How to get to Chambéry

The 2023 SFEE congress will take place in Jacob-Bellecombette, 1.7 km away from the centre of Chambéry. If you come to Chambéry by train, it will take you about 15/20 minutes on foot or by bus to get to the Jacob-Bellecombette campus: https://synchro.grandchambery.fr/

Jacob-Bellecombette campus
Photo credit: L. Brancaz-McCartan

There are direct trains to the Chambéry-Challes-les-Eaux train station from Paris, Grenoble, Lyon, Annecy, Valence and Geneva: https://www.sncf.com/fr/gares/chambery-challes-les-eaux/OCE87741009/departs-arrivees/gl/departs#

If you decide to fly, the closest airports to Chambéry are Lyon-Saint-Exupéry (LYS) and Genève-Cointrin (GVA). A Flixbus or BlaBlaCar bus will take you from Lyon airport to Chambéry in about an hour and from Geneva airport in an hour and a half.

Chambéry does have its own airport (CMF), but its travel destinations are limited to Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, London, Manchester and Southampton. If you come from any of those cities, check availabilities at https://www.chambery-airport.com/en/destinations/all-destinations.

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Chambéry
Photo credit: L. Brancaz-McCartan

Here is an interactive map to help you get to Jacob-Bellecombette and find your bearings on campus: https://www.openstreetmap.org/#map=17/45.55882/5.91120

All the conference events will take place in building 20 (on Thursday 16 and Friday 17) and in building 19 (on Saturday 18). These are accessible via Entrée A (rue Jean-Baptiste Richard). Click here for a map of the Jacob-Bellecombette campus.

Building 20, Jacob-Bellecombette campus
Photo credit: L. Brancaz-McCartan