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MARSEILLE CHANOT, PALAIS DES CONGRÈS ET DES EXPOSITIONS
Rond Point du Prado
13008 Marseille – FRANCE

Public and visitors contact:
+33(0)825 884 390 (0.15€/min)

Marseille Chanot, the Marseille Exhibition and Convention Centre is located at the heart of the city and is easy to access:

10 minutes from the Vieux Port
5 metro stops on a direct line from Saint Charles TGV station
30 minutes from Marseille Provence international airport
3 hours from Paris by TGV (17 connections every day)
1,800 on-site parking spaces and quick access to major motorways
3 cash machines within Marseille Chanot
Restaurants and eateries nearby

HOW TO GET TO MARSEILLE?

BY CAR

3 motorways linking Spain, Italy and Northern Europe pass through Marseille: A7, A55 and A50
Direct link between the A55 Coastline and A50 East motorways via the Prado Carénage tunnel and the Prado Sud tunnel providing quick access to Marseille Chanot.1800 parking spaces at Marseille Chanot.

USEFUL LINKS:

Société Marseillaise du Tunnel Prado Carénage
Tel : +33 (0)4.91.80.88.80
http://en.tunnelprado.com/

Lepilote.com
the dedicated website for real-time information on traffic conditions in the Bouches-du-Rhône département.
www.lepilote.com

BY TRAIN

The new St Charles station is bigger and brighter than ever and is at the heart of the city centre, 5 metro stops on a direct line from Marseille Chanot.

Over 200 trains every day
17 Paris/Marseille connections by TGV every day
Direct access to metro lines 1 and 2, and bus services

USEFUL LINKS:

https://www.gares-sncf.com/fr

https://www.oui.sncf

BY PLANE

Marseille Provence international airport is 30 minutes from Marseille Chanot
3rd busiest airport in France
1st low-cost air terminal in Europe
Flights to 15 French cities (28 flights per day between Paris and Marseille: 1 hour 20 mins flight time)
100 routes serving more than 38 countries

USEFUL LINKS:

Marseille Provence Airport
Tel: +33 (0)4 42 14 14 14
Information / Booking
Airline companies
Direct flights from Marseille
Travelling from the airport

mp2 low-cost air terminal
Information / Booking

Airport shuttles / Marseille Saint-Charles TGV station
Shuttle service

Express shuttle service between Marseille Provence airport and Marseille St Charles station
Price: €8

Taxis
(approx. €50 per journey – €60 at night)
Book on: +33 (0)4 42 88 11 44
Taxi rank telephone: +33 (0)4 42 14 24 44
www.taxis-aeroport.com

>>> Attractive discounts, up to -15%, on a wide range of public fares on all AIR FRANCE, KLM and their code-shared flights worldwide:

Event: BioFIT
ID Code: 39502AF
Travel Valid Period: December 5, 2023 to December 20, 2023
Event location: MARSEILLE

Please visit the event website or access directly through https://globalmeetings.airfranceklm.com/Search/promoDefault.aspx?vendor=AFR&promocode=39502AF.

BY SUBWAY

Marseille is served by 2 metro lines

Stop: Rond point du Prado (line 2)

Every day, 5am – 1am
€1.50 per journey
3-day pass: €10.50

USEFUL LINKS:

RTM
Useful information and prices

Métro network map
Download metro map

IMPORTANT: With the famous European Christmas market of Strasbourg, many streets, car parks and accesses will be closed in the centre of Strasbourg. Therefore, we encourage our participants to travel by train or plane and by public transport.

Parc des expositions de Strasbourg – Hall 1
Avenue Herrenschmidt,
67000, Strasbourg, FRANCE
Tel: +33 (0)3 88 37 67 67
Fax: +33 (0)3 20 14 14 14
www.strasbourg-events.com

HOW TO GET TO STRASBOURG?

BY CAR

Important: Because of the Christmas Market, many streets, parkings and access will be closed in the centre of Strasbourg. Therefore, we encourage our participants to favour travelling by train or plane.

From Paris by the A4 motorway, also known as the Eastern Motorway (it forms parts of European routes E25 and E50).
From Lyon by the A35 motorway
From Switzerland by the RN 83 motorway

> Leave the motorway by taking the “Wacken” exit.

If you come from BENELUX / German motorways, you can pass by the Europe bridge, between Strasbourg (France) and Kehl (Germany) over the Rhine (10 minutes from the Congress Center).

