Conference in Les Houches (France), 20-25 January 2019
Organizers: Thierry Dauxois (CNRS & ENS de Lyon) and Thomas Peacock (MIT)

Environmental Fluid Dynamics: Confronting Grand Challenges

Payment of the registration's fee at the school can done, in euros, as below:
  • Credit card on the school (except American Express)
  • Distance selling with a credit card: only for payment with laboratory credit card. In this case, please phone on 33(0)4.57.04.10.40 only two weeks before the session
  • Check in euros payable to a French bank
  • Cash

    • Housing is in single rooms with own bathroom/toilets. Towels, shampoo, soap, shower gel and hair-dryer are provided. The school also provides you with:
  • a library with the main scientific journals (paper or online) and some reference books
  • an open space with many blackboards
  • a video projector
  • an automated video capture system
  • a photocopy machine
  • Internet (wifi + hubs to connect laptops to the local network)
  • desktop computers (5 PCs) and a B&W Laser Printer
  • 3 washing machines and 3 dryers.
  • Three meals a day in our restaurant

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    Access

    By plane

    Geneva Airport is 1 hour drive from les Houches.
    Once you have landed, you can reach the school using a shuttle service, the regular bus service or by train.

    Shuttle service

    The simplest way is to use a shuttle service (approximately 40 euros up to the school, book at least three days in advance). If you already have your return date, we would recommend to book a return trip. Consult the list of companies. Beware: we do not recommend the Alpybus company (they do not reach the school).

    Price discounts are available with Mountain Drop-Offs. To find Mountain Drop-Offs' meeting point easily in the Geneva Airport please consult the video How to find Mountain Drop-Offs at Geneva Airport.

    Regular bus service

    There is also a regular bus service between Geneva and Les Houches (only once or twice a day). One should then take a taxi for the last 5 kms from the Les Houches village to the school (the total cost is similar to that of the limousine).

    Train

    One can also travel from Geneva to Les Houches by train (+ taxi from the train station to the School), but it is quite complicated (3 connections) and long (go through Annemasse on the French side or through Martigny on the Swiss side).

    By train

    Arrival at the Les Houches station, with one change at Saint-Gervais (from France), or at Martigny (from Switzerland).
    There are about 10 trains per day between St Gervais and Les Houches (schedules, 20mn trip).
    Then we strongly advise you to take a taxi to go up to the school (5km).

    Taxi phone numbers :

    By road

    Les Houches are easily accessible from France (A41 highway), from Switzerland (Martigny and Col des Montets) and from Italy through the Mont Blanc Tunnel.

    From Geneva and Le Fayet

    8km before Chamonix, 300 m after passing under the tunnel, bear right by the first road out for "Les Houches Bellevue". When arriving at the cable car station "Bellevue", turn right and continue upwards (roughly 2 km starting from the teleferic). 500m after the cable car station "Prarion", turn left and follow small arrows at crossroads. Continue up to the end of Route de la Côte des Chavants. Here you are!

    From Chamonix

    Bear right for "Les Houches-Chef-Lieu", turn right in Les Houches, go ahead at the cable car station "Bellevue". Then proceed as above.

    Cars may be rented from Geneva and from Chamonix, it is useful to make a reservation.

    What to do in Les Houches and in the valley?

    See for example: http://www.leshouches.com and http://www.chamonix.com


    More information

    available at https://www.houches-school-physics.com/practical-information/