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Les Pensières Center for Global Health, Veyrier-du-Lac, Annecy, France, the venue for ICCBH Bone School 2023 on 29-31 May 2023

Travelling to Les Pensières

Les Pensières Center for Global Health is three and a half hours from Paris by TGV, 40 minutes from Geneva international airport, one and a half hours by motorway from Lyon and less and one hour from the Mont Blanc tunnel linking France and Italy. A location map is shown below.

Tel : + 33 (0)4 50 64 80 80

Airport transfers

Delegates are asked to make their own way to and from the venue, to be ready to start the School promptly at 08:30 on Wednesday 28 May.

Trains 

For information about trains from Geneva airport to Annecy and other locations please see here.

Public bus services

For information about bus routes, prices and timetables from Geneva airport to Annecy and other locations please see here

Driving, private cars and taxis

Taxi from Annecy train station to Les Pensieres are available at the taxi rank at Annecy train station and will cost approximately €18-25 each way depending on time of day and taxi taken and will take between 10-20 minutes again depending on the time of day. The train station is 3.3 miles from the venue.

It is a 45 minute drive from Geneva Airport (29 miles)

Parking is available for those arriving by car.

Private cars can be booked from Geneva Airport should you prefer to travel independently and this will cost approximately €135 for a one way trip.

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