Travel and Accommodation

TRAVEL

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Grenoble can be reached by road, rail and air. For complete information, please consult our web page "How to get here".

French visa

Consult our "Visa Requirements" web page.

Air tickets and Train tickets

Airports closest to Grenoble are :

Grenoble St. Geoirs Airport

Lyon - Saint-Exupery Airport (formerly Satolas)

Geneva - Cointrin Airport

For information on TRANSFERS airports / Grenoble / airports, please consult our page "How to get here".

The ARRANGEMENTS for persons being reimbursed by ESRF are the following

The ESRF Travel Office can provide pre-paid air tickets and pre-paid train tickets for the users subsidised by the ESRF. When completing the A FORM, the main proposer must tick the appropriate "Travel Office" box only for the users who wish pre-paid tickets. Please note that the Travel Office can book plane/train tickets for a reimbursed user only after the reception of the electronic A Form.

For further details and bookings, please contact the Travel Office (Fax: + 33 (0)4.76.88.20.20, Tel: +33 (0)4.76.88.21.03 Anita stadler at least two weeks before the planned departure for ESRF, mentioning the date and the preferred time (morning/afternoon/evening) of departure, and the date and preferred time for the return journey.  The tickets will then be delivered pre-paid to the airport from which you depart.

CAR HIRE from airports

When all the participants entitled to be reimbursed (normally up to 3) for an experiment travel together by air through the airports of Lyon Saint-Exupéry or Geneva Cointrin, the ESRF will pay for a rental car instead of the airport shuttle, provided the booking is made through the ESRF Travel Office.

Please contact Anita Stadler (+33 (0)4 76 88 21 03).

TRAVEL BY (personal or rented) CAR

• for the transport of two or more "reimbursed" users involved in the approved experiment (without prior authorisation),

• to transport equipment necessary to carry out the approved experiment: please request prior authorization to the User Office,
  
• when no ticket is available for a single (reimbursed) user involved in the approved experiment (without prior authorisation)

You may refer to the  "Financial Assistance/Reimbursement Rules" web page for complementary information.

ACCOMMODATION

Visitors invited for experiments will be accommodated in the Guesthouse, which is located on site, to the right of the main gate as you enter.

Request for accommodation arrangement is made only through the electronic A FORM submitted by the main proposer of the experiment. Do NOT contact directly the Guesthouse for a booking.

You will receive confirmation by email of the booking.

The price per bed per night, when paid by guest, is from 1st September 2011:

• 33,13 Euro (tax included) for a single room, breakfast (1.86 Euro) included; 
• 26,81 Euro (tax included) per person for a twin room, breakfast (1.86 Euro) included.
  
  

For users receiving a contribution towards expenses, the costs of the room and breakfast will be paid directly by the ESRF.

For users not being reimbursed by the ESRF, they will have to pay their stay directly at the Guesthouse (in cash, by cheque on a French bank or by credit card).

N.B.: Outside the Guesthouse Reception opening hours (Reception opening hours: Monday to Friday: 07h00 - 20h00, week-end and public holidays: 07h00 - 12h00), the room key is given at the Site Entrance, together with other useful documents/information.

Guest House phone number: +33 (0)4.38.88.13.00

Consult also our  "Financial Assistance" page for complementary information.

MEALS

Breakfast is served in the Guesthouse (cost: 1,78 Euro).

Other meals are served in the joint ILL / EMBL / ESRF canteen on site. To eat there, you will need a canteen card which you request in advance, by marking the request box on A FORM.

• Persons reimbursed by the ESRF: in the package you will receive at the site entrance, you will find a canteen card (together with instructions) which has been pre-charged with a number of points, corresponding to the length of your experiment.

• Persons not being reimbursed by the ESRF: if you wish to have your meals at the joint ILL/EMBL/ESRF canteen on site, please mark the box on Form A to request a canteen card. In this case, you will receive a canteen card in your envelope at the site entrance, and you need to charge the card at the canteen/cash desk at the entrance to the Common Building before your first meal. If you forget to request the canteen card before your arrival, you will need to ask for one at the ESRF Reception (ESRF Central Building).
  

The canteen is open at the following times: