Access

Located in the heart of the EPFL campus

Whether for a business trip or to visit an EPFL student, the SwissTech Hotel is ideally situated to facilitate your stay. Only 200 meters away from the SwissTech Convention Center and facing the metro stop EPFL, everything is gathered to maximize your time here.

SwissTech Hotel
Route Louis-Favre 10B
1024 Ecublens
Switzerland

By train

EPFL LAUSANNE GARE LAUSANNE FLON 0’ +1’ +12’ M2 M1
LAUSANNE GARE LAUSANNE FLON EPFL M1 M2 +12’ +1’ 0’

Located in the center of Europe, and with one of the best rail networks in the world, the SwissTech Hotel is easily accessible by train.

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Lausanne Station
Lyon – 2:40
Milano – 3:22
Paris – 3:41
Frankfurt – 5:26
Bruxelles – 6:21

By public transport

Convenient, quick and reliable, public transportation is probably the best way to get around in Lausanne and in Switzerland. The metro M1 can bring you to the SwissTech Convention Center from the Renens train station or the city center of Lausanne. It comes every 5 minutes and it will only take you 10 minutes to get here.

By car

The SwissTech Hotel  is only 4 minutes away by car from the motorway exit “Lausanne Sud, UNIL – EPFL”. A public parking with 180 spaces is 2 minutes away by foot from the hotel.

Take highway A1 in direction to Lausanne Sud, exit 2 : St. Sulpice UNIL – EPFL. Continue on the Route du Lac until the entrance of the EPFL campus. Turn right in the Av. Forel and at the end of this avenue turn left at the Av. de la Sorge. Then follow indications to the SwissTech Convention Centre / Les Arcades / SwissTech Hotel.

Car park : Parking EPFL – SwissTech Village

When your car is parked, take the lift to the 2nd floor. Get out of the building, and go left in direction of the Metro Station. At the corner of the building, go on your left. The SwissTech Hotel is the third sign on your left.

The nearest car park

Parking EPFL – SwissTech Village

SwissTech Hotel Parking EPFL – SwissTech Village 0’ +2’ On foot
0’ +2’ On foot SwissTech Hotel Parking EPFL – SwissTech Village

Preferential rates are available upon presentation of your parking ticket at reception.

Please note: to benefit from the preferential rate, the ticket must be validated during reception opening hours. Outside of these hours, you can validate your ticket directly at the parking ticket office at the public rate.

 

Maximum height of the parking is 2.20 meters.

The closest option to park a bus is the long-term parking of Vidy.

Parking details

180 places

30.- CHF per day

Unlimited duration

Rue Louis-Favre, 1024 Ecublens

By plane

Lausanne is close to Geneva airport and Zurich airport, which are connected to 196 destinations worldwide.

Geneva airport is only 45 minutes away from Lausanne by car or public transportation. There are trains departing from Geneva Airport every 15 minutes, and the train station is located in the airport.

Zurich airport is 2.5 hours away by car and by train. There is also a station in the airport, and trains to Lausanne leave every 15 minutes.

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Geneva / Zurich
Paris – 1:00
Brussels – 1:15
Barcelona – 1:25
London – 1:30
Praha – 1:30
Vienna – 1:35
Berlin – 1:40
Madrid – 1:50