17TH EUROPA CINEMAS NETWORK CONFERENCE – PARIS (22-25 NOVEMBER 2012) PRACTICAL INFORMATION 1) CONFERENCE LOCATION AND ACCOMMODATION: Novotel Paris Tour Eiffel 61 quai de Grenelle 75015 Paris, France Tel: +33 (0)140 582 000 Visit the website Metro stop: Bir Hakeim (line 6) or Charles Michels (line 10) RER stop: Javel (line C) 2) HOW TO GET THE NOVOTEL PARIS TOUR EIFFEL: A) ARRIVING TO PARIS BY PLANE Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport: • By RER/Metro: Take the RER B (direction St-Rémy-les Chevreuse/Robinson) from Terminal 2 of the Airport and get off Saint Michel Notre-Dame. Take the underground walking connection to station Cluny La Sorbonne: take line 10 (direction: Boulogne Pont de St-Cloud) and get off at the station Charles Michels. Estimated travel time airport-hotel: about 1 hour. Cost of trip: approx. €10. • Bus/Metro: Take the ROISSYBUS at the airport (Terminal 1, 2 or 3, departures approx every 20 mins 6am 11pm). Get off at the terminus (Opéra). Take the Metro line 8 (direction Balard) to station La Motte Picquet Grenelle. There change to line 10 (direction: Boulogne Pont de St-Cloud) and get off two stations later at Charles Michels. Estimated travel time airport-hotel: about 1:30. Cost of trip: about €10. • By taxi: 45 - 60 minutes. Cost: approx. €60. Orly Airport: • By Orlyval/RER/Metro: Take the Orlyval shuttle train to Antony. There take RER B (direction Paris) to Saint Michels. Walk to station Cluny La Sorbonne via underground walking connection, and there take line 10 (direction: Boulogne Pont de St-Cloud) and get off at the station Charles Michels. Estimated travel time airport-hotel: about 1 hour. Cost of trip: approx. €10. • By taxi: 40 minutes. Cost: €30 - 40. Paris-Beauvais-Tillé Airport: • By Bus/Metro: Take the bus at the airport (departures from 8 am to 11:00 pm). Get off at the terminus at Paris Porte Maillot. There, take the Metro line 1 (direction Château de Vincennes) to the station Charles-de-GaulleEtoile, and then change to line 6 (direction Nation) and get off at the station Bir Hakeim. Estimated travel time airport-hotel: about 2 hours. Cost of trip: approx. €17. • By taxi: approx. 1 hour 15 minutes. Cost: €140 – 180. B) ARRIVING TO PARIS BY TRAIN Gare du Nord (Thalys and Eurostar): • By Metro: Take line 4 (direction: Porte d'Orléans) and, at the station Odeon, change to line 10 (direction: Boulogne Pont de St-Cloud) and get off at the station Charles Michels. Estimated travel time: about 45 minutes. Cost of trip: €1.70. • By Taxi: 20 - 30 minutes. Cost: about €15. Gare de Lyon: • By Metro: Take the line 14 (direction: Olympiades), get off at the next stop, Bercy, and change to line 6 (direction Charles de Gaulle Etoile) and get off at the station Bir Hakeim. Estimated travel time: about 45 minutes. Cost of trip: €1.70. • By Taxi: 20 - 30 minutes. Cost: approx. €15. Gare Montparnasse: • By Metro: Take the line 6 (direction Charles-de-Gaulle-Etoile) and get off at the station Bir Hakeim. Estimated travel time: about 20 minutes. Cost of trip: €1.70. • By Taxi: 10 - 20 minutes. Cost: approx. €10. Gare d’Austerlitz: By Metro: Take the line 10 (direction: Boulogne Pont de St-Cloud) and get off at the station Charles Michels. Estimated travel time: approx. 25 minutes. Cost of trip: €1.70. By Taxi: 20 - 30 minutes. Cost: approx. €15. THE METRO/UNDERGROUND SYSTEM: Click here for a plan of the Paris metro. C) ARRIVING TO PARIS BY CAR The hotel website has a good tool that gives you directions to the hotel from your point of departure: http://www.novotel.com/gb/hotel-3546-novotel-paris-tour-eiffel/location.shtml GPS co-ordinates: N 48° 50' 28.93'' E 2° 19' 47.43'' The hotel does not have a private car park. There are two public car parks nearby: one directly beneath the hotel which is quite small (80 places) and another just across the river. Both cost approximately €25 per day. 1 – Parking Novotel (directly underneath the hotel) 61 uai de renelle 75015 aris 2 – Parking Maison de la Radio 7 avenue du Président Kennedy, 75016 Paris