Natura 2000 Biogeographical Process – Mediterranean Region

Workshop on Mediterranean forest management and Natura 2000 Parc naturel regional du Luberon, Monday 9 – Wednesday 11 May 2016

Practical information

Meeting venue

HOTELLERIE NOTRE DAME DE LUMIERES Tel.: +33 4 90 72 22 18 58 rue de Lumières Email: [email protected] Lumières 84220 GOULT

An initiative of the Workshop on Mediterranean forest management and Natura 2000, 9 – 11 May 2016

Monday, 9 May 2016

Travel from Airport Marseille Provence to the meeting venue

A free shuttle bus will take you from the Marseille Airport to the Vitrolles-Aéroport-Marseille-Provence (VAMP)train station in 5 minutes.

When you arrive at this train station, you can take the train to Cavaillon (about 1,5 hours) where a shuttle bus will be available between 14.00 and 18.00 hours to bring you to the meeting venue. This shuttle bus will also bring you back to the airport on 11 May between 15.00 and 18.00 hours. It is important to inform us about your travel schedule.

To book your train ticket from Marseille to Cavaillon, please go to http://www.marseille.aeroport.fr/acces- et-parking/acces/trains

Travel from and to TGV and Central Station of Avignon and to and from the meeting venue

Avignon has two main train stations: one for the high speed trains (TGV) and one for the regular trains. Buses (lines 15.1 and 22) will take you from the TGV station to Lumières (Goult) in about 60 minutes.

Please follow this link, with bus departure times from the TGV station PACA Mobilité

If you leave from the Central train station of Avignon, please follow this link.

You can adapt your departure and arrival venue and time to your needs at the PACA Mobilité website.

To book your train ticket to and from Avignon central station or Avignon TGV station, please visit this website: http://uk.voyages-sncf.com/en/destination/france/south/avignon/train-station

Tuesday, 10 May 2016

You will be picked up by bus at the hotel at 08.30 hours to visit the following sites:

1. Goult for a panoramic view with presentation of the Parc du Luberon and management of public forest 2. A private forest at Ocres Natura 2000 site 3. The network of islands of old-growth forests in the Mount-Ventoux 4. The Reserve of Mount-Ventoux

Clothing for the field trip

Please note that you should bring track shoes and clothing and some warm clothes, because in the mornings it can still be chilly. The bus will bring you back to the hotel between 18.30 and 19 hours. Don´t forget camera and binoculars.

Wednesday, 11 May 2016

There is a shuttle service from the hotel to the train station of Cavaillon between 14.30 and 18.00 hours. If you wish to know the exact time schedule for the trains at Cavaillon, please follow this link.

For those who extended / would like to extend their stay, there is a possibility to join an afternoon naturalistic and geological walking tour (departure at the hotel). You can send an e-mail to Astrid van Hemert to register for this guided tour at [email protected].