Travel Information
Getting to Paris | Getting to Cité Descartes | Other informations (passport, VISA)Getting to Paris
By air
Paris is deserved by three international airports :
- Beauvais (BVS), specialized in charter and low cost flights
- Orly (ORY)
- Roissy-Charles de Gaulle (CGD)
Get the best price for your flight with Air France and KLM Global Meetings.
By train
Paris has different major railway stations:
- Gare de Lyon (Italy, Spain, southern Europe)
- Gare de l’Est, gare du Nord and Marne-la-Vallée/Chessy (Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, northern and eastern Europe)
Tickets can be booked from SNCF, Thalys or Eurostar.
Getting to Cité Descartes
By car
From the A4 motorway, take the Champs-sur-Marne exit, then follow the Cité Descartes signs. See a map here.By public transportation
Cité Descartes is on the RER A rapid transit line. All practical informations about the Paris Area public transportation network are available from www.ratp.fr.Other travel information
VISA and passport
For citizens of European Union countries, the only requirement to enter and circulate in France is a valid identity card. Anyway, we recommand a passport for citizens coming from outside the Shengen Area. For citizens from a country that is not part the European Union, a passport is mandatory. Depending on the nationality, a VISA may be required. In this case, participants should apply to the French consulate in their country and fill in an application for short-stay visa (3 months), business trip purpose. The VISA application form and the coordinates of French consulates are available on the web. Please visit the French Ministry for Foreign Affairs website, at www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/enTime zone
France follows the Central European Time (CET) which corresponds to:- GMT+1 between October and March
- GMT+2 between March and October