How to get to the Congress Centre

© Nicolas Robin

Convention Centre

  Centre de Congrès de Lyon
  Cité Internationale
  50, Quai Charles de Gaulle
  69463 Lyon -France
  http://www.ccc-lyon.com/

The Centre de Congrés de Lyon - Cité Internationale (in English: Lyon Convention Centre) is located between the Tête d’Or Park, the Quai Charles de Gaulle and the Rhône River, at the city centre’s north-east Gateway, next to the motorway network and northern ring road.

By Car

GPS reference: 45°47.0829', 4°51.1488'

Exit: Porte de Saint Clair
Direction: Cité Internationale

From the Airport

Lyon-Saint Exupéry Airport is 25 minutes from the city centre. You may use either a taxi or a bus.

Satobus Airport Shuttle  A bus leaves every 20 minutes
   Get off at "Part-Dieu" station
   Take trolleybus C1 direction "Cité Internationale"
   Get off at stop "Cité Internationale"

One way ticket + 1 ticket on Lyon's urban transport network: 9,50 EUR

Satobus Desk: Airport central hall, floor 1, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Satobus website: www.satobus.com/welcome.html

From the City

To access the Congress Centre from the city, you may use either a taxi or the following public transport:

Trolleybus C1  From Part-Dieu Station
   Take trolleybus C1 direction "Cité Internationale"
   Get off at stop "Cité Internationale"
   
Bus n°4:
 From metro line A at stop ‘Foch’ and metro line B/D at stop ‘Saxe-Gambetta’
   Take bus n°4 direction "Cité Internationale"
   Get off at stop "Cité Internationale"
   
Bus n°58:  From Bellecour / Presqu'ile area
   Take bus n°58 direction "Sathonay Camp"Lyon’s Public Transport
   Get off at stop "Cité Internationale"

Lyon’s Public Transport

TCL is the public transport network of Lyon: http://www.tcl.fr/

Metro  4 Lines: A, B, C and D
  Operating every day from 05:00 a.m. until midnight and running every 2 to 5 minutes
  The metro network includes as well 2 funicular lines, a picturesque means of transport still operating and connecting the old town with Fourvière and Saint-Just.
   
Tramway     3 Lines: T1, T2 and T3
  The tramway is eco-friendly as it runs on electricity
   
Bus More than 100 bus lines including Night-service and Express-service

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