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| How to get to the City of Congress |
Located in the city centre, just a 5-minute walk from the high-speed train station (South exit) and a 20-minute shuttle ride from the airport, City of Congress is served by excellent transport links:
Tram: line 1 - « Duchesse Anne - Château des Ducs de Bretagne » tram stop, one stop from the TGV railway station (North exit).
Airport / city centre shuttle bus: every half hour - « Cité Internationale des Congrès » stop.
Busway: line 4 - « Cité Internationale des Congrès » stop.
Bicloo self-service bikes and Marguerite self-service cars: stations at La Cité. 450 parking spaces are available underneath La Cité and 2,000 additional parking spaces in close walking distance. |
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| How to get to Nantes: By plain | By train | By road | Transport in the city |
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| By plain |
| Nantes is a European destination, easy to reach: |
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1 hour from Paris and London (1st air traffic hubs in Europe) |
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4 daily scheduled flights to Paris Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle |
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4 daily scheduled flights to Paris-Orly |
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All the key European destinations are less than 2 hours away by plane |
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Direct flights to 50 destinations: 15 French cities: Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nice, Paris, Strasbourg, Toulouse, etc. & 30 international destinations: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Geneva, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Montreal, Rome, etc. |
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Nantes Atlantique airport is a 20 minute-shuttle ride from La Cité (departure every half hour)
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By train
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Nantes has direct rail connections to all the major French cities:
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2 hours from Paris Montparnasse |
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23 daily TGV connections between Paris and Nantes |
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3 hours from Paris Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport with 4 daily TGV connections |
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Direct TGV connections to : Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Paris, Strasbourg, etc. |
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The TGV railway station is located at the very heart of the city, opposite La Cité (South exit)
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By road
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The Nantes region is served by an extensive motorway network with easy access to:
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The East: Paris on the A11 |
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The South: Bordeaux and Toulouse on the A83 |
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The West: Brest on the N165 / E60 |
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The North: Rennes on the N137 |
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450 parking spaces are available underneath La Cité and 2,000 additional parking spaces in close walking distance. Exhibitors are allocated a temporary parking area with direct access to la Cité’s exhibition areas
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Transport in the city
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Nantes boasts innovative, multimodal and eco-responsible means of transport offering residents and visitors easy and safe travelling within the urban area:
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40 km-tram network (the longest in France) |
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4 tram and BusWay© lines |
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53 bus lines |
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3 river shuttle lines |
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Bicloo : a self-service bike system with 900 bicycles and 90 stations |
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Over 300 km of cycling lanes |
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Not to forget the Marguerite cars that can be hired from 20 self-service hire points. |
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| (source: www.lacite-nantes.com) |