Useful Information


 VENUE


CICA

Centre International de Communication Avancée
2229 route des Crêtes
06560 Valbonne - Sophia Antipolis
Tel : 00 33 (0) 492 942 000
Fax : 00 33 (0) 492 942 020
http://www.cica.fr



Map of the Conferences area and the Exhibition gallery:


Click on the image to enlarge the map


 MAPS & TRANSPORT



BY AIR:


Nice Côte d'Azur International Airport is located 22 km from CICA.

- Taxi
Airport --> CICA   Approximate price : 50 euros
To contact a taxi, consult the following list or visit the website www.cote-azur.com.fr.

- Shuttle
Airport --> CICA   Approximate price : 9 euros (one way ticket)
- Sophia Express Bus Line 230 or 231 - Bus stop : Gare routière "Les Messugues". To consult the Bus schedules, click here.
- Take the shuttle (free with Sophia Express Line ticket) from "Jiocari des Messugues" to Cica.

- Car renting
See below


BY TRAIN:

Suggested train station : Antibes
Antibes SNCF station --> CICA : 10 km

- Taxi
Antibes SNCF station --> CICA   Approximate price : 30-40 euros
To contact a taxi, consult the following list or visit the website www.cote-azur.com.fr.

- Shuttle
Antibes SNCF station --> CICA   Approximate price : 2.20 euros (one way ticket)
- Bus lines 2VB or 2VB Express - Bus stop : Gare routière "Les Messugues". To consult the Bus schedules, click here.
- Take the shuttle (free with Sophia Express Line ticket) from "Jiocari des Messugues" to Cica.

- Car renting
See below

" BY CAR:

- Car renting          
Here is a list of car renting companies based on the french Riviera:
- AVIS
- Europcar
- Hertz
- Budget
- ADA (in french)

- Instructions to go to the CICA from Nice Airport:

- From Nice airport follow the directions to the motorway A8.
Enter motorway (west bound), and take direction Aix/Marseille.
Continue along motorway for about 20km and leave at the Antibes/Juan les Pins Exit.
The exit is just after the long upward hill, and immediately BEFORE the lane of toll booths which continue to AIX / Marseille. Exit the motorway, keep to the LEFT and follow the signs to Sophia Antipolis (click here for Map).

- Go up the hill for about 6 kms. Stay on the main road (don't take any of the roads turning off to the right that lead into different parts of Sophia), until you reach a large round-about, "Les Bouillides" (click here for Map).

- There bear to your right and enter the site of Sophia-Antipolis. Then, follow the signs marked "Mediathel".
Continue for about 50m. and at the next round-about, take second exit up the steep hill. Pass Accenture at the top of the hill on your left.
Follow the road and you arrive at small round-about, take the second exit, and continue on Route des Cretes. Pass Air France on your left and continue to small round-about. Pass straight over (1st exit) continue down the hill.

- The entry to the CICA is the first turning on the left (after left bend, BELOW Hotel Mediathel). Drive 50 m up a steep hill to the gate and ask for E-Smart at Reception desk of the CICA complex.


 HOTELS & TOURISM

" Hotels:

We recommend to book your hotel room very early (june, july).
To consult the hotels list, click here.



" Tourist Guide:

You can contact the following tourist offices of the French Riviera :

Ascros - A little village of the back country.
Antibes Juan les pins - All the informations about Antibes Juan les pins.
Bandol - Everything about Bandol.
Biot - Known for its glass blowered.
Belvédère - A village in the back country of Nice.
Cagnes - Life with passion.
Cannes - Cannes life is a festival.
Castellane - Touristic ressources about Castellane, the door of the Gorges du Verdon (Grand Canyon).
Draguignan - The city of Draguignan in Provence.
Eze - The exotic garden of the French Riviera.
Grasse - All informations to know the perfume capital.
Fréjus - A great landscape, a permanent blue horizon over the sea, this is Fréjus in Provence this is Fréjus the Romain.
Le Muy - In the hear of the Var discover Le Muy.
La Gaude - The web site of La Gaude a little village close to Nice.
Gréolière - A balcony over the French Riviera.
Cap d'ail - Between Nice and Monaco.
Le Cannet - Official site of the city Le Cannet.
Mandelieu - La Napoule - Sea, golf and mimosa close to Cannes.
Monaco - The history, the actuality, shopping, hotels of Monaco.
Monte-Carlo - All the informations to discover the principality.
Mougins - Close to Cannes.
Mouans-Sartoux - Between Cannes and Grasse.
Nice - Everything about the capital of the French Riviera.
Saint Laurent-du-Var - All about Saint Laurent du Var.
Sainte Maxime - Official web site of the city and the tourist office of Sainte Maxime.
Saint Paul - All about Saint Paul.
Saint Raphael - Between Cannes and Saint Tropez in the Provence - French Riviera region. Hotels, capmsites, golf courses, scuba diving, Casino.
Saint Tropez - No comment needed.
Séguret - Official site of Séguret charming village of Provence.
Touet sur Var - A village of Nice back country.
Valberg - A charming village of the back country and ski resort too.
Valbonne Sophia Antipolis - Where the futur has discover its roots.
Vence - Medieval city.
Villeneuve Loubet - Between Nice and Antibes.


 

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