Access information
Arriving to Villers-Cotterêts
From Roissy-Charles de Gaulle (CdG) Airport
- By rental car (several car rental agencies are available at the airport, ~60€/day): via N2 road (52km, ~40 min)
- By taxi (~80-130 €)
- By train via Gare du Nord station (RER B from the airport to Gare du Nord 14 €, then TER)
From Paris city centre
- By train from Gare du Nord station (Train Express Regional (TER), 12 - 16.50 € one way, ~55 min)
- By taxi (~90-140€ from Gare du Nord)
- By rental car in Gare du Nord station (~60€/day): leave Paris via Porte de la Chapelle (North) then E19, A4 and N2 roads (75km, ~1h)
From Orly Airport
- By train via Antony and Gare du Nord (from Orly to Antony by Orlyval, from Antony to Gare du Nord by RER B, from Gare du Nord to Villers-Cotterêts by train)
- By rental car (several car rental agencies are available at the airport, ~60€/day): bypass Paris to the north-east, then A3 and N2 roads (103km, ~1h15)
Coming by train from Paris Gare du Nord
Take the Train Express Regional (TER) Hauts-de-France (HDF) code K15, SNCF line Paris-Laon (departure usually from platform 18 or 19 in the station’s main concourse or in the Rue Maubeuge – Hôpital Lariboisière exit corridor), stop at Villers-Cotterêts (3rd stop, after Dammartin – Juilly – Saint-Mard and Crépy-en-Valois)
How to buy tickets
On the website or directly in Gare du Nord in the TER sales area of the station’s main concourse.
Accessing the Cité internationale de la langue française:
Address: 1 place Aristide Briand, 02600 Villers-Cotterêts
From Villers-Cotterêts train station
10 min by foot (cf. map on the left)
Access to the building
The Cité has two entrances: one via the château grounds and one via the city centre. You should enter through the main gates that are place in the city centre
The Cité has PRM (people with reduced mobility) access and a lift to the first floor.
Parking
- Free parking: Grand Bosquet or train station parking.
- Some free parking spaces available in the city centre of Villers-Cotterêts.
- For persons with reduced mobility: parking places available on place Aristide Briand, near the entrance to the Cité.
