W H E R E will the congress be held?
We will meet in the VVF facility, called "La Bergerie" at La Colle Sur Loup, Côte d'Azur, France. The facility offers room, full board and congress facilities and is located in the country about 20 minutes from the Nice-Côte d'Azur Airport (NCE).

 

"La Bergerie" is on top of a hill in the midst of a vast pine forest, an authentic Provence village with little houses roofed with ochre-coloured tiles, and arranged around a main square planted with century-old olive trees.
It's a vacation resort consisting of bungalows -- we've provided a pdf file of the layout of the resort. It offers good standard conference facilities. It faces Saint-Paul de Vence, a fortified village famous for its art galleries and museums. It is also close to Nice, Cannes and Grasse.


Photos of "La Bergerie"
We have provided a PDF file (1.7MB) and a PPS file (1.9MB) with photos of the surroundings of La Bergerie, the rooms, and the congress facilities. More information about "La Bergerie" can be found at its website.

 

You can see some samples here:

 

 Hopefully the weather will be fine so that the networking can happen outdoors...
... if not, people can still network in the inside area of the bar.

 

And, of course, the food will be important, too... it's France anyway. This is a view of the lunch area of the venue:

 

 

 

 

SIETAR Europa board members talk about the location

At the end of February SIETAR Europa board had its meeting in the Congress location at La Colle sur Loup, by Nice. One of our objectives, apart from the regular agenda, was to try this place out for you, dear SIETAR Europa members, and to find out as much as possible about the convenience of this location for the upcoming Congress 2005.

Here are the comments the Board members have given after their thorough examination of La Colle sur Loup.

Congress F E E S and B O A R D
This year's fees for participating in the congress are the best ever! “Why is that?” I hear you say. This year your congress package at "La Bergerie" includes not only the congress costs, but your also accommodation and full board for the days of the congress. That way, we could secure special prices that are in the long run far less expensive than most of us have payed for our congress costs plus room and board in previous years. Please keep this in mind when, at a first glance, the fees listed on the Registration Form seem higher than before. We've also provided a detailed breakdown of what these fees include.

 

Holiday on the Côte d’Azur

If you would like to come early or stay later at “La Bergerie,” you will find it a reasonably priced and an ideal place to base yourself for holidays and tourism on the Côte d’Azur. For stays other than those during the congress period itself, please go directly to the VVF website and click on the link for “Book.”

 

 

Map and Accessibility

Below is a map showing La Colle sur Loup and its surroundings.

The venue is easily accessible by various means of transport.

  • By train: Gare de Cagnes-sur-Mer (6 km) and Gare d’Antibes (15 km) [www.sncf.fr]
  • By automobile: Autoroute A8, exit Cagnes sur Mer, no. 47 [area road map -- pdf]
  • By plane: Aéroport de Nice (12 km) [www.nice.aeroport.fr]
  • By bus from the Nice bus station: Exit the bus at LA COLLE Village-Platane [bus schedule -- pdf]

 

 

 

 

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