UNESCO Practical Information

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- Guide for Visitors -

(22 February 2016)

For more information, please visit UNESCO’s website:

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TABLE OF CONTENT

UNESCO HEADQUARTERS

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TRANSPORTATION FROM/TO THE AIRPORT

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UNEP BUILDING

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BANK SERVICE

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ACCESS

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EMERGENCIES

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HOTELS NEAR UNESCO (WITH UNESCO PRICES)

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UNEP DTIE

Address of UNESCO Headquarters: Miollis Building 1 rue Miollis 75732 Paris Cedex 15 France Tel: +33 (0)1 45 68 39 70 Fontenoy Building 7, place de Fontenoy 75352 Paris 07 SP France Tel: +33 (0)1 45 68 10 00

TRANSPORTATION FROM/TO THE AIRPORT

FROM/TO ROISSY/CDG

Located 23 kilometers north east of Paris, the Roissy/Charles de Gaulle airport has two terminals, the second of which is split into terminals 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D, 2E and 2F.

- RER B combined with a free CDGVal LRT shuttle service (more details on website)

- Roissybus: a special bus service that links the Airport and “Opéra” metro station, in Paris, within an average travelling time of 45mns, this depending on the traffic situation

- RATP Bus service

Click on the following link to see the detailed map:

http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/passagers/acces/paris-charles-de-gaulle/transports-en-commun

FROM/TO ORLY

Located 14km south of Paris, the Orly airport has two terminals: West and South.

- RER C combined with a free PADP shuttle service (more details on website)

- Orlybus: a special bus service to Denfert-Rochereau, in the 14th arrondissement of Paris

- RATP Bus service

Click on the following link to see the detailed map:

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Page 4 of 14 Air France Bus

Travelers all companies

Regular 4 lines direct Paris / Airport / Service 7 / 7

+33 (1) 41 56 89 00 for recorded message in French and English Web: http://www.lescarsairfrance.com/en.html

THE AIRPORT SHUTTLE SERVICE

You can also use a shared or personal service to anywhere in Paris. Arrange your pickup in advance - the Airport Shuttle will be waiting for you when you arrive. And waiting to bring you back to the airport when you depart at the end of your stay.

These services usually accept payments by credit cards nevertheless it is suggested that you contact them directly by phone to ask for special authorization to pay directly to the Driver You are requested to make direct reservations, in advance, online or by contacting the Selected Company. http://en.supershuttle.fr http://www.parishuttle.com http://www.netcapricorn.com/clients/airportconnection/paris.htm http://www.bluvan.fr/ RER/METRO/BUS

The most economical way of travelling around Paris and its suburbs.

Specific RER stations now serve both airports directly. Trains leave every 15 minutes during the hours of 5.30 a.m. – 11:30 p.m. to downtown.

Direct link to be used for your itinerary from the airport to the Hotel (to be printed before you travel): http://www.ratp.fr/en/ratp/c_21879/tourists/

3 Metro Stations nearby UNESCO:

- Cambronne – Line 6 (5 minutes walk to the main entrance)

- Ségur (behind the main entrance, you will have to walk 10 minutes to get to the main entrance)

- Ecole Militaire – Line 8 (take bus 28 which stops you in front of UNESCO: Bus-stop Fontenoy-UNESCO or 8 minutes walk to UNESCO).

2 Bus stops nearby UNESCO:

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TAXIS

Parisian Taxis generally charge you with an extra fee when you book in advance. This fee is related to the route done from their point of departure to the place where they will be picking up their customer.

In order to avoid any financial inconvenience, it is important that you are already aware of the most economical route to your hotel.

Approximate Taxi costs:

From CDG:

http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/passagers/acces/paris-charles-de-gaulle/taxi/paris-cdg-taxi From Orly:

http://www.aeroportsdeparis.fr/passagers/acces/paris-orly/taxi/taxi-orly

UNEP BUILDING

The UNEP office is located in the UNESCO Headquarters Annex, in the 15th arrondissement (southwestern Paris). The main entrance is at 1 rue Miollis. Some meetings are held at the UNESCO Headquarters building at 7 place Fontenoy, less than a 10-minute walk away.

Address of UNEP building:

1 rue Miollis Building VII 75015 Paris France Tel: +33 (0)1 44 37 14 50 Email: [email protected]

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Practical Access Information

Upon arrival at UNESCO’s security desk in Miollis building, kindly present an ID and indicate the name of the person you wish to visit to the security staff. They will direct you to the welcome desk.

The reception desk is open from Monday to Friday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

The reception staff will call the person you wish to visit and direct you to the UNEP building. This map will help you find your way from the reception desk to the UNEP building.

