Getting to ICSU

International Council for Science
(ICSU)

5 rue Auguste Vacquerie,
75116 Paris,
France

+33.1.45.25.03.29

• From Roissy / Charles de Gaulle airport:
• From Orly airport
• From Gare du Nord Railway Station
• From Gare de Lyon
• ICSU on Google Maps

Individual tickets for buses and metro and RER (suburban train) are on sale at any metro/RER station and on buses. Tobacconists and some Newsagents also sell tickets but only by ten (= un carnet de tickets).

From Roissy/Charles de Gaulle (CDG) airport

Bus Shuttle (ICSU recommened)

Take the AIR FRANCE shuttle line 2 for Paris and stop at "Arc de Triomphe" (also called "Place de l'Etoile" or "Charles de Gaulle-Etoile") then walk to 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie (5 minutes - Blue route - see map)
Duration: 45 min (without traffic)
Cost: 15€ one way or 24€ round trip (tickets to be bought on buses)

Train

Take RER B (suburban train) at Roissy Charles de Gaulle I or II train station for Paris in the direction of "St-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse", "Massy" or "Robinson" and change at "Chatelet-Les Halles" station for RER A trains going to "Poissy" or "Saint-Germain-en-Laye" or "Cergy le Haut" and stop at "Charles de Gaulle-Etoile" (Exit: "Avenue des Champs-Elysées") then walk to 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie (5 minutes - Red route - see map)
Duration: 60 min
Cost: 8.50€

Taxi

Duration: 45 min (without traffic)
Cost: 50-70€

From Orly airport

Train

Take Orlyval train-shuttle and change at "Antony" (terminus). Take RER B (suburban train) for Paris, direction of "Aeroport Charles de Gaulle 2 TGV" or "Mitry-Claye" and change at "Chatelet-Les Halles" station for RER A trains going to "Poissy" or "Saint-Germain-en-Laye" or "Cergy le Haut" and stop at "Charles de Gaulle-Etoile" (Exit: "Champs-Elysées") then walk to 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie (5 minutes - Red route - see map)
Duration: 60 min
Cost: 10.25€

Bus Shuttle

Take the AIR FRANCE shuttle line 1 for Paris and:

1. Stop at "Invalides" and take a taxi to 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie (4 min) or
2. Stop at "Gare Montparnasse" and take metro line 6 direction "Charles de Gaulle-Etoile" and stop at "Kléber" then walk to 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie (5 minutes - Green route - see map)

Duration: 60 min

Cost: Shuttle: 11.50€ one way, 18.50€ round trip (tickets to be bought on buses), Taxi: minimum 6.20€, Metro: 1.70€

Taxi

Duration: 60 min
Cost: 35 to 40€

From Gare du Nord Railway Station

Take RER D (suburban train) at "Gare du Nord" direction of "Melun" or "Juvisy-sur-Orge" or "Malsherbes" and then change at "Chatelet-Les Halles" station for RER A trains going to "Poissy" or "Saint-Germain-en-Laye" or "Cergy le Haut" and stop at "Charles de Gaulle-Etoile" (Exit: "Champs-Elysées") then walk to 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie (5 minutes - Red route - see map)
Duration: 30 min
Cost: 1.70€

From Gare de Lyon Railway Station

Take RER A (suburban train) at "Gare de Lyon" direction "Poissy" or "Saint-Germain-en-Laye" or "Cergy le Haut" and stop at "Charles de Gaulle-Etoile" (Exit: "Champs-Elysées") then walk to 5 rue Auguste Vacquerie (5 minutes - Red route- see map)
Duration: 25 min
Cost: 1.70€