Travel & accommodation

Travel & accommodation

Marseille is situated in Provence, in south east France. It sits on the Mediterranean Sea and is reachable by land, rail, air, and sea. If you want to look at different ways to come here, try Rome2Rio to seek out all the possibilities when traveling.

We recommend choosing environmentally-conscious ways of travelling. If you can avoid the plane, tell us about it (email touch2023@sciencesconf.org) and you may win a prize!

How to get to Marseille (for travel within Marseille, see the page Marseille)

By land
Marseille is well-connected by a number of autoroutes (motorways/highways), including the A7 from the north west of the city and the A51 from the north east of the city.

Although there is limited parking on-site at the St Charles campus (Marseille is not a car-friendly city!), there are a couple of spaces available that are primarily for those with reduced mobility. Please contact touch2023@sciencesconf.org for more information.

By train
France is well-served by the TGV network, meaning that you can get to Marseille from all over Europe by train. The TGV Marseille St Charles station is opposite the St Charles campus, where the conference will be. It is also possible to fly into another airport and take the TGV from there (e.g. Paris Charles de Gaulle and Lyon have TGV stations).

By air
Marseille airport is around a 30-minute coach drive from the St Charles coach/train station

By coach/bus
The main St Charles station is well-connected by many local, regional, and national buses/coaches.

By sea
Marseille is a large port, so it is possible to come here by boat.

Accommodation

We recommend finding a hotel close to the conference. There are a lot of hotels that are a bit further out of the center, but are very accessible, where anything on the metro or tram lines is ideal https://carte-interactive.rtm.fr/. There are also a lot of Airbnb's in Marseille.

For staying close to the conference (St Charles campus), which is easy to reach via the metro (station 'St Charles'), there are some hotels within walking distance, for example:

Toyoko Inn
Residhome Appart Hotel
Holiday Inn Express

The center of Marseille is also good to stay in, being central and with easy access on the metro (e.g. 'Vieux Port' is the main metro station, with a fast, frequent, direct connection to St Charles). It is a 15-20 min walk from the center to St Charles.

For cheaper hotels that are slightly further away, but easily accessible via public transport, anything on the metro or tram lines is good https://carte-interactive.rtm.fr/. We recommend hotels along the south red metro line, as it is easy to reach the St Charles station by metro and it is not too far from amentities and the beach, for example:

ResidHotel Grand Prado
B&B Hotel Marseille Parc Chanot