Accomodation
You come to
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
See the sketch map
(or download), the list of
hotels and how to go from your hotel to the workshop.
You come to
You will land either at
Saint-Etienne-Boutheon or at Lyon-Saint Exupéry.
Both airports are far from the city, and you access to
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 “
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 “
You take the bus of
the line 6 at the stop “Jean Moulin” in the direction “
By foot:
You rest at the Mercure
Hotel or at the
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
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
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.
PDF sketch map of
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
You need any other information:
Please contact Saint-Etienne
information (hotels,
restaurants and other tourist-information)