Getting here

Getting here
(and enjoying it)

Paris is after all one of the most splendid cities in the world, so if your travels bring you here we want you to be able to take full advantage of all it has to offer. This little page is intended both to tell you how to find us, and no less important surely, to provide you with a few hints and leads that may help make your stay a more agreeable one. As indeed it should be.

Street/Postal Address & Contact Details

As a reminder (and in case you decide to print out this page and put it in your pocket) our full street address and electronic coordinates are...

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EcoPlan Association
Le Frene, 8/10 rue Joseph Bara
(At #8, you will see our bell. code: 112)
F-75006 Paris, France

Phone: +331 4326 1323
24 hour backup phone/fax: +331 5301 2896
Mobile Phone (E. Britton, personal ): +336 7321 5868

In the United States

EcoPlan International: Innovation consultancy/advisory
New Ways to Work in an Information Society: http://www.xWork.org
9440 Readcrest Drive Beverly Hills, CA 90210
T. +1 310 601-8468 E: secretariat@ecoplan.org
Skype: xWork-on-line

Before you call from your corner of the world you may first want to check the local time in Paris or LA. Click for Paris or LA time

Maps & Directions (Paris)

EcoPlan is located in the historic and very agreeable sixth arrondissement of Paris, a village of sorts which includes the Luxembourg Gardens, many university faculties, and of course the famed historic, artistic and publishing centers.

The area is well served by public transport and taxis, but rather less accessible to private cars (unless you know Paris very well indeed). In the event, there is a large public parking garage at the corner of the Boulevards Montparnasse and Raspail. Your main means of getting around agreeably here is, however, by foot, and you will find that this part of Paris is being made steadily more accessible and agreeable for pedestrians and non-motorized transport (at long last!). Have a look at the way in which they are treating the entry access areas of our local streets. Not bad at all. But only a step in the right direction.

EcoPlan is located at number 8, rue Joseph Bara (our concierge is at the # 10 entrance). The nearest Metro station is Vavin at the storied Montparnasse/Raspail intersection; we are a five minute walk from there.

Staying in Paris

Getting around in Paris

The Paris Metro and Bus map can be found here. You'll be able to spot us about 2/3's of the way down the page, right in the middle.
More on getting around Paris. The Sytadin real time traffic into site is excellent.
Rent a Bike (But make sure that your safe riding skills are up to it.)
Afraid of Paris traffic? Maybe you should be. But anyway you can check traffic conditions and even make up a travel itinerary at the Paris Travel site

And to help you prepare your trip and your stay:

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A full complement of will be found here, including details on hotels, restuarants, etc.

You can find some of the world's smallest of major city landmarks right here. (You will need QuickTime 3.0, and it will help for the commentary if you understand some French. Really quite nice, especially if you click to use higher speed connection.)

For a full rundown on museums, cultural events, monuments, special expositions, etc, you may want to start with (in English).

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