Practical informations for the VB workshop
View of the Jussieu campus from the Seine river (south), with Notre Dame Cathedral on the far right.
Location of the workshop
Jussieu campus
The workshop will take place on the main campus (Jussieu campus) of the Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC or Paris 6) in the Latin Quarter in Paris (map of the campus area).
Université Pierre et Marie Curie (UPMC) - Campus de Jussieu
4 place Jussieu
75005 Paris
Subway (Metro) lines 7 or 10: get off at "Jussieu" station.
Talks and tutorials locations
The talks will take place in the Esclangon building of the campus, in room "Amphi Durand".
The tutorials will take place in the ATRIUM building, in computer rooms 117, 119, 121. A classroom (#128), with interactive board, will also at the disposal of participants for free discussions.
Transportation
Arriving by Plane
Both Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) and Paris-Orly international airports are connected to the center of Paris by RER (fast regional railway) or coaches. The RER is connected to the subway (Metro) network. It costs about 10 euros to go from either airport to the center of Paris and it takes about one hour.
For more information, check the Paris airports website.
From Paris-Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport
From the airport take RER line B, also indicated from CDG airport as : "Paris by train". Stop at "St-Michel-Notre-Dame" station. Take subway line 10 direction "Austerlitz" and stop at "Jussieu" station.
From Paris-Orly airport
From the airport take the monorail "OrlyVal" to "Antony". Take RER line B. Stop at "St-Michel-Notre-Dame" station. Take subway line 10 direction "Austerlitz" and stop at "Jussieu" station.
Arriving by Train
All the railway stations are in downtown Paris and are connected to the subway network. For train reservation, check the SNCF web site.
From any train station follow the sign "M" to the subway.
Arriving by Subway or Bus
For more information on the RER, Subway and Bus systems, check the RATP web site, and in particular the Subway and RER map.
Subway (Metro)
Line 7 or 10: get off at "Jussieu" station.
Bus
Line 67 or 89: get off at "Jussieu".
Line 63 or 24: get off at "Université Paris VI".
Line 47: get off at "Cardinal Lemoine".
Where to buy tickets ?
For Bus, metro, and RER inside Paris the same tickets can be used ("T+" tickets). They can be bought, by unit or by 10, in vending machine which can be found in every metro/RER station (in particular, there is one RER station just in front of the "Cité Internationale" main entrance. It is possible as well to buy one ticket inside the bus.
During bus transport next stations are clearly announced on a electric board, and they are voice-anounced in the RER, so using public transport in Paris is quite comfortable even for non French-speaking foreigners.
Accommodation
People housed in the Cité Internationale
Some suggestions
- Some suggested reasonably priced hotels in the Latin Quarter:
- Or you can find hotels around the Jussieu campus from these web sites :
- You can as well find (and reserve) rooms in the following student and guest researchers centers :
- FIAP Jean Monnet
- Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris (CIUP) - nice campus and full comfort rooms, ~30min from Jussieu campus
- CISP Ravel and : CISP Kellerman : Centres Internationaux de Séjour sur Paris
- If you need to book an apartment for the week, you can as well contact me
Maps
- How to go from "Hotel du Brésil" to Jussieu campus :
- how to go from CIUP to bus 67 (Jussieu campus : stop at station "Jussieu")
Lunches and dinners
Organized lunches and dinners
- Monday Lunch will be a welcome buffet (paid by our sponsors) in the highest place of the Jussieu campus and one of the most beautiful view from Paris !
- Tuesday lunch is organized at "L'ardoise", restaurant of the campus (price : 17€, payment on the spot). Doodle poll to register : http://doodle.com/8aiqahbs3yi9uhdm
- Workshop banquet will held on Thursday 19th July evening. We still keep the secret on the location and nature of the banquet, but we are pretty sure you will all enjoy it very much !
- To take part of the banquet, you had to register on-line before July 2 (see previous circulars). Registration is now closed, so only people on the workshop banquet participants list will be able to join to the workshop banquet (check if your name is on it).
Other lunches and dinners
For other lunch or dinners, people are free to go to the restaurants of their choice. There is many places around the campus for lunch and dinners at affordable price. List of some specific suggestions from the organizers in the "Latin Quarter" can be found below:
Close to the Jussieu campus
- Le Buisson Ardent (gatronomic and not too expensive): web site
- Jardin des pâtes (organic, peaceful and green place) map
- Les pâtes vivantes (chineese noodles, good quality) web site, map
- l'AOC (high quality french meat): web site, map
- Isami (Sushi, best in Paris) : review, map
- La Truffière (gastronomic and still not so expensive for lunch, one star michelin): web site, map
- La Tour d'Argent, the oldest restaurant in Paris (expensive) web site, map
- Boulangerie Cocherel (good sandwiches) map
Midway from Jussieu campus and the "Cité Internationale"
- L'avant-goût (modern french cuisine, creative and excellent ratio quality/price) web site, map
- Les cailloux (good quality franco-italian restaurant, affordable price, in the very pleasant "butte aux cailles" district) review, map
Close to the Hôtel du Brésil (luxembourg)
- Perraudin (classic French restaurant of "art-déco" style, affordable price) web site, map
- Polidor (classic French restaurant) web site, map
- Le mauzac (traditional french cuisine) web site, map
- L'orée du Parc (cuisine from the center-south of France - Lozère/Aveyron, affordable prices) map
- Les papilles (cuisine from the south of France) web site, map
Elsewhere in Paris
Dinners
- Bar le passage - Senderens (Second intimate address of one of the French "three stars" cooker, affordable and exceptional ratio quality/price) site, map
- Chez les Anges: a mix of Japanase and French cooking: site, map
- Mansouria (excellent Marroco style cuisine, affordable) site, map
- La Maison Blanche: the most beautiful terrace looking over Eiffel Tower: site
- Louis Vingt, funny and young french brasserie site
Breaks
- Jean-Paul Hévin Chocolate bar (for a lunch or pastry break at of the best French chocolate-maker, near Le Louvre and "Jardin des Tuileries") site, map
- Mariage-Frères (one of the most famous and oldest french tearoom) site, map
- Le café Marly, having a coffee in the Louvre is always better than a copy/paste Starbuck: site
- Al Dar, some middle-east mezze, site
What to do in Paris (besides the workshop)
General information
Reservations