" travel agency.

Contact: Mrs. Michèle NAHUM - VOYAGES 31 - 17, Avenue des Etats-Unis - 31200 Toulouse, France Telephone number: (33) (0)5.62.72.97.34 or (33) (0)5.62.72.97.39 Fax number: (33) (0)5.62.72.97.30 E-mail: michele.nahum@voyages31.com Web site: http://www.congres31.com/eng/

Travel Arrangements

By Car ...

The main highways leading to Toulouse are the A61 from the east of Europe via Lyon, the Mediterranean coast and Montpellier or from the south via Barcelona, A64 from San Sebastian and the Pyrenees, A62 from Paris and Bordeaux.

Toulouse is also circled by a peripheric motorway.

For more information, you can consult the general transport map on the city hall web site.

By Train ...

Toulouse main train-station (Gare "Matabiau") is situated at about 1 mile from where the conference takes place.

For more information about the schedules and the trains, you can visit the web site of the S.N.C.F..

By Plane ...

The airport of Toulouse-Blagnac is at about six miles from downtown.

To reach the city, you can get the shuttle bus which can bring you to downtown in about twenty minutes. The price of a one-way ticket by the shuttle bus is 3.7 euros, a two-way one costs 5.6 euros and is available for two months.

Stops of the shuttle bus are: Compans-Caffarelli (near the site of the conference), Jeanne d'Arc (between Compans-Caffarelli and the Matabiau train station), Jean Jaurès (near the very center and the subway -there is just one line-) and the Matabiau railway station.

More information on their site (prices, schedule...).

If you want you can also get a taxi to reach the city center, the fare by taxi will cost about 22 euros.

Using public transportation ...

If you want to use public transportation to discover Toulouse, you will find all the needed information on the web site of the SEMVAT (in french). You will find maps and schedules of the different buses as well as those of the subway line.