POPL 2007 Symposium on Principles of Programming Languages, Nice, January 17-19, 2007

Local Information

POPL'07

Nice

Travel

Accommodation

Visa letters

Nice

For informations about Nice: See the official Nice website.

Travel

Getting to Nice

Your destination airport is the Nice International Airport.

Getting to the Conference Hotel from the Airport

The conference hotel is the Plaza Hotel , 12 "avenue de Verdun", in the Nice downtown area, near the "Promenade des Anglais".
You can reach the conference hotel from the airport using any of the following ways:

  • Taxi : Call the Central Taxi Riviera Nice: +33 (0)4 93 13 78 78. The trip should take around 10-15 minutes and cost from 20-25 to about 30 Euros depending on traffic and the time of day.

  • Bus: This is your cheapest option: Bus 98 of the "ligne d'azur" goes from the airport to downtown Nice and back. The "Gustave V" and "Albert 1er" stops are both within 5 mns walk from the conference hotel. Look for the timetables for the "liaisons directes aeroport", and eventually for the plan for buses in "Nice". The trip should take around 15-25 minutes.

  • Rental Car: See here . Note that parking in Nice downtown is difficult and expensive.

Accommodation

The conference site is the For those of you who wish to stay at the Plaza Hotel we have reserved 40 rooms at the reduced rate of EUR 125 [resp. 145] per day for a single "classic" [resp. "superior"] room and EUR 145 [resp. 165] per day for a double classic [resp. superior] room, including buffet breakfast.

The following alternative **** hotel is very close to the Plaza hotel:
  • Park Hotel ****, 6 avenue de Suede - 06000 Nice, 104 bedrooms. Reduced rate EUR 115 ppn for a single room and EUR 135 per day for a double room, including buffet breakfast.
To book a room at one of the two above hotels, you may either send the off-line PDF Registration Form for the chosen (Plaza or Park) hotel by fax or send an email -with the chosen (unfilled) pdf form attached to it -- by midnight Friday, December 1st, 2006.
Please mention POPL'07 when you make a booking.

The following alternative hotels are all within walking distance from the conference hotel:
  • West End ****, 31 Promenade des Anglais, 06000 Nice, 125 bedrooms, rate from 130 euros - On-line reservation seems impossible; You should phone +33 (0)4 92 14 44 00 to book a room.
  • Beau Rivage ****, 24 rue St. Francois de Paule, 06000 Nice, 118 bedrooms, rate from 125 euros
  • Grand Hôtel Aston ****, 12 avenue Félix Faure, 06000 Nice, 155 bedrooms, rate from 110 euros - On-line reservation seems impossible; You should phone +33 (0) 4 92 17 53 00 to book a room.
  • Splendid **** , 50 Boulevard Victor Hugo, 06000 Nice, 127 bedrooms, rate from 105 euros
  • Best Western Alba ****, 41 avenue Jean Medecin, 06000 Nice, 35 bedrooms, rate from 85 euros

  • Best Western Hotels *** or **** : Alba, Nautica, West End, de Flore, New York, Riviera, ...
  • Mercure Hotels *** : Grimaldi, Promenade des Anglais, ...

  • Minotel Vendôme ***, 26, rue Pastorelli, 06000 Nice, 56 bedrooms, rate from 87 euros
  • Nice Rivoli ***, 45 rue Pastorelli, 06000 Nice, 122 bedrooms, rate from 85 euros
  • Sportmen ***, 4 rue Barberis, 06300 Nice, 42 bedrooms, rate from 85 euros
  • Résidence Nice Fleurs ***, 17 avenue des Fleurs, 06000 Nice, 88 bedrooms, rate from 73 euros
  • Hôtel de la Fontaine ***, 49 rue de France, 06000 Nice, 29 bedrooms, rate from 72 euros
  • Apart'hotel Citadines Nice Buffa ***, 21 rue Meyerbeer, 06000 Nice, 35 bedrooms, rate from 72 euros
  • Albert 1er ***, 4 avenue Phocéens, 06000 Nice, 72 bedrooms, rate from 69 euros
  • Best Western Nautica ***, 38 rue Barberis, 06000 Nice, 87 bedrooms, rate from 55 euros

  • Paradis **, 1 rue Paradis, 06000 Nice, 14 bedrooms, rate from 75 euros
  • Lepante ** , 6 rue Lepante, 06000 Nice, 27 bedrooms, rate from 69 euros
  • Buffa **, 56 rue de la Buffa, 06000 Nice, 13 bedrooms, rate from 67 euros
  • Hôtel du Centre Nice ** , 2 rue de Suisse, 06000 Nice, 28 bedrooms, rate from 50 euros
  • Alizee ** , 65 rue de la buffa, 06000 Nice, 11 bedrooms, rate from 49 euros
  • Trocadero ** , 7 rue de Belgique, 06000 Nice, 40 bedrooms, rate from 49 euros
We would ask you to make your booking yourself and directly with the hotel. In the unlikely case that you encounter difficulties please send an e-mail to Dany Sergeant and she will try to help.
Note: Some guests of us recommended the Albert 1er Hotel *** and the Paradis Hotel **.
As usual, we recommend that you don't wait until the very last minute to choose your hotel and book a bedroom... Otherwise, you might try "RatesToGo", for example: A last minute hotel reservation service.

Visa support letters

The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) does not issue formal invitation letters for visas. ACM can however issue a visa support letter. All requests should be sent to Ashley Cozzi at acozzi@acm.org with the following information:
  • Name and mailing address as it appears on passport.
  • The name of the conference you wish to attend.
  • Your Registration confirmation number.
  • Title and authors of any papers accepted for the conference.
  • A valid fax number.
Visa support letters will not be issued via email under any circumstances and should be requested at least 6-8 weeks prior to the conference.
- Ashley Cozzi

Joëlle Despeyroux and Dany Sergeant
(Joelle.Despeyroux | Dany.Sergeant @ inria.fr)