LOCATION & ACCOMMODATION

In only a few years, Toulouse has earned a reputation as a dynamic city. Aeronautics, Space, electronics, IT and biotechnologies are the key words that explain how this impressive city has won its leading place in the economies of France and Europe.

All this growth, however, has been achieved with full consideration for the quality of life; Toulouse is a gentle town, proud to show off its heritage and the busy cultural life that attracts seasoned connoisseurs and casual amateurs alike.

Toulouse has the good fortune to be able to benefit as appropriate from the energy of youth or the wisdom of experience, boasting both France’s oldest Academy,the Académie des Jeux Floraux, and the newest, the Space and Air Academy, a town where you might bump into an astronaut visiting the Cloisters ofthe Jacobins or the Cité de l’Espace, where you can find both the art and the technology that will mark tomorrow’s world.

“Discovering Toulouse is simple for anyone with eyes to see and ears to listen”

Toulouse is set between the Mediterranean and the Atlantic, 730 km (450 miles) from Paris, and as capital of the large Midi-Pyrénées region is France’s fourth-largest city.

The Toulouse conurbation, with a population of 700,000 and healthy demographic growth, is now one of the largest metropolises in Southern Europe.

The quality of life and gastronomic excellence of Toulouse make it a highly attractive city to live and work in, a city that sings and celebrates with the accents of South-West France.

By Air

Toulouse-Blagnac international airport is ideally placed just 8 km west of Toulouse. Access to the city centre (between 15 and 20 minutes away) is easy with the airport shuttle bus and the taxi stands just outside the Arrivals Hall. Several car hire companies also have desks inside the terminal.

Toulouse-Blagnac International Airport
http://www.toulouse.aeroport.fr
Flight information – airlines – car parking
Tel: 0 825 380 000 (€0.15 including tax/mn)

Airport Shuttle Bus - Arrivals, Door C
Departures every 20 minutes between the airport and Toulouse, with four city-centre drop-offs: the Centre de Congrès Pierre Baudis – Place Jeanne d’Arc – Allées Jean-Jaurès – terminating at the coach station (next to the Matabiau railway station).
Travel time: around 20 minutes, depending on traffic conditions.
Departures every 20 minutes.
Information:
http://www.navettevia-toulouse.com
Tel: 05 34 60 64 00

Airport > Toulouse
First departure from airport
Monday to Saturday: 7:35am – Sunday and holidays: 9:15am
Last departures from airport
Every day: 0:15am

Toulouse > Airport
First departure from coach station
Every day: 5:00pm
Last departure from coach station
Monday to Friday: 8:20pm - Saturday: 7:40pm – Sunday and holidays: 8:20pm

Taxis
Taxi stands are on the ground floor, outside the Arrivals Hall.
Travel time: around 20 minutes, depending on traffic conditions. Fares are about €22 from the airport to the city centre.
A single telephone number for all taxi firms: 05 61 30 02 54

By train

The SNCF Matabiau railway station is located in the heart of Toulouse. One of your first sights of Toulouse will be the Canal du Midi, a UNESCO World heritage site, just opposite the station.

Gare de Toulouse Matabiau
64 boulevard Pierre Sémard
31000 Toulouse
SNCF Information
Tel: 08 36 35 35 35
Website: http://www.sncf.fr

By coach

 Coaches arrive at the Toulouse coach station, next to the Matabiau (SNCF) railway station, in the heart of Toulouse.

Gare routière
68 boulevard Pierre Sémard
31000 Toulouse
Tel: 05 61 61 67 67

By car

Toulouse has direct motorway links with the principal cities of Northern and Southern Europe.
A61 (Carcassonne, Montpellier, Barcelona),
A62 (Montauban, Agen, Bordeaux, Limoges, Paris),
A64 (Foix, Lourdes, Bayonne, San-Sebastian),
A68 (Lavaur, Albi),
A66 (Pamiers, Foix, Andorra).

Autoroutes du Sud de la France
Tel: 08 36 68 09 79
Southwestern motorways information centre
Tel: 05 56 96 33 33

Centre de Congrès Pierre Baudis
11 esplanade Compans Cafarelli
BP 889
31685 Toulouse Cedex 6
Tél: +33 (0)5.62.30.40.00
Fax: +33 (0)5.62.30.40.01
E-mail: info@centre-congres-toulouse.fr

By metro

 Line B – ‘Compans Caffarelli’ Metro station
The Metro runs from Sunday to Thursday from 5:15am to midnight and Friday and Saturday until 0:42am. Trains run every 6 minutes and every 1min 20 during rush hours.

See the Tisseo website for maps of the Metro lines:
Tisséo http://www.tisseo-urbain.fr/horaires

By local bus

There are stops near the Pierre Baudis Centre on lines 1, 16, 70 and 71
See the Tisseo website for bus-line maps and timetables:
Tisséo http://www.tisseo-urbain.fr/horaires

By Car

Compans Caffarelli’ underground car park
Esplanade Compans Caffarelli – 1004 places

By Taxi

There are taxis stands at Place du Capitole, Place Wilson, Matabiau SNCF rail station and at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport.

To book a taxi:

CAPITOLE TAXI
Campus Trafic
2, Impasse Alphonse Bremond - 31200 Toulouse
Tel: 05 34 250 250
www.capitole-taxi.com

TAXIS RADIO TOULOUSAINS
18, Rue de la Digue - 31300 Toulouse
Tel: 05 61 42 38 38

LA TOULOUSAINE DE TAXIS
2, Rue du Dr Schweitzer - 31200 Toulouse
Tel: 05 61 20 90 00

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Accommodation

We have selected for you a list of hotels in Toulouse. Please, click on the link below to book your hotel: https://www.reserv-hotels.fr/en/congres-resa-form.php?id_cgs=1231859436 Deadline : 15 June 2009

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