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The ELIOS workshop event will take place at the FEMTO-ST headquarters new building at Temis in Besançon, 15B Avenue des Montboucons. FEMTO-ST is a joint research unit associated with CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research) and the University Bourgogne-Franche-Comté.

FEMTO-ST Institute
 15B Avenue des Montboucons
  25030 Besançon cedex
  France

Our building is located near the main university campus of Besançon and can be find on google map at the following address: Find us on Google Map

Access to the FEMTO-ST institute

It is readily accessible by several bus lines or taxi from Besancon city center.  The bus lines 11 (yellow) and 3 (blue) at the TEMIS bus stop (in front of our building) are direct to the city center and the Viotte city center train station. To get more information please refer to the bus Ginko website or download the full bus map of the city here. Single ticket is sold 1.40 € and can be buy directly in the bus by credit card. For other tickets, See all the prices here.

If you do not like travel by bus, you may also take a cab calling +333 81 88 80 80.

Travel to Besançon

Besançon city can be accessed by :

Trains

From Paris Gare-de-Lyon (2h): The Paris-Besançon TGV arrives first in the Besancon Franche-comté station (15 km from city center) and then to the Besancon Viotte Station in the city center (30 min). If your train does not go directly to the center, you have to change and take the shuttle from Gare TGV to Viotte (City Center).

From Lyon or Strasbourg (2h): The train coming from Lyon or Strasbourg directly arrives in the Besancon Viotte station in the city center.

To get more information please refer to the SNCF booking website.

Flights

Do book yours early ! Flights to France fill up quickly.

For details, see https://www.skyscanner.fr/

The main airports closest to Besançon are:
1- Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport, then take the train RER B (ticket:10 €) in the Terminal 2 and change to RER A at châtelet to Paris Gare de Lyon (40 min), then take the direct TGV to Besançon (2h). See here and there
2- Euroairport Basel-Mulhouse, then rent a car and drive to Besançon. See Here. The round to Besancon takes about 1h45.
You can also take the bus from the basel airport to the Gare saint-louis (10 min, Distribus 11) and then to the Mulhouse gare (20min), and then a SNCF train to besancon viotte (1h10). See Here and there.
3- Geneva airport, then rent a car and drive to Besançon (1h30). See Here
4- Lyon Saint Exupery airport, then rent a car at the airport and drive to Besancon (2 hours). See Here. You can also take the fast train to the Lyon Par-Dieu train station and then a SNCF direct line to Besancon. See Here

About Besançon

Besançon is an old Roman town of Art and History where Vauban’s masterpiece (engineer and military architect, XVIIe century), the Citadel belongs to the UNESCO World Heritage. The city is famous for its microtechnology and watch industries. It is located in the heart of Europe and readily accessible by public transport. See here for travel information.

There are many must-sees and discoveries in Besançon: The Citadel, The Museum of time, The museum of Fine art, Victor Hugo birthplace, the sightseeing boat tours, to cite a few. (For details, See the tourism websites Here and there)

We are looking forward to seeing you in Besançon.