How to reach LIX and other logistic information

How to reach LIX and other logistic information

Location

LIX, the Laboratoire d'Informatique de l'Ecole polytechnique, is situated in the Aile 0 of the Campus of l'Ecole polytechnique, in Palaiseau, about 30 min by RER from the centre of Paris.

See the map of the campus. (The location of LIX is indicated by the arrow in red)

In case the main door is closed, please call Catuscia Palamidessi at 4117, or Frank Valencia at 4144, or Christelle Lievin at 4032, or someone else of the Comète team at 4119. There is a phone by the door.

How to reach Palaiseau

From Charles de Gaulle airport: Take the RER B to Massy-Palaiseau or Lozere. About 1 hour and 30 min trip.

From Orly airport: Take the train to Antony and then the RER B to Massy-Palaiseau or Lozere. About 30 min trip in total.

How to reach the Campus from Palaiseau

The most convenient way is by bus. You should take the line TransEssonne 91-06, which leaves from Massy-Palaiseau in front of the RER B station. The schedule is here. It's best to exit at the third stop, marked as "2 Les Laboratoires" on this map. Take the path among the parking lots, then turn left and proceed till the end of the building. The door of Aile 0 has a big sign "0" over it.

Otherwise, you can come to the RER B station of Lozere, and then by foot. The walk is not too long, about 10-15 minutes, but it is quite challenging, because it's all uphill. See the map of the walk.

Another possibility is to come by taxi. All the hotels indicated below are within 10-15 minutes by taxi. We recommend that you don't let your taxi driver drop you at the main entrance ("Accueil Principal", Point P5 in the map of the campus), because it's quite far from the lab LIX (10-15 min. walk). Instead, ask him to drive you till the lab LIX (Aile 0). Remember to take with you the map of the campus to show to the taxi driver the way inside the campus, because they usually don't know.

Accomodation

Below is a list of all the reasonable solutions we could find in the Palaiseau area for accomodation. Alternatively, you can take an hotel in Paris and then come by RER B to the stations of Lozere (and then walk) or Massy-Palaiseau (and then take the bus or a taxi).

Hotels in the Palaiseau area

Hotel Mercure Massy
Prices: Lowest prices can range from 92€ to 159€ depending on the period
You can book online (link from the web page above)
Location: Massy Palaiseau, 2 minutes walk to the bus station of TransEssonne 91-06 and to the RER B station of Massy Palaiseau, which is a few stops away from the RER B station of Lozere.

Novotel Massy Palaiseau
Prices: Lowest prices can range from 85€ to 149€ depending on the period
You can book online (link from the web page above)
Location: Massy Palaiseau, 800 meters to the bus station of TransEssonne 91-06 and to the RER B station of Massy Palaiseau, which is a few stops away from the RER B station of Lozere.

Hotel Le Moulin de Lily Recommended!
Prices starting from 59€
You can book by email, you can write in English
Location: Palaiseau, 800 meters to the RER B station of Palaiseau Villebon, which is 1 stop away from the RER B station of Lozere.

Hotel d'Orsay
Prices starting from 58€
You can book online here
Location: Orsay-Le Guichet, 400 meters to the RER B station of Le Guichet, which is 1 stop away from the RER B station of Lozere.

Some hotels in Paris

All the hotels below are in Paris and near a RER B station. They are ** stars unless specified otherwise. Prices are only indicative (they may be old).

Hotel Address Telephone RER B station Prices Email Fax
Solar hotel (aka Hôtel des voyageurs)
Recommended by Jean-Pierre Jouannaud		 22, rue Boulard
Paris 14e 		01.43.21.08.20 Denfert-Rocherau 59€ single
59€ double 		contact@solarhotel.fr 01.43.21.08.21
Cujas Pantheon 18 rue Cujas 01.43.54.58.10 Luxembourg 72€ single
91€ double 		hotel-cujas-pantheon@wanadoo.fr 01.43.25.88.02
Excelsior Latin 20 rue Cujas 01.46.34.79.50 Luxembourg 80€ single
90€ double 		excelsior5@wanadoo.com 01.43.54.87.10
de Senlis 7-9 rue Malebranche 01.43.29.93.10 Luxembourg 85€ single
90€ double		 hoteldesenlis@wanadoo.fr 01.43.29.00.24
du Brésil 10 rue Le Goff 01.43.54.76.11 Luxembourg 72€ single
79€ double		 hoteldubresil@wanadoo.fr 01.46.33.45.78
des 3 collèges 16 rue Cujas 01.43.54.67.30 Luxembourg 78€ single
98€ double		   01.46.34.02.99
du Parc-Montsouris 4 rue du Parc-Montsouris 01.45.80.09.72 Cité Universitaire 64€ single
75€ double		 hotel-parc-montsouris@wanadoo.fr 01.45.80.92.72
Montsouris (* star) 15 rue Beaunier 01.45.40.50.13 Porte d'Orléans 60€ single