Getting to Nantes

By train

There are numerous daily TGV connections with Paris (2 hours), Roissy-CDG (2h30), Lille (4h), Lyon (5h), Reims (4h), Marseille (6h30), Strasbourg (5h20), Lorraine TGV (4h), Valence (5h15), Tours (1h40), Bordeaux (4h).

The SNCF station is located 5 minutes walk away from Le Lieu Unique, Scène nationale de Nantes. Take the exit “South Station”.

You can get a 20% discount on your round trip by train for the Biennales Internationales du Spectacle. To receive your voucher, send a stamped envelope bearing your name and address to: Organising committee of the Biennales Internationales du Spectacle - Congress ticket SNCF - BP 41805 - 44018 Nantes Cedex 1

Check the schedules and book your tickets on this website.

To facilitate travel for people with disabilities, SNCF set up the Accès Plus service. Accès Plus is a free service to greet and accompany disabled travellers on their journey. For more information, contact the service centre by phone on +33890640650, by email at accesplus@sncf.fr - via the Internet, or via the Accès Plus information request form. To dialogue in French Sign Language or live caption, click here. 

By plane

Nantes Atlantique International Airport offers many regular routes to regional and European capitals. In January you can, for example, find direct connections to Nantes airport from Amsterdam, Basel, Barcelona, ​​Bordeaux, Brest, Brussels, Clermont-Ferrand, Dijon, Düsseldorf, Geneva, Lille, London, Lyon, Madrid, Marseille, Montpellier, Mulhouse, Nice, CDG Paris, Paris Orly, Strasbourg and Toulouse.

In the framework of the Biennales Internationales du Spectacle, Air France and KLM Global Meetings offer you discounts, which are applied on a very wide range of public fares on all Air France and KLM flights worldwide, and up to 47% off on metropolitan France lines (including Corsica).

Identification code to communicate when booking your flight: 36158AF (valid for a transport from 15/01/2020 to 30/01/2020).

Go directly to the booking page here.

From the airport to the city

To reach the city centre from the airport, take the Tan shuttle. The bus stop is located in front of the airport Hall 2. The shuttle departs every 20 minutes and reaches the city centre in 20 minutes. Tickets cost 9 euros and are valid for 1 hour on the shuttle and the entire Tan network and in Ter trains within Nantes and the surrounding areas.

The shuttle is wheelchair accessible.

Points of sale: Tan mobile app, Tan website, in the Mobility Spaces, in some distributors in the station, from the shuttle driver (payment in cash or by credit card) and at the Relay shop in the airport Hall 2.

By car

Nantes boasts an extensive network of roads reaching:

• To the East: Paris – A1 motorway
• To the South: Bordeaux and Toulouse – A83 motorway
• To the West: Brest – N165/E60
• To the North: Rennes – N137

From the Nantes ring road, follow Nantes-Centre then Gare SNCF Congrès.

Consider carpooling to join us in Nantes! You can post your requests or carpooling proposals on the following sites: blablacar, mobicoop, idvroom, roulezmalin and freecovoiturage.

By bus

Nantes is connected by direct buses to Paris (5h45), Lyon (10h30), Rennes (2h), La Rochelle (2h).

Check the bus schedules and make your reservations on the website of Flixbus or SNCF.

The Haluchère-Batignolles bus station is located 15 minutes away by public transport from Le Lieu Unique, Scène nationale de Nantes with the Tram-Train.

Getting Around

Parking

There are a few parking facilities near Le Lieu Unique, Scène nationale de Nantes (subject to availability). Download the list of car parks here.

Public transport

To reach Le Lieu Unique, Scène nationale de Nantes, take the following lines:

• Tram line 1 - "Duchesse Anne" stop
• Busway Line 4 - "Duchesse Anne" stop
• Chronobus C2 and C3 - stop "Le Lieu Unique, Scène nationale de Nantes"
• Chronobus C5 - "Gare Sud" stop
• Bus 54 - "Marcel Saupin" stop

Information and schedules: Tan website and the Tan app.

88% of the bus network is wheelchair accessible. Find more information in the Accessibility section of the Tan website (only available in French), call Allotan at +33240444444 to speak with an operator in English or use the AppliTan app.

Cycling

Bicloo
More than 1200 BiclooPlus are stationed in 120 stations around the city. The Nantes self-service bicycle system is accessible 24 hours a day. Bicloo also offers a medium and long term rental offer (Monbicloo), and a bike parking offer (BiclooPark).

Taxi

A number of different licensed taxi firms operate in Nantes. If you need to book a cab, you can contact the following companies:

• West Taxi: +33240293949
• Taxi Douillard: +33240039205
• Allo Taxis 44: +33760905069

If you have specific accessibility needs, you can contact the following operators:

• Proxicab is an on-demand transport service accessible to all, specialising in the care of seniors and people with disabilities. You can book your trip in a 100% electric vehicles by writing contact@proxicab.fr or calling +33240501020.
• Titi Floris is a cooperative and participative company providing care for all publics and offering rental services for vehicles adapted to people with disabilities. You can book your trip by writing titi-nantais@titi-floris.fr or calling +33249109813.