Upon arrival at the UNEP building (building VII), please kindly check the phone directory in the entrance hall in case you would need to find the phone number and/or office number of your correspondent. You may use the phone at your disposal in the entrance hall to call and inform of your arrival.

The main meeting room is located on the ground floor. You can access it from the entrance hall, directly on your right after entering the building.

Directions:

Go left after the reception desk.

Turn left then right

following the sign ‘Bâtiment Bonvin/ Sortie Bonvin’. Go straight ahead, then turn right after going past the mailbox.

Exit the building by turning right.

The UNEP Building is located after the courtyard right next to the Church.

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Transports available in the vicinity of UNEP’s and UNESCO’s premises

By metro (underground/subway)

- Stations close to Miollis: Ségur (line 10), Cambronne (line 6), Sèvres Lecourbe (line 6)

- Stations close to Fontenoy: Ecole Militaire (line 8).

By bus

- Buses which pass near Miollis are the 80 (Miollis), 39-70-89 (Volontaires-Lecourbe).

- Buses which pass near UNESCO Headquarters are the 28, 80, 82, 87 and 92.

By Vélib

There are several Velib stations near Miollis:

- 140 av. de Suffren (metro Ségur, 5-minute walk to Miollis) - 32 rue Cambronne (5-minute walk to Miollis)

- 3 bd Garibaldi (metro Cambronne, 7-minute walk to Miollis)

By Autolib

Autolib stations near Miollis:

- 26 Villa Croix Nivert (4 min by walk to Miollis) - 161 Avenue de Suffren (5 min by walk to Miollis)

For further information on travel in Paris and the Paris region, you may consult the Paris Transport website (www.ratp.fr).

By individual car

There are many public fee-paying parking spaces near UNESCO, both underground and surface, indicated by a sign with a white P on a blue background.

BANK SERVICE

Société Générale: UNESCO has its own Bank service in both buildings: Fontenoy and Miollis. In the Fontenoy Building, the bank opens from 9:30 a.m. to 12:15 a.m. and from 1.15 p.m. to 5.15 p.m. There is a cash withdrawal machine available open at all times.

Other Agencies nearby UNESCO: BNP Paribas (going to metro Cambronne), La Poste (Post Office – 8 rue François Bonvin), etc.

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ACCESS

All participants are requested to wear the badge they receive upon registering in the most visible manner possible. This badge must be shown at the entrances of all buildings and at security checks.

EMERGENCIES

HEALTH EMERGENCIES (or fire, flooding, etc.)

Inside UNESCO, call the Fire Brigade: 01 45 68 02 22/18 Outside UNESCO, call: 18

SECURITY EMERGENCIES

Inside UNESCO, call the Central Security Service:

- at Miollis: 01 45 68 25 80

- at Fontenoy: 01 45 68 16 37/17 Outside UNESCO, call “Police”: 17

USEFUL TELEPHONE NUMBERS

- S.A.M.U. : 15 - Police: 17 - Firemen: 18 - S.O.S doctors: 01 43 37 77 77 - S.O.S dentists: 01 43 37 51 00 - S.O.S Help: 01 47 23 80 80 (Emergency number in English)

- Anti-poison Centre: 01 40 37 04 04

- Ambulances: 01 43 78 26 26

HOTELS NEAR UNESCO (WITH UNESCO PRICES)

A selection of hotels near UNESCO Headquarters are provided in the list below, as well as the UNESCO prices for some of them.

CATEGORY **

Hotel Camelia

Address: 24, Boulevard Pasteur 75015 Paris Tel.: + 33 (0) 1 47 83 76 35

Fax: + 33 (0) 1 40 65 94 98 Email: [email protected]

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Single Room: 50€-110€/night / Double room: 50€-120€/night

No accessibility for people with disabilities.

Rates may vary depending on the reservation period.

Hotel de la Tour Eiffel

17, Rue de l'Exposition 75007 Paris, France Tel.: +33 1 47 05 14 75 Fax: +33 1 47 53 99 46 Email: [email protected]

Single/ Double Room: 85€/night

Splendid Hotel

54, Rue Fondary 75015 Paris

Tel.: +33 (0)1 45 75 17 73 Fax: +33 (0)1 45 79 76 11

Single/Double Room: 94-112€/night

Access for people with disabilities available.

Hôtel Innova 32, boulevard Pasteur 75015 Paris Tel.: +33 (0)1 47 34 70 47 Fax: +33 (0)1 40 56 07 91 Email: [email protected]

Single Room: 140€/night / Double room: 160€/night (maximum prices)

Access for people with disabilities available in September 2016. Rates may vary depending on the reservation period.

