GDR Terascale@Saclay

Venue, Directions, Lunches, Accommodation...

The meeting took place in the Amphi Bloch at the Institut de Physique Théorique (IPhT) de Saclay, located in the CEA campus of L'Orme des Merisiers, about 25km southwest of Paris.  If you came by your own, using public transport from downtown Paris (or the airports): you took RER B to Le Guichet, then took bus 9 to L'Orme des Merisiers and walked inside the campus. You were strongly encouraged to read and print the detailed directions given here. Public transport system in Paris: see the RATP website. Conference shuttle busses were organized according to the following schedule:  From To Date Time RER B Le Guichet IPhT mon 30/3 12h15 IPhT RER B Le Guichet mon 30/3 18h30         RER B Le Guichet IPhT tue 31/3 8h30 IPhT RER B Le Guichet tue 31/3 18h30         RER B Le Guichet IPhT wed 1/4 8h30 IPhT RER B Le Guichet wed 1/4 14h30 Busses left from the left side of the road in front of the Gare Routière (Bus Station) near the RER B Le Guichet station. Here is a map with the precise departure point. You had to be sharp on time as we said that they won't wait (but actually they waited; how nice...). One of the organizers was at Le Guichet at the times of bus departures. In case of problems, you could call +33 (0)6 26 88 12 67 (M. Cirelli).  Outside of these hours, you had to please refer to the directions linked above.  Lunches were offered free of charge to the participants: On monday 30/3, a light buffet lunch was served in the hall of IPhT starting at 12h30. On tuesday 31/3 and wednesday 01/4, lunch was at the nearby canteen (10min walking from IPhT).   The banquet took place on tuesday 31/3 in the evening at Bouillon Racine. Accommodation: given the location of the IPhT, served by the RER B Le Guichet station, it was best to choose a hotel on the RER B line, either in Paris or in the southern banlieu.  At Le Guichet, the only option was: 2 star hotel   Hotel d'Orsay 2 rue François Leroux, Orsay    In Paris, the following hotels are clustered around the Denfert-Rochereau or Port-Royal RER B stations: 3 star hotels   Hotel du Midi 4 Avenue René Coty, 14ème 2 star hotels   Hotel du Lion 1 avenue du Général-Leclerc, 14ème Hotel Sunny 48 Boulevard de Port-Royal, 5ème Hotel Pierre Nicole 39 Rue Pierre Nicole, 5ème Hotel Agenor 22 Rue Cels, 14ème 1 star hotels   Hotel Floridor 28 Place Denfert-Rochereau, 14ème   Here is an extended list of hotels in Paris, most of them not far from one of the RER B other stations:  4 star hotels   Hotel Paris Marriott Rive Gauche 17 Boulevard Saint-Jacques, 14ème Hotel K+K Cayre 4 Boulevard Raspail, 7ème Hotel du Pantheon 19 place du Pantheon, 5ème     3 star hotels   Hotel Albe 1 Rue de la Harpe, 5ème Hotel de l'Avenir 65 Rue Madame, 6ème Hotel Best Western Le Jardin de Cluny 9 Rue du Sommerard, 5ème Hotel Central Saint Germain 3 Rue Champollion, 6ème Hotel Fontaines Du Luxembourg 4 Rue de Vaugirard, 6ème Hotel Claude Bernard 43 rue des Ecoles, 5ème Hotel des Grands Hommes 17 Place du Panthéon, 5ème Hotel Minerve 13 Rue des Écoles, 5ème Hotel Residence Henri IV 50 Rue des Bernardins, 5ème     2 star hotels   Hotel de Senlis 9 Rue Malebranche, 5ème Hotel des 3 Collèges 16 Rue Cujas, 5ème Hotel Cluny Sorbonne 8 Rue Victor Cousin, 5ème Hotel Familia 11 rue des Ecoles, 5ème Hotel des Mines 125 Boulevard Saint-Michel, 5ème Hotel Sorbonne 6 Rue Victor Cousin, 5ème     1 star hotels   Hotel Formule1 Porte de Châtillon 23 Avenue de la Porte de Châtillon, 14ème Hotel Formule1 Porte de Montreuil 290-302, Rue Etienne Marcel, 93170 Bagnolet