Participants are kindly requested to arrive the afternoon of
Saturday Sept 3rd and stay for the duration of the school, until
Friday Sept 9th lunch. The school will start on Sunday Sept 4th at 9:00. Information about lodging is
here.
General Information for your arrival September 3rd
The address for the school venue is:
Hotel Mercure, Domaine de Marlioz, 111 avenue de Marlioz, 73101 Aix-les-Bains
If you have any difficulties in arriving, please call the school’s assistant (Anne-Laure Bernardin) directly at the hotel: +33 479 617 920.

All rooms will be available at 15:00.

Dinner will be served at 19:30 and 21:30 so you do not need to buy a meal at the airport.
Arrival via Geneva International Airport
The school’s free shuttle bus from Geneva International Airport will depart at 20:00 for the school venue. Look for a bus with the “ARTIST Summer School”
logo on the windshield (company is FRANCONY) on the
“Arrival / Arrivée” level, just outside (past the taxis and Swiss buses).

However, if you do not want to wait until 20:00, there is a
bus to Chambery (35€) and then a
train from Chambery to Aix-les-Bains (3,20€), at your own cost:
BUS + TRAIN + 20’ WALKING |
Geneva International Airport: BUS |
11:15 |
|
13:15 |
15:30 |
18:00 |
Chambéry bus station |
12:15 |
|
14:15 |
16:30 |
19:00 |
|
The Chambéry bus station is right next to the train station |
Chambéry train station: TRAIN |
12:21 |
12:34 |
14:21 |
17:00 |
19:21 |
Aix-Les-Bains train station |
12:32 |
12:47 |
14:32 |
17:12 |
19:32 |
To get from the Aix-les-Bains train station to the school venue, see the information at the bottom of the page. |
Arrival via Lyon Saint Exupéry Airport
The school’s free shuttle bus from Lyon Saint Exupéry Airport will depart at 20:00 for the school venue. Follow signs for “Gare TGV”. The bus will be waiting on the opposite side of the TGV station: “parking Minute”
outside. Look for a bus with the “ARTIST Summer School”
logo on the windshield (company is FRANCONY).

However, if you do not want to wait until 20:00, there are some regular buses to Aix-les-Bains train station (buy your tickets at the "Kiosque de vente" at Terminal 1, at your own cost: 22€).
BUS + 20’ WALKING |
Lyon Saint Exupéry Airport |
09:00 |
12:00 |
16:00 |
18:00 |
Aix-Les-Bains train station |
10:25 |
13 :25 |
17:25 |
19:25 |
To get from the Aix-les-Bains train station to the school venue, see the information at the bottom of the page. |
Arrival via Aix-les-Bains train station

When you are outside the train station, take the Boulevard President Wilson on your right and keep going straight ahead to the school venue (
Google Maps). The street changes names along the way, to Boulevard de Russie and Avenue de Marlioz. After 15-20 minutes you will arrive at a roundabout (“Rond Point des Thermes”) and see Domaine de Marlioz up across the street.

If you do not wish to walk, there is a bus (line 2) towards the “Centre Commercial Marlioz”, every 20 minutes. Get off the bus at “Rond Point des Thermes” where you will see the Domaine de Marlioz up across the street. The last buses are at 19:50 and 20:20. Tickets (1.10 €) can be bought at “Espace Ondéa” within the train station.