Palais des congrès et de la culture - Le Mans

Location

Choosing Le Mans for a seminar, convention or congress means uniting the benefits of a city close to major national and European decision-making hubs, a city of art and history known worldwide for its legendary "24 Hours of Le Mans" and an infrastructure that can host your visit under the best possible conditions.

Access

54 minutes from Paris by TGV (17 connections/day in each direction)

3 hours from Lyon and Strasbourg, 4 hours from Marseille and London by direct TGV

1h20m from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle by direct TGV

North-South (Rouen-Tours-Bordeaux) and East-West (Paris-Nantes-Rennes-Brest) motorway network.

Services

At the Palais des congrès, there is a strong and essential concept of service. A team of event management professionals is always on hand to advise you, make arrangements and provide the finishing touches that make all the difference.

At your disposal: management of registrations, accommodation and leisure programmes. A "consultancy and stage management" department provides you with full assistance and exclusive areas.

Catering

Thanks to the rigorous selection of our catering partners (3 Traiteurs de France - French Caterers), we can offer to take total responsibility for organising all your catering services (cocktail receptions, coffee breaks, working lunches, gala dinners, etc.) so as to satisfy all your requirements.

Accommodation

More than 2,000 rooms are available in the heart of the city of Le Mans.

Thanks to a preferential partnership negotiated with all our hotel partners every year, we able to pass on very attractive rates to you in all hotel categories.

500 rooms in all categories are located less than 15 minutes’ walk from the Palais des congrès and from the station.

Our accommodation department will be pleased to help you with your plans.

Leisure

Known worldwide for its legendary 24-hour car race, Le Mans has many other tourist assets waiting to be discovered.

Dating back 17 centuries, the Roman fortifications surround the 9 hectares of the Plantagenet City, with its wealth of wood-framed mediaeval houses, Renaissance or 18th-century houses that are frequently used as a natural setting for a host of films (Cyrano de Bergerac, The Man in the Iron Mask, the Maupassant films, etc.). There are also many castles and abbeys around Le Mans.