CATEGORY ***

Hôtel Lecourbe 28, rue Lecourbe 75015 PARIS Métro : Sèvres-Lecourbe Tel.: (33)1 47 34 49 06 Fax: (33)1 47 34 64 65 E-mail: [email protected]

Single Room: 78€/night / Double room: 95€/night

UNESCO preferential rates may vary depending on the reservation period.

Villa Garibaldi

48, boulevard Garibaldi 75015 PARIS

Métro : Ségur

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Fax: +33 (0)1 45 51 07 07

E-mail: [email protected] Single room: from 65 euros to 100€/night Double room: from 70euros to 110€/night

Hotel Baldi Eiffel

42, Boulevard Garibaldi 75015 PARIS

Métro: Ségur

Tél. (33) 1 47 83 20 10

E-mail: [email protected]

Single Room: 64€/night / Double room: 73€/night

UNESCO preferential rates may vary depending on the reservation period. (For more information, please send a mail to the address indicated above)

Hôtel Ségur

34, boulevard Garibaldi 75015 PARIS

Métro: Ségur, Cambronne Tel: (33)1 43 06 60 50 Fax: (33)1 47 34 30 82

E-mail: [email protected] Single/Double Room: 109 / 120€/night

Access for people with disabilities available but not optimal for people in wheelchair. UNESCO preferential rates may vary depending on the reservation period.

Hôtel Vic Eiffel

92, boulevard Garibaldi 75015 PARIS Métro: Sèvres-Lecourbe Tel: (33)1 53 86 83 83 Fax: (33)1 53 86 83 40 E-mail: [email protected]

Access available for people with disabilities.

UNESCO preferential rates 135€/night all year round with breakfast included.

CATEGORY ****

First Hotel

2, Boulevard Garibaldi 75015 Paris

Tel.: 01 43 06 93 26

Single Room: 120€/night / Double room: 140-170€/night

UNESCO preferential rates may vary depending on the reservation period (mention you come from UNESCO for a discount).

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7, rue du Général de Larminat 75015 Paris

Tel.: +33 1 47 34 74 04 Fax: +33 1 47 34 48 56 Email: [email protected]

Single/double room: 119-250€/night

Hôtel Duquesne Eiffel

23, avenue Duquesne 75007 Paris

Tel.: + 33 (0)1 44 42 09 09 Fax: + 33 (0)1 44 42 09 08 Email: [email protected]

UNESCO preferential rates: Standard single room 149€/night, Standard double room

169€/night; Comfort single room 169€/night, Comfort double room 189€/night; Superior single room 189€/night, Superior double room 209€/night.

Elevators available but no adapted room for people with disabilities.

La Bourdonnais

111-113, Avenue de la Bourdonnais 75007 Paris

Tel.: +33 1 47 05 45 42

Email: [email protected]

UNESCO preferential rates: Single/double room: Classic Single/double room:189 €/night breakfast included.

Le Marquis Eiffel 15, Rue Dupleix 75015 Paris Tel.: +33 (0) 1 43 06 31 50 Fax: +33 (0)1 40 56 06 78 Email: [email protected]

UNESCO preferential rates: Single/double room: 189€/night breakfast included Executive Single/double room: 249€/night breakfast included.

Hôtel Le Parisis

102, boulevard Grenelle 75015 PARIS

Métro : La Motte-Picquet Grenelle Tel.: (33)1 40 59 90 90

Fax: (33)1 45 75 79 10

E-mail: [email protected]

Single/double room: 150-300€/night

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RESTAURANT (IN AND NEARBY UNESCO)

RESTAURANTS AT UNESCO

UNESCO Miollis Cafeteria/Bar service

 Cafeteria serving lunch in the basement of Miollis building Miollis building, 1, rue Miollis, 75015 (first basement) Opens from 11.45 a.m. to 2.30 p.m.

UNESCO Fontenoy Cafeteria/Bar service

 Staff Bar - 7th Floor (Self service)

Opens from 8.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.

 Conference Bar (-1)

Serves coffee, tea, drinks, cakes and sandwiches all day, with hot and cold meals for lunch and dinner. This bar is located in the basement of the Conference Building, Fontenoy.

Opens from 8.30 a.m. to 4.00 p.m.

 Fontenoy Cafeteria (7th Floor)

Opens from 12 to 2.30 p.m.

UNESCO Restaurant (Fontenoy)

 The Lowendal Restaurant is open for lunch from Monday to Friday on the seventh floor of the Fontenoy Building.

