Postal address : CEMEF - MINES ParisTech Rue Claude Daunesse BP 207 06904 Sophia Antipolis cedex France Tel. 33 (0)4 93 95 75 75 (standard) Fax 33 (0)4 92 38 97 52 office 33 (0)4 93 95 74 18 and 33 (0)4 93 95 74 16

CEMEF is situated on the French Riviera, in the southeast of France . It is located in the Sophia Antipolis technopark, 20 km from Nice, 20 km from Cannes, 10 km from Antibes and 50 km from Monaco.

How to get to CEMEF

> From Nice - Côte d'Azur airport :

Nice - Côte d'Azur airport is located to the west of Nice, 20km from Sophia Antipolis.

To get to CEMEF from the airport, you can either:

• Take the bus: Nice - Sophia Express, N°230

As a general rule, departures leave from :

• Airport Terminal 1 : platform 5
• Airport Terminal 2 : platform 1

The one-way journey takes around 40 mins and costs 1 euro. For CEMEF, get off at the "Sophie Laffitte" bus stop, 20 m from CEMEF.
>> Nice-Sophia Express timetable (N°230)

 

• Hire a car

A wide range of hire companies are represented at the airport.
>> For the route to CEMEF, go to "coming by car".

• Take a taxi

Taxi rates vary from 45 to 60 euro.
>> further information

 

> Get to CEMEF by train :

The closest railway station is Antibes .

From Antibes station, take bus No.1 ( Antibes - Valbonne village), which goes from the "passerelle SNCF" behind the railway lines. Get off at "Sophie Laffitte" bus stop, 20m from CEMEF.
The journey lasts around 30 minutes and costs 1 euro.

The Express 100 bus also goes to Sophia Antipolis. Get off at " CERAM " bus stop, around 300m from CEMEF.
>> Bus timetable

> Get to CEMEF by car :

From Nice :

• take the A8 motorway, direction Antibes / Cannes . Leave at Antibes , junction 44.

• Just after the toll, take the left-hand lane, towards Antibes / Vallauris (do not follow the sign for Sophia Antipolis here). After the bend, take the right-hand lane, direction Vallauris / Grasse .

• You will be on a dual carriageway that goes to Sophia Antipolis (route du Parc). Leave this road at the first exit, "Accès 3 Les Lucioles". Continue on this road (rue A. Einstein) for 400m. After a left bend in front of the Omega hotel, continue for 50m then take the small road immediately to the left, which has a sign for Ecole des Mines de Paris.
  

• Follow signs for the Ecole des Mines reception "Accueil", for an explanation of how to get to CEMEF.

From Cannes :

• take the A8 motorway, direction Antibes / Cannes . Leave at Antibes , junction 44.

• Follow the sign for Sophia Antipolis. You will be on a dual carriageway that goes to Sophia Antipolis (route du Parc). Leave this road at the first exit, "Accès 3 Les Lucioles". Continue on this road (rue A. Einstein) for 400m. After a left bend in front of the Omega hotel, continue for 50m then take the small road immediately to the left, which has a sign for Ecole des Mines de Paris.
• Follow signs for the Ecole des Mines reception "Accueil", for an explanation of how to get to CEMEF.

From Antibes :

• take avenue Philippe Rochat, carry straight on down the route de Grasse.

• Go over two roundabouts and continue straight on the dual carriageway towards Sophia Antipolis (direction Vallauris / Grasse). Leave this road at the first exit, "Accès 3 Les Lucioles".

• Continue on this road (rue A. Einstein) for 400m. After a left bend in front of the Omega hotel, continue for 50m then take the small road immediately to the left, which has a sign for Ecole des Mines de Paris.

• Follow signs for the Ecole des Mines reception "Accueil", for an explanation of how to get to CEMEF. 

> Get to CEMEF by bus

From Nice :

> take bus No. 230, Sophia Express. . There are several stops in Nice, including the bus station.
The one-way journey takes around 40 minutes and costs 1 euro.
For CEMEF, get off at the "Sophie Laffitte" bus stop, 20 m from CEMEF.
>> Nice-Sophia Express timetable (N°230)

For buses arriving from any of the towns immediately surrounding Sophia Antipolis,

the network is managed by the Envibus company. The bus stop for CEMEF is "Sophie Laffitte", 20m from CEMEF.
>> Envibus network timetable

> Hôtels

If you are coming to visit CEMEF and you need to book a hotel, ask your CEMEF contact to send you the list of hotels in Sophia Antipolis and Antibes with preferential rates negotiated by Mines ParisTech.