Getting to the Congress in Toulouse

By airplane
Toulouse-Blagnac international airport is situated 8 km to the west of Toulouse. The city centre can be easily reached by the airport shuttle service or by taking a taxi (taxis can be found outside of the arrivals hall) within 20 minutes or so.

The airport shuttle service leaves every 20 minutes and runs between the airport and Toulouse centre, with four stops in the city centre: Pierre Baudis Conference Centre, Place Jeanne d’Arc, Allées Jean-Jaurès and the bus station terminal (next to Matabiau SNCF railway station).
The taxi rank is outside the arrivals hall on the ground floor of the airport.

The Toulouse-Blagnac international airport website: www.toulouse.aeroport.fr

The airport shuttle service: www.navette-tisseo-aeroport.com
Tel 0033 (0)5 34 60 64 00

Taxis One number for contacting all companies: 0033 (0)5 61 30 02 54

By train
Matabiau SNCF train station is in the city centre. As you come in to Toulouse, you can enkoy a view of the Canal du Midi,  just opposite. UNESCO has now classified the Canal du Midi as one of 469 World Heritage Sites.

Toulouse Matabiau Station
64 boulevard Pierre Sémard
31000 Toulouse
SNCF Information
Tel 0033 (0)8 36 35 35 35
www.sncf.fr

By car
Toulouse has excellent motorway connections to the main capitals of Europe.

A61 (Carcassonne, Montpellier, Barcelona),
A62 (Montauban, Agen, Bordeaux, Limoges, Paris),
A64 (Foix, Lourdes, Bayonne, San Sebastian),
A68 (Lavaur, Albi)
A66 (Pamiers, Foix, Andorra).

You can use a site such as http://www.viamichelin.com for route planning.