(waiter service; Menus 22 €, 24 € and 28 €) Opens from 12.00 p.m. to 2.30 p.m.

Reservation required

Tel: 01 45 68 16 00 / [email protected]

WHERE TO BUY FOOD / EAT NEAR UNESCO

Shop Category Address Contact

A 2 Pas (Auchan Group)

Supermarket 36 rue Pérignon, 75007 Paris

(2-minute walk from Miollis)

01 53 86 91 23

Monop’ Supermarket 126 avenue de Suffren, 75015 Paris

01 40 65 07 61

Bio c’bon Organic supermarket 18, rue Lecourbe, 75015 Paris

01 45 67 08 56

Vélissime Healthy menus to be

ordered online before

In front of Hotel Ibis (2 rue

Cambronne), from 1.00 to 1.30 p.m.

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11.00 a.m. The address may vary.

www.velissime.fr

Monoprix Supermarket 76, rue Lecourbe, 75015 Paris

01 42 73 03 30

Naturalia Organic supermarket 86, rue de Cambronne, 75015 Paris

01 45 51 10 10

Laura Todd Cookies Organic shop/restaurant 47 avenue de Ségur, 75007 Paris

01 42 73 10 80

Mélodie Diététique Organic supermarket 2, rue Fondary, 75015 Paris

01 45 75 21 74 Biocoop Toutelabio

Paris Grenelle

Organic supermarket 44 Bd de Grenelle, 75015 Paris

01 45 77 70 14

Biocoop Villars Organic supermarket 9, avenue de Villars, 75007 Paris

01 44 11 13 60 La Grande Epicerie

de Paris

Delicatessen with organic options

38 Rue de Sèvres, 75007 Paris (20-minute walk from Miollis)

01 44 39 81 00

Organic Restaurants

Category Address Contact

Ma grand-mère m’a dit

Organic restaurant 1 Rue Falguière, 75015 Paris

01 43 06 11 20 www.magrandmerema dit.fr

La Verrière Vegetarian restaurant

with an art gallery and wellness center

24 Avenue de Tourville, 75007 Paris (16-minute walk from Miollis)

01 77 18 39 16 www.la-verriere.fr Rose Bakery Bon

Marché

Tearoom, quick eats and pastries

24 rue de Sèvres, 75007 Paris (20-minute walk from Miollis)

01 42 22 60 00

French Restaurants Category Address Contact

Le Troquet Basque regional

restaurant

21 rue François Bonvin, 75015 Paris (2-minute walk from Miollis)

01 45 66 89 00

L’Archelle French restaurant 83 av. De Ségur, 75007 Paris

01 40 65 99 10

Le Sept-Quinze French Italian restaurant 29 av de Lowendal, 75015 Paris

01 43 06 23 06

L’Escudella French bistrot 41-43 avenue de Ségur, 75007 Paris

09 82 28 70 70

Le Père Claude Traditional French

restaurant. Bouillabaise and rotisserie items are specialties of the house.

51 Avenue de Motte-Piquet, 75015 Paris

01 47 34 03 05

Le Suffren Traditional brasserie, fish

and seafood

84 Avenue de Suffren, 75015 Paris (10-minute walk from Miollis)

01 45 66 97 86

Vin et Marée Fish and seafood

restaurant

71 Avenue de Suffren, 75007 Paris (10-minute walk from Miollis)

01 47 83 27 12

Foreign Cuisine Country Address Contact

Restaurant Chinois Authentic traditional

Chinese food

36 bd Garibaldi

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L’Orchidée Chinese

(restaurant & take-away)

22 bd Garibaldi

01 47 34 15 60

Suraj India 46 bd Garibaldi

(in front of Miollis building)

01 53 58 90 76

Mina Mahal India 25 rue Cambronne

01 47 34 26 17

Swann et Vincent Italy 32 Boulevard de Garibaldi

01 42 73 30 44

Fontanarosa Italy 28 boulevard Garibaldi

01 45 66 97 84

Sushi Shop Japanese (delivery only) www.sushishop.fr 0826 826 628

(0,15€ /min)

Myung Ka Korea 19 bd Garibaldi

01 47 83 41 45

Shin Jung Korea 54-58 rue Mademoiselle

06 69 69 25 80

Rami Lebanon 30 boulevard Garibaldi

01 45 66 04 43

Chez Eusebio Spain 14 rue Miollis

09 50 33 04 03

Thai-Lao Thailand and Laos 38 boulevard Garibaldi

01 40 61 97 77

La Thailandaise Thailand 1 rue de l’Avre