Location and Accommodation

The Conference in honor of Professor Vlad Bally will take place on the campus of Le Mans University, in the premises of the Institut du Risque et de l'Assurance (IRA)

Lunches during the conference will be provided. One welcome reception will take place at the end of the day on Tuesday 6 October at IRA and the conference dinner on Thursday 8 October.


Directions

The city of Le Mans can easily be reached from Paris in less than one hour with a high speed train TGV and in a couple of hours with local trains. Timetables for trains can be found on the website of french railways (SNCF).
The trains to Le Mans depart from the station Paris Montparnasse; some trains also make the direct trip from Charles de Gaulle international airport (station: Aeroport CDG2 TGV). The city center is within walking distance from the main railway station.

Directions to the hotels

Invited participants will be hosted at Hotel Levasseur, 5 Boulevard René Levasseur, 72000 Le Mans and at Hotel Charleston, 20 Rue Gastelier, 72000 Le Mans.
The Hotel Levasseur can be reached on foot from Le Mans main train station or by tram: take the tram line T1, direction Le Mans Université, and get off at Republique. The hotel is 100m from the tram stop.



The Hotel Charleston is less than 100m from Le Mans train station.

Directions to the conference venue

The location of the university campus is shown in the map below


A detailed map of the campus indicating the exact location of the Institut du Risque et de l'Assurance (IRA), where the conference hall is located, can be found here.

  • From Hotel Levasseur : walk to the tram stop République on Place de la République (100m from the hotel), take tram line T1 bound to Le Mans Université, and get off at Campus-Ribay. The tram stops a few minutes walk from the building of Institut du Risque et de l'Assurance (see campus map link above). The journey lasts about 10', and there is roughly one tram every 12 mins.

  • From Hotel Charleston : the same journey, just take the tram at the stop Leclerc-Fleurus (two stops before République), see the map below




Please consult the website of Le Mans public transports (...french only!) for information and timetables.


Information about the area

Both hotels are situated within walking distance from the old city center ("Le vieux Mans"), which benefits from a large number of restaurants, cafés and bars.

Some restaurants

More or less all in the same budget range

  • La Baraque a Boeuf, 11 Place Saint-Pierre, 72000 Le Mans. Traditional french cuisine, meat dishes.
  • La Vielle Porte, 12 Rue de la Vieille Porte, 72100 Le Mans. The small brother of La Baraque a Boeuf.
  • La Fabrique, 14 Rue des 3 Sonnettes, 7200 Le Mans. Local french cuisine.
  • Aux Cocottes Sarthoises, 10 Place Saint-Pierre, 72000 Le Mans. Local french cuisine.