BY TRAIN

Strasbourg Train Station
20 place de la Gare
67000 Strasbourg – France

Then, you can go to the Congress Center by streetcar:
– Take the streetcar “C – Neuhof Rodolphe Reuss” outside the train station
– Or go under the train station, take the streetcar “A – Illkirch” or “D – Aristide Brian”
At the “Homme de Fer” station, take another streetcar (line B “Hoenheim Gare”) and stop at “Lycée Kléber” station.

BY PLANE

Strasbourg international airport

Route de Strasbourg
67960 Entzheim – France
Tel: +33 (0)3 88 64 67 67

www.strasbourg.aeroport.fr

The train station is connected to the airport terminal. Trains leave the Strasbourg Main Station every 20 minutes to the airport (trip: 10 minutes).

10% discount on the fare component on a wide range of public airfares on Air France, KLM and code-shared flights.

Registered event: BioFIT 2025
Unique event ID Code: GME50655AF
Authorized Travel Period: November 25, 2025 to December 10, 2025
Event Location: Strasbourg
The tickets can be booked via: the dedicated Air France or KLM websites and by applying the unique event ID code during the check-out process, as specified in the event related PDF.

LILLE GRAND PALAIS
1 boulevard des Citées-Unies
59777 Lille – FRANCE

Tel: +33 (0)3 20 14 15 16
Fax: +33 (0)3 20 14 14 14

grand-palais@lillegp.com
www.lillegrandpalais.com

HOW TO GET TO LILLE?

BY CAR

Six motorways lead to Lille:

A1 from Paris (220 km)
A22 / E17 from Ghent (75 km), Antwerp (125 km) and Amsterdam (290 km)
A23 from Valenciennes (53 km)
A25 from Dunkerque (80 km) and the A26 from Calais (110 km)
A27 / E42 from Brussels (110 km)

Taxis

Several taxi companies operate in Lille. Receipts are issued on demand.
Taxi Union: +33 (0)3 20 06 06 06
Taxi Gare Lille: +33 (0)3 20 06 64 00
Taxi Rihour: +33 (0)3 20 55 20 56

Lille has street level car parks offering about 20,000 parking spaces as well as several metro car parks in the city centre,
in addition to on-street pay-and-display ticket parking.
The rate generally varies between €1.30 to €1.60 an hour, depending on the location.

There are also 7 park-and-ride centres located at key metro stations, accessible with a ticket Pass Pass: Porte d’Arras, Porte des Postes, CHRB Calmette, Saint Philibert, Les Près, Triolo, 4 Cantons, as well as one paid bus parking lots (Champ de Mars), which provide a free ride downtown on the bus 12 upon presentation of your parking voucher.
A free car park for coaches is located on the Boulevard de Leeds (Lille Europe train station).

The coaches can also park on the Champ de Mars (with charge).
Eurotunnel Le Shuttle offers a fast and frequent service from Folkestone to Calais in just 35 minutes and with up to 4 shuttle departures an hour.
Lille is only an hour and a half drive from the Eurotunnel Calais Terminal on the A26 motorway.

For more information :
08443 35 35 35 (from the UK) or 0810 63 03 04 (from France). www.eurotunnel.com

BY TRAIN

Situated just 400 metres from one another, Lille’s two train stations are located in the city centre and are served by both the subway and the tram.
Lille Flandres Station: TER regional trains and direct TGV service to Paris.
Lille Europe Station: Eurostar service to London and Brussels, direct TGV service to Roissy Airport, Paris and all major French cities.
Brussels: 36 mn, 17 TGV and Eurostar trains a day
Paris: 1h, 22 direct TGVs a day
London: 90 mn
Genève: 5h
Lyon: 3h, 9 direct TGVs a day
Rennes: 3h40, 3 direct TGVs a day
Marseille: 4h30, 6 direct TGVs a day
Bordeaux: 4h30, 3 direct TGVs a day
Montpellier: 5h, 3 direct TGVs a day
Strasbourg: 3h20

For more information:
SNCF trains and TGVs: SNCF (Tel: +33 (0) 892 35 35 39 (0.34 EUR inc. VAT/min))
Eurostar / SNCB (Belgian trains)
TGV Lyria (to Switzerland)
TER (regional trains in the Nord-Pas de Calais)
WiFi Hot spot in the station Lille Flandres..

BY PLANE

The Lille-Lesquin International Airport is located 10 km from Lille city centre. It serves more than 70 national and international destinations.

Lille Lesquin International Airport
Tel: 0891 673 210

Shuttle service from the airport to the city centre (bus stop sign “Liaison aéroport” outside the Euralille shopping center) is available. Length of ride: 20mn.