Arrival / Departure
The registration starts on Sunday 22th February 2025 at 15h.
The check-out is on Friday 27th February 2025 at 14h.
Participation fees and payment
The venue provides both meals (includes breakfast, lunch and dinner on conference meal plan) and single rooms for each participant. It is expected that all participants stay at the school for the whole duration of the workshop. As a consequence the participation fee is fixed at 630€ independently of the duration of your journey. This fee includes meals and boarding for the whole duration of the workshop.
Participants are expected to pay their participation's fee at Les Houches either by:
- Advanced payment through a purchase order. You must first contact the financial office by email to obtain an invoice: houches-finances@univ-grenoble-alpes.fr. The office has the list of the participants. This option is available for evryone. For European laboratories, you just need to provide in addition the VAT number and the exact address of your lab.
- Upon arrival: Credit card (except American Express), cash in euros, check in euros payable to a French bank, traveler's check in euros.
The purchase order has to be sent by mail to Marina Riveron or to:
UGA - Ecole de Physique des Houches
149, Chemin de la Côte
F-74310 Les Houches
For further information, please contact Isabel Lelièvre.
Travel
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 booking 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).
By 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).
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:
(+33/0)6-07-26-36-62,
(+33/0)6.22.75.19.37,
(+33/ 0)6.12.35.30.72.
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 cable car). 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.
