Information for participants
Venue
Maison Internationale des Langues et des Culture (MILC), 35 rue Raulin, 69007 Lyon
Public transport
- metro: line A, “Perrache” (terminal stop); line B, “Jean Macé”
- tram: T1, stop “Quai Claude Bernard”; T2, stop “Centre Berthelot”
Accomodation near venue
Hotels
B&B Hotel Lyon Centre Perrache Berthelot, 43 rue Raulin, 69007; 75 Euros/night for double room excl. breakfast
Comfort Suite Rive Gauche Lyon Centre, 31 rue Chevreul, 69007 ; 80 Euros/night excl. breakfast, with kitchenette
IBIS Lyon Centre, 51 rue de l’Universite, 69007 ; 100 Euros/night for single excl. breakfast
Mama Shelter Lyon, 13 rue Domer, 69007 ; 115-170 Euros/night incl. breakfast
Appart’City Confort Lyon Gerland, 175 Avenue Jean Jaures, 69007; 66 Euros/night excl breakfast ; kitchenette
Séjours & Affaires Lyon Park Avenue, 2 rue Marie Madeleine Fourcade, 69007 ; 75 Euros/night for 2-room apartment excl. breakfast
Hôtel du Simplon, 11 rue Duhamel, 69002; 75-90 Euros/night excl breakfast
Hotel des Savoies Lyon Perrache, 80 Rue de la Charité, 69002 ; 70-90 Euros/night excl breakfast
Hotel Des Remparts Perrache, 19 Place Carnot, 69002 ; 70 Euros/night excl breakfast
Campanile Lyon Centre - Gare Perrache - Confluence, 17 Place Carnot, 69002 ; 70-90 Euros/night excl breakfast
Hostel
Le Flaneur Guesthouse, 56 rue Sebastien Gryphe, 69007 ; 25 Euros/night for bed in dorm (mixed ; 1 female 12-bed dorm available)
To do/sights to see
- Old Lyon and Fourviere Hill: Renaissance buildings, cobbled pedestrian streets, and traboules (covered walkways through buildings) in Old Town, Basilica (views over Lyon and up to Alps in good weather!) and Roman Amphitheatre on hill
- Croix-Rousse: arty shops, views over Fourviere and Lyon, traboules
- walk along Saone and/or Rhone riverbanks
- take “Vaporetto” shuttle boat between Old Town (“Saint Paul”) and “Confluence” to travel through time: from Renaissance to 21st century