Local Information
Traveling to Montpellier
11km from the Mediterranean Sea, about 3h30 drive or 3h by TGV from Barcelona, 4h drive from Italy, 3h30 by TGV or 1h10 by plane from Paris, in the heart of the Occitan region and close to Provence, Montpellier is France's 7th largest city. Many other ways are possible.
Montpellier is easily accessible by plane by direct flights: 1h10 from Paris, 1h15 from Basel, 1h45 from London and 1h55 from Amsterdam. The airport is only 8 km from the city center and offers direct flights to 8 French cities. Montpellier's air network is served by 17 airlines: including Air France, Air Arabia, KLM, British Airways, Royal Air Maroc, easyjet, Transavia, Volotea...
You may also take the train to Montpellier.
TGV and RENFE: Access without connection in both stations, Gare Saint-Roch in the city center and Gare Montpellier Sud de France. More information on oui-sncf.com.
Minimum journey time depending on the trains: Montpellier - Paris: 3h15 / Montpellier - Lille: 4h45 / Montpellier - Brussels: 5h08 - Montpellier - Marseille: 1h30 / Montpellier - Lyon: 1h35 / Montpellier - Toulouse: 2h10 - Montpellier - Nice: 4h10 / Montpellier - Barcelona: 2h30
It takes about ten minutes to reach the Gare Sud de France from the tramway stop Place de France to reach the city center of Montpellier. Count about forty minutes to make the connection between the two stations. More information on Gare Sud de France
Important Places
The conference will take place at the Faculty of Law, Montpellier, located in the heart of the city and close to several tramway stations.
All these locations are available in the following google map.