Transport
› GETTING AROUND AURILLAC DURING THE FESTIVAL
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PARKING
/// FREE CAR PARKS
› Events area (280 spaces)
Parking available from 8am on 17 August to 12pm on 24 August.
Free return shuttle service to “rue du Viaduc” from Wednesday 19 to Saturday 22 August from 10am to 2am (every 30 minutes).
› Place du 8 mai & Parking du Prisme (263 spaces)
Free return shuttle service between the Bus Station and the Accueil Festival stop (Parvis de Conseil départemental) from 19 August, from 7.30am to 1am (frequency 20 minutes).
/// PAY CAR PARKS
› PEI (Pôle d’Échange Intermodal)
Fixed rate of €5 per day
> Station car park (158 spaces) and shuttle park-and-ride (201 spaces)
Free return shuttle service between the bus station and the Accueil Festival stop (Parvis de Conseil départemental) from 19 August, from 7.30am to 1am (frequency 20 minutes).
BUS ROUTES
/// « PASS FESTIVAL » – 6 days’ bus travel, €6!
Unlimited travel for 6 days on all the Trans’cab network’s urban and suburban bus routes serving the CABA’s 25 communes (according to the network’s timetables and conditions).
« Festival Pass » on sale from 17 August:
› on the buses
› at the Pays d’Aurillac Tourist Office (7 rue des Carmes) (7 rue des Carmes)
› at the Stabus head office (8 rue Denis Papin)
Free for children under 5.
/// BUS ROUTES
Please note: during the Festival, the routes and stops of certain lines will be adapted to take account of the city’s pedestrian traffic plan. During the Festival, timetables may be disrupted or unpredictable.
For more information, contact Stabus on +33 (0)4 71 48 53 00 – www.stabus.fr
All city buses are accessible between 2 and 12 Av. des Pupilles de la Nation. They run from 7am to 7.30pm.
From 7:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m., transport services continue to help you travel between the various venues hosting the Visiting Companies’ Collectives.
> From Boulevard du Pont Rouge, take Line G to the Lycée Jean Monnet, Peyrolles, and Saint-Simon (campsite) stops.
> From Avenue des Pupilles de la Nation, take the dedicated night shuttle, which operates a circular route connecting the different venues, to reach the other Visiting Companies’ Collective sites.
All suburban coaches (Stabus, Lines AL, BC, DE, etc.) and regional coaches (Oura network) are accessible from the PEI stop (bus station). For more information, visit oura.com.
A complete list of performance venues served by public transport is available at the Festival information points, on information maps displayed throughout the city, in the Visiting Companies Programme, and in the Festival app.
You can also find a dedicated map of public transport and sustainable mobility options in the detailed Festival map, available for purchase at Festival information points. The same map is also available free of charge on the Festival website and displayed at Festival information points.
› COMING TO AURILLAC
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BY CAR
Getting to Aurillac by car:
Access from the A75 motorway: Saint-Flour or Massiac exits
Access from the main roads 122 and 120
› 5h30 from Paris (570 km) via A71 and A75
› 2 hours from Clermont-Ferrand (160 km) on the A75
CARPOOLING
Post your trips on Festicar, the French carpooling and shared travel platform dedicated to cultural events!
Festicar makes it easy to find fellow travellers to share your journeys to our events. In addition to reducing your travel costs, you will help lower the environmental impact by reducing the number of cars on the road and promoting greater access to culture for everyone.
Before and during the Festival: Offer or find a ride to the Festival via our dedicated platform: festivalaurillac.festicar.io
During the Festival: Two carpooling hubs will be available to facilitate ride-sharing:
› At the Festival’s General Reception (in front of the Cantal Departmental Council)
› At the Ponétie Welcome Area (near the restrooms)
Feel free to post your ride offers or requests there.
BY TRAIN
Daily connections with Paris, Clermont-Ferrand and Brive.
Aurillac station: Tèl. 36 35
Consult timetables and fares for trains to and from Aurillac
• www.ter.sncf.com/auvergne-rhone-alpes (for regional TER trains)
• www.sncf-connect.com (for intercity trains)
Consult the timetables for the different routes:
Aurillac > Brive-la-Gaillarde > Paris
Clermont-Ferrand > Aurillac > Toulouse
Discover the illico PROMO fare for the duration of the festival: “During the school holidays, travel with TER in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes is 40% off for 2 people or more and free for under-12s, with the illico PROMO fare. On sale on the SNCF TER Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes website”.
Information and purchase: Click here