Toulon - Travel
How To Get There
How to get to the city
Air: Toulon-Hyeres Palyvestre
40 minutes drive from the Stade Mayol
Tel: 04 94 00 83 83
www.toulon-hyeres.aeroport.fr
Marseille Provence Airport
70 minutes drive from the Stade Mayol
04 42 14 14 14
www.marseille.aeroport.fr
Airport Nice Cote d'Azur
100 minutes drive from the Stade Mayol
0820 423 333
www.nice.aeroport.fr
Rail: Paris-Toulon: 3 hrs 50 mins by TGV
Lyon-Toulon : 2 hrs 30 min by TGV
Train Timetable info : Tel 08 91 67 68 69
www.voyages-sncf.com
Road Toulon is well served by the motorway network:
Marseille-Toulon: 45 minutes via A50
Nice-Toulon: 1 hour 30 mins via A8
Paris-Toulon : 7 hrs 30 mins
Lyon-Toulon : 3 hrs 20 mins.
Parking Parking spaces are available at Parking Mayol (under the Stadium-1366 places)
or Faculties Mayol-2 ( next to the Stadium-1024 places)
Bus The stadium is served by the bus network Mistral:
Lines 3, 7, 23, 40 and 191 stop at Mayol
How to reach the stadium It is a 15-minute walk from Gare de Toulon (SNCF)
By bus: le reseau Mistral" , Numbers 3, 7,23 40 and 191 to Mayol stop.
Stadium Name Stade Felix Mayol
Stadium Address 53 rue Melpomene
83000
Toulon
Club Rugby Club Toulonnais
Founded 1908
Toulon play their home games at Stade Mayol, although they have begun to take high-profile matches to the 60,000-seat Stade Velodrome in Marseille, playing one match there in 2008/09 and two in both 2009/10 and 2010/11.
The City of Toulon : An Introduction
Situated in the Provence region, under the protection of Mont Feron at the southern end of the French Alps and bordered by the Cote d’Azzure of the Mediterranean sea, Toulon is a city approximately the size of Cork.
There’s more than a great climate to tempt visitors to Toulon. Nestled between a mountain range and a large bay, there is plenty to see and do in this small industrial port city.
There is an old town dating back to the Middle Ages, a harbour area with shops and restaurants and a new town home to the main square (Place de la Liberte). There are several beaches to choose from, daily markets and a cable car that will take you to the top of Mount Faron, overlooking Toulon.
Toulon is steeped in literature and art, probably most famously known as the location of the infamous prison,the”Bagne of Toulon” in Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables.
Getting around Toulon
Tourist Office
12 place Louis Blanc
Accomodation
The Etap chain of budget hotels has a branch right next to the stadium
The Holiday Inn in Toulon is in the city centre.
The Ibis chain have a branch in the centre of Toulon
The budget Grand Hotel Dauphine is right in the middle of things.
You could try www.airbnb.com where locals often advertise rooms for the night.
Updated October 2015
Copyright Miles & Miles Publishing 2015
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