Conference Venue

Venue to "La Cité Nantes Event Center"

city view

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, La Cité 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. Exhibitors are allocated a temporary parking area with direct access to la Cité’s exhibition areas.


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Travel to Nantes

By plane

Nantes is a European destination, easy to reach:

  • 1 hour from Paris and London (1st air traffic hubs in Europe)

  • 4 daily scheduled flights to Paris Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle

  • 4 daily scheduled flights to Paris-Orly

  • All the key European destinations are less than 2 hours away by plane

  • Direct flights to 60 destinations:

    • 20 French cities: Bordeaux, Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Montpellier, Nice, Paris, Strasbourg, Toulouse, etc.
    • 40 international destinations: Amsterdam, Barcelona, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Geneva, Lisbon, London, Madrid, Milan, Montreal, Rome, etc.

Nantes Atlantique airport is a 20 minute-shuttle ride from La Cité (departure every half hour).

By train

Nantes has direct rail connections to all the major French cities:

  • 2 hours from Paris Montparnasse

  • 21 daily TGV connections between Paris and Nantes

  • 3 hours from Paris Roissy Charles-de-Gaulle airport with 4 daily TGV connections

  • Direct TGV connections to : Lille, Lyon, Marseille, Paris, Strasbourg, etc.

The TGV railway station is located at the very heart of the city, opposite La Cité (South exit).

By road

The Nantes region is served by an extensive motorway network with easy access to:

  • The East: Paris on the A11

  • The South: Bordeaux and Toulouse on the A83

  • The West: Brest on the N165 / E60

    The North: Rennes on the N137

 

NANTES

The eclecticism of its landscapes and architecture, its dynamism and the diversity of its cultural events, along with the quality of the environment which won it the label of European Green Capital, have regularly placed Nantes at the top of the best cities to live in.

Nantes, a city where art is everywhere

Nantes stands out on the national and European stage through its exemplary cultural policy. The city that was home to Jules Verne, and that inspired the Surrealists and Jacques Demy, continues to feed the dreams of contemporary artists, like the international street theatre company Royal de Luxe, Dominique A, Madeon, and Christine and the Queens, all of whom find their natural inspiration here.


Especially in Nantes, where one can drift down a street from a public work of art to a remarkable example of the city’s architectural heritage, or from artist-revamped shop signs to contemporary buildings. All you have to do is follow the green line on the ground to discover the essential spots along this cultural itinerary. Every summer, this circuit is revived and expanded with temporary or definitive public art installations.
As a city filled with art and history, Nantes possesses: 1 national theatre, 36 theatres and concert venues, including the Zénith Nantes Métropole, the only Memorial to the Abolition of Slavery in France, a 20-meter tall ocean-themed Carrousel des Mondes Marins, 14 museums, the Estuaire Nantes - Saint-Nazaire open-air museum, as well as a dozen festivals (La Folle Journée, Les Rendez-vous de l’Erdre, Scopitone, le Festival des 3 continents…) and more. It goes without say that Nantes is alive with art and culture!

 Nantes, a city in constant expansion

As the 6th largest city in France, the metropolitan region of Nantes consists of 24 municipalities spread over 523 km2 (201 sq. miles) and 609 000 inhabitants. It is number two in the country in terms of job growth, and was voted to head Eurocities, a network working to defend the interests of urban agglomerations before Europe’s ruling bodies.

Nantes, green capital

With 57m2 (614 sq. feet) of greenery per inhabitant, Nantes has over 100 parks and gardens. Real stretches of nature, right downtown! And, why not see the city by bike? Whether you’re using the protected itineraries or refurbished pathways along the Loire, any number of rides await you!

 

VISITING NANTES - FOLLOW THE GREEN LINE

Follow the green line through the heart of the town and see all there is to see on the Voyage à Nantes trail: cultural stops and the main sights and sites not to be missed.

 

 

 

Tourist guide 2018/2019

https://fr.calameo.com/read/000106866637adca9d026

 

 

 
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