Venue

The workshop will be held in Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille, Marseille, South-East of France. Hereafter is the map of Marseille with the main facilities (train station, airport, hotel) and the location of the workshop.

Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille

Technopôle de Chateau-Gombert

38, rue Frédéric Joliot-Curie

13388 Marseille cedex 13 FRANCE

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From the Marseille-Provence Airport to the city center

Buses and taxis can drive you from the Marseille-Provence Airport to the city center. You have to count for about 50€ for a taxi or 8€/12.8€ (one/two way) for the bus. Bus will drive you directly to the train station ’Marseille St-Charles’ every 15/20 minutes (from 4:30am to 11:30pm from the train station ; from 5:10am to 0:10am from the airport). The two metro lines (1 and 2) can be took from Marseille St-Charles to go to your hotel or the workshop location. St-Charles - Airport connexion by bus takes about 30 minutes.

From the city center to the workshop location

To come to Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille from the city center, think ’ONE’. Take the metro, line number ONE until ’La Rose’ (terminus) and then take the bus number ’ONE’ and stop at the bus station ’IMT - Central Marseille’ (see below). St-Charles - Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille takes about 30 minutes by metro and bus.

Hotels

Many hotels are available in Marseille, but we advise to book a hotel close to the city center where most of the restaurant are concentrated. One of the best place is near the ’Vieux Port’. We do NOT recommend to book a hotel as close as possible from the Laboratoire d’Astrophysique de Marseille.

Here is a no-exhaustive list of hotels close to the ’Vieux Port’ :

• Etap Hotel Marseille Vieux Port * (starting at 61€/n) (on the map above)
• Hotel Escale Oceania Marseille *** (about 120€/n)
• Europe Hotel Marseille ** (about 82€/n)
• Alizé Hotel *** (about 89€/n)
• Hotel Carré Vieux Port *** (about 135€/n)
• Grand Tonic Marseille **** (about 94€/n)
• Grand Hotel Beauvau Marseille Vieux Port **** (about 210€/n)
• Hotel du Sud (about 78€/n)
• Hotel Relax (starting at 60€/n)
• Hotel Montgrand

Near the place of Castellane is also a good choice for an hotel. Here is a no-exhaustive list of hotels close to Castellane :

• Hotel Edmond Rostand *** (starting at 80€/n) (on the map above)
• Ibis Hotel Castellane (starting at 61€/n (on the map above)
• Hotel Moderne (starting at 55€/n)