How to reach LIX and other logistic information

How to reach LIX and other logistic information

Location

LIX, the Laboratoire d'Informatique de l'École polytechnique, is situated in

    Bâtiment Alan Turing
    1 rue Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves
    Campus de l'École Polytechnique
    91120 Palaiseau

See the map of the campus. (The Bâtiment Alan Turing is the building n. 24.)

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

By bus You should take the line TransEssonne 91-06, which leaves from Massy-Palaiseau in front of the RER B station. The schedule and plan are here. It's best to exit at the stop of the ``Polytechnique Laboratoires''.

By RER 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.

By taxi The station of Massy-Palaiseau, and 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 6 in the map), because it's quite far from the lab LIX (10-15 min. walk). Instead, ask him to drive you till the Bâtiment Alan Turing. Remember to take with you the map of the campus to show to the taxi driver the way inside the campus.

Accomodation

Below is a list of all the reasonable solutions we could find in the Palaiseau area for accomodation (the indicated prices were those of 2010 and they may have changed in the meanwhile). 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