Venue and travel
Coming to Poitiers
Coming to the workshop
Accommodations
Visiting Poitiers
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Coming to Poitiers
To join Poitiers from abroad, it is usually easier to arrive first in Paris and then take a TGV train to Poitiers.
• Poitiers Airport
The aiport of Poitiers-Biard is a local airport, with domestic connections and low-cost international flights. The airport is connected to Lyon International Airport Saint-Exupéry, which has regular flights to Stuttgart, Zurich, Frankfurt, Munich, Venice, Bologna, Rome, Milan and Barcelona, among others.
For more information: aéroport de Poitiers-Biard 
• By train, Poitiers Station
Poitiers is situated on a high-speed TGV line. Poitiers is 1h30 from Paris-Montparnasse (12 daily departures), 2h15 from Paris-Charles de Gaulle (5 departures per day), 1h45 from Bordeaux.
For more information: SNCF
Coming to the workshop
The workshop will take place at Maison des Sciences de l’Homme et de la Société (MSHS).
– MSHS – Campus Zone A – Building A5 – 5 rue Théodore Lefebvre – Poitiers.
– Lab phone: +335.49.45.46.10
– Maps and addresses of Campus de Poitiers
• Taxi phone number
– From a French telephone line: 05.49.88.12.34
– From a foreign telephone line: +335.49.88.12.34
• Bus – Bus stops
– Bus line n°1: Train station to Centre ville to Campus (Timetable Poitiers_Bus_Line 1_July 2015)
– Map Bus stops Centre Poitiers (15 Mo, highly zoomable).
– Poitiers Buses website : http://www.vitalis-poitiers.fr
• Wifi access at the workshop site
Wifi connection will be available to registered participants through a personal login/password given on Thursday 2nd, or through Eduroam service (http://www.eduroam.fr/en/).
• Lunches: Lunches will be offered to registered participants on site.
• Social event – Thursday, July 2nd – From 19.30
Wine tasting with local food at “La Table du Chai” (http://www.latableduchai.com/)
ACCOMMODATIONS
Participants are responsible for the reservation and payment of their accommodation.
Please note : Hotels in Poitiers are very busy at this period. We recommend you contact them before.
Notie also that the workshop will be held on the campus University which is a bit far from the city centre. There are however regular bus lines between Poitiers centre and campus.
• Poitiers’ centre
– Mercure Poitiers Centre
14 rue Edouard Grimaux
86000 Poitiers
33 (0)5 49 50 50 60
H8539@accor.com
– Hôtel de l’Europe
39 rue Carnot
86000 Poitiers
33 (0)5 49 88 12 00
reservations@hotel-europe-poitiers.com
This Hotel has special agreement with the University of Poitiers (77 € per night including breakfast). To book a room contact the Hotel with the link above and indicate that you attend the “2015 Writing Word(s) Workshop”. This preferential rate is not available via Internet Booking services. Notice that no quota of room has been reserved, the reservations are done according to the availabilities of the hotel.
– Best Western Poitiers Centre Le Grand Hôtel
28 rue Carnot
86000 Poitiers
33 (0)5 49 60 90 60
contact@grandhotelpoitiers.fr
– Hôtel Central
33, place du Maréchal Leclerc
86000 Poitiers
33 (0)5 49 01 79 79
lavilla.hotelcentral@sfr.fr
– Hôtel Ibis Styles Poitiers Centre
7 rue Victor Hugo
86000 Poitiers
33(0)5 49 00 06 06
H9119@accor.com
– Hôtel Ibis Centre
15 rue du Petit Bonneveau
86000 Poitiers
33 (0)5 49 88 30 42
H1420@accor.com
– Hôtel Au Chapon Fin
11 rue Lebacles
86000 Poitiers
33 (0)5 49 88 02 97
contact@hotel-chaponfin.com
– Citotel Le Plat d’Etain
7 et 9 rue du Plat d’Etain
86000 Poitiers
33 (0)5 49 41 04 80
contact@poitiers-leplatdetain.com
• Near train station
– AdagioAccess (Studio Residence)
23 boulevard du Grand Cerf
86000 Poitiers
33 (0)5 49 49 16 00
H8401@adagio-city.com
– Séjours & Affaires Lamartine (apartment hotel)
14 boulevard du Pont Achard – 86000 POITIERS
33 (0)5 49 58 96 38
poitiers.lamartine@sejours-affaires.com
• CAMPUS (workshop location)
– Britt Hôtel Le Beaulieu
3 rue des Frères Lumière
Quartier Beaulieu – 86000 POITIERS
33 (0)5 49 61 38 75
beaulieu@brithotel.fr
– Hôtel Ibis Beaulieu
1 r Bois Dousset – 86000 POITIERS
33 (0)5 49 61 11 02
H0695@accor.com
Visiting Poitiers
We have selected a few website for discovering Poitiers, its remarkable medieval history, and historical monuments.
– Touring in Poitiers area: informations touristiques
– Discovering Poitiers’ city: patrimoine et tourisme
– The Futuroscope