Accomodation

Saint-Etienne Workshop

06-11-2007 / 06-15-2007

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The Ecole des Mines is located in two places,

the

“parent company”

158 cours Fauriel

 

and the

“Espace Fauriel”

29 Dominique Ponchardier street,

which host the workshop.

 

You come to Saint-Etienne by car:

Most hotels in Saint-Etienne are less than 15 minutes by car from the Ecole des Mines; so it will never be a problem to reach the workshop in time.

See the sketch map (or download) and the list of hotels.

You come to Saint Etienne by train:

You get off at Châteaucreux station, the main railway-station in Saint-Etienne.

See the sketch map (or download), the list of hotels and how to go from your hotel to the workshop.

You come to Saint-Etienne by plane:

You will land either at Saint-Etienne-Boutheon or at Lyon-Saint Exupéry.

Both airports are far from the city, and you access to Saint-Etienne using a shuttle-service.

In both cases the use of the shuttles is not always easy. find here basic information:

 

See below the list of hotels, the sketch map (or download) and how to go from your hotel to the workshop.

 

Non-exhaustive list of hotels near downtown or near the “Ecole des Mines”, and other:

We have selected for you hotels located near the railway station, or near the "Ecole des Mines", or downtown, in order to reach easily the "Espace Fauriel", either by bus or by foot.

 

Near by the Ecole des Mines:

Mercure Hotel:            http://www.accorhotels.com/accorhotels/fichehotel/fr/mer/1252/fiche_hotel.shtml

Astoria Hotel               http://www.cybevasion.fr/hotels/france/hotel_astoria_saint-etienne_3064_it.html            

 

In the very center:

Cheval noir Hotel:        http://fr.federal-hotel.com/hotel_hotel-du-cheval-noir-saint-etienne_4935.htm

Tenor Hotel:                http://fr.federal-hotel.com/hotel_hotel-tenor-saint-etienne_6751.htm

 

Near by Chateaucreux Station:

Ibis Hotel:                    http://fr.federal-hotel.com/hotel_hotel-ibis-chateaucreux-saint-etienne_4939.htm  (by car)

Terminus Hotel:            http://www.hotel-terminusforez.com/ (near the railway station)

 

Other hotel :

Please contact Saint-Etienne information (hotels, restaurants and other tourist-information)

 

How do you go from your hotel to the workshop?

Please look at the detailed sketch map for workshop location (or download)

 

By car:

Use the plans downloadable in this page or in the websites indicated below

 

By bus:

line number 6 (travelling between  Jean-Moulin” and “La métare-CHPL”) is a fast and easy way to join the workshop;

The bus stop “Jean-Moulin” is located at the begening of the street “Cours Gustave Nadaud”.

You get off at “Centre Congrès” bus stop, and not at the “Ecole des Mines-Hotel de Police” bus stop.

 

Notice that ATM (cash machines) are available only at the stops of the tramline, but you may buy a ticket in any tobacconist's or in the bus (ready cash only), price is 1.30€. 

With a ticket, you may take as many connections (or round trip) as you want, during one hour after the first validation (you must punch the ticket each time you take a bus or a tram).

 

You rest at the Mercure Hotel or at the Astoria hotel,

You take the bus (line 6) at the stop “Rond-Point” in the direction “Jean Moulin” and you get off at the bus stop “Centre Congrès”.

The traffic circle “Rond-Point” is located below the highway bridge, and the bus stop is by the side of the “Quick” restaurant.

You rest in an hotel in the city center, (e.g. Cheval Noir or Tenor-Hotel),

You take the bus of the line 6 at the stop “Jean Moulin” in the direction “La Métare-CHPL”, and you get off at the bus stop “Centre Congrès”.

You rest in an hotel near the station, (e.g. Ibis- or Terminus-Hotel),

You take the tram Line 5 (travelling between “Châteaucreux”  and  “Terrasse” or “Bellevue” (the two directions are possible) and you get off at the bus stop “Jean Moulin” to connect with the line 6;

You take the bus of the line 6 at the stop “Jean Moulin” in the direction “La Métare-CHPL”, and you get off at the bus stop “Centre Congrès”.

 

By foot:

You rest at the Mercure Hotel or at the Astoria hotel:

From the large traffic circle “Rond-Point”, you walk 10 mn along the Cours Fauriel in the shadow of the tall plane trees. You will notice at the first traffic lights on your left hand the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Mines (the "parent company" building). At the second traffic lights, you see on your right hand the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, a rounded small white building. Either you make right in the Pierre Blachon Street before the chamber, and then left at the small traffic circle in the Dominique Ponchardier street , or you make right after the chamber to join directly the "Espace Fauriel" through the small garden.

Chamber of commerce and Espace Fauriel, view coming from the traffic circle « Rond-Point »

 

You rest in the city center:

Please use the sketch map of Saint-Etienne to join Cours Gustave Nadaud (less than 10 mn from the selected hotels) and then walk 10 mn along this avenue all the way to the Massenet Conservatoire (Massenet was born in Saint Etienne). Here begins the Cours Fauriel with its two ranks of tallplane trees. you walk 10 mn more along the Cours to join the Chamber of commerce and Industry (a rounded small white building on your left hand). Either you make left to cross through the small garden before the chamber and then you join directly the “Espace Fauriel”, or you make left after the chamber in the Pierre Blachon street, and one more left at the small traffic circle in the Dominique Ponchardier street .

 

            Massenet conservatoire                                       Chamber of commerce and Espace Fauriel,

views coming from the city center

 

Stay online during the workshop :

If your computer is CENTRINO designed (or equivalent), you will stay connected to the WEB during the workshop sessions, through the wireless LAN of the Espace Fauriel.

You will find a WIFI-key with the access card, and a printer will be accessible for the participants.

You want to get a plan:

 

PDF sketch map of Saint-Etienne

 

PDF detailed sketch map for workshop location

 

PDF detailed sketch map of the bus lines

 

 

To get a plan to go at the "Ecole des Mines"

To get a city map, please contact mappy.fr (ville Saint-Etienne; code postal 42000)

 

You need any other information:

Please contact Saint-Etienne information (hotels, restaurants and other tourist-information)