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.  The Guesthouse has 114 single bedrooms and 20 twin rooms.

The price per bed per night, when paid by guest, is:

• 31,25 Euro (tax included) for a single room, breakfast (1.78 Euro) included; 
• 25.35 Euro (tax included) per person for a twin room, breakfast (1.78 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).

To enable us to make the most convenient arrangements for you, please submit your "A Form" mentioning the name of ALL the users (even those working at the ESRF or any non-reimbursed Users participating in the experiment) as early as possible, and at least 8 DAYS before the experiment is due to begin; we are not able to guarantee you accommodation on-site at shorter notice.  Should it not be possible to accommodate you in a single room in the Guesthouse, we need to know whether you would prefer to share a room at the Guesthouse, or have a single room in a hotel in central Grenoble. Please mark these preferences on the A Form.

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

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 Form A.

• 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:

 

Detailed information on Guesthouse and Restaurant on site here.

TRAVEL (Check the weather)

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

AIR TICKETS

Airports closest to Grenoble are :

Grenoble St. Geoirs Airport -

Lyon - Saint-Exupery Airport (formerly Satolas) - (Timetable)

Geneva - Cointrin Airport - (Timetable)

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 for the users subsidised by the ESRF.  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 your planned departure for ESRF, mentioning the date and your 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

Please consult our "Reimbursement Rules" page for more information.

FRENCH VISA

If you require a French visa, our Personnel Department can supply you with a special form called "Protocole d'accueil d'un chercheur ou enseignant-chercheur Etranger" provided you communicate to the User Office by e-mail (User Office) the following information :

Forename - Surname - Nationality - Date and place of birth - Private address - Position - Employer's name - Employer's address - Experiment number - Dates of the stay - Address during the stay.