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Hotels, Transport, and Other Practical Information
Hotel in Paris—Citadines Bastille Nation
Access:
- Airport: Orly (45 min.), Roissy CDG (1hr.)
- Nearest train station (SNCF): Gare de Lyon (10 min. by métro)
- Nearest Métro: Reuilly-Diderot—lines 1 and
8 go here
- Nearest
RER:
RER line A (Gare de Lyon or Nation)
- Taxi: 10 min. on foot
Hotel Address:
Citadines Bastille Nation
14-18, rue de Chaligny
75012 Paris
Telephone: 00 (33) 1 40 04 43 50
Fax: 00 (33) 1 40 04 43 99
Web site: Citadines Apart'hotels
If you wish to reserve a studio (share with someone!) for a night or two, you
can call them. Make sure that you tell them that you are with UTA, and they
will give you our discounted rate.
You can also check out this Low
Budget Hotels in Paris Web site.
We are in the 12th arrondissment, and there are a few inexpensive hotels where
you could stay a night or two before the program starts.
Getting from the Airport to the Hotel
From the airport you have quite a few options, but I recommend taking the
Air France Bus. Depending when you get in, you can take this bus to the Gare
de Lyon train station. This train station is quite near our hotel. From this
station, take a very short taxi ride to the hotel, or you can take the métro
from here—it is only one stop. You can walk, but if you have
luggage...
- Le Bus Air France
- Le Bus Air France: CDG Airport—Gare de Lyon/Montparnasse
(bus line 4)
- Le
Bus Air France (line 4) takes
you from Charles de Gaulle Airport
to Gare de Lyon (stop in front of the main entrance, 50m
bellow the clock-tower). This bus goes on to Gare Montparnasse
on the Left Bank.
- Le Bus Air France leaves from well-marked, easy-to-find points
at Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport and from the front of the rail stations
Gare de
Lyon and
Gare Montparnasse (Le Meridien-Montparnasse Hotel).
- Le Bus Air France services all airlines and departures. Baggage
handlers are available at each stop. The air-conditioned
coaches are very comfortable and feature a video.
- Fares:
- 11.50 euro one-way
- 19.55 euro round-trip
- Times:
- From CDG: Every 30 minutes from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00
p.m.
- From Gare de Lyon/Montparnasse: Every 30 minutes
from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
- If for some reason you can't take the bus to Gare de Lyon (it
may not run on Sunday, for example, or you might arrive after
9:00 p.m.), you can take the bus to Etoile. Once you get there,
you take the métro (a bit longer ride but still direct—see
métro
directions below).
- Le Bus Air France: CDG Airport-Porte Maillot/Etoile (Right Bank)
- Get
off at Etoile and not Porte Maillot, where the bus
stops first. However, if you do, you can still take the métro
directly to the hotel.
- Times:
- From CDG: Every 12 minutes from 5:45 a.m. to 11:30
p.m.
- Roissybus
- There is also a public transport called Roissybus. This will let you
off at Opéra Garnier in the center of Paris. The métro
is not direct from here, and you will have to change lines.
- Taking Le Bus Air France is easier.
- RER
- The RER is also an option. If you opt for the RER,
- Take Line B from
Charles de Gaulle airport;
- Get off at the Châtelet station; and
- Take the métro correspondence (line 1, direction Château
de Vincennes) to the Reuilly-Diderot stop.
- Your RER ticket (approximately
8 euros) is also valid for the métro.
- Taxi
- If you decide to take a taxi from the airport to the
hotel, it will cost about 50 euros (about $60), plus tip (10%), but it
will be much easier and more comfortable—and much pricier. Make
sure to have the cash in euros.
Hotel in Normandy – Lacolinerie
Access:
If you miss the bus, you need to get yourself, at your own expense, to the
hotel, which is just south of Caen in Normandy. The trains for this area leave
from the Gare St. Lazare. The trip is about 2 hours and costs around 27 euros
one way.
Hotel Address:
Lacolinerie
Jacqueline et Pierre Colin
11 rue Léonard Gille,
14320 Clinchamps sur Orne, France
Telephone: (33) 02 31 79 82 33
Fax: (33) 02 31 79 84 00
Information about Paris and France
Below are a few useful Web sites you can consult to prepare your trip:
Government
Visiting France
Media
