By car or public transport

• From Grenoble
Take motorway A480 and then motorway A51 in the direction of Aix-en-Provence/Nice. At the roundabout, continue along road D1075 in the direction of Sisteron/ Aix-en-Provence/ Nice. Pick up motorway A51 again in the direction of Digne-les-Bains/ Aix-en-Provence/ Marseille/ Nice. Take exit No. 17 indicating CEA Cadarache and at the first roundabout after exiting, you will see the main entrance gates opposite you.

• From Aix-en-Provence
Take motorway A51 in the direction of Gap. Take exit No. 17 indicating Gréoux-les-Bains/ Vinon-sur-Verdon/ CEA Cadarache and at the first roundabout after exiting, you will see the main entrance gates opposite you.

• From Marseille
Take motorway A7 in the direction of Nice/ Aix-en-Provence/ Gardanne. After passing Aix-en-Provence, take road N296 in the direction of Gap/ Digne-les-Bains. This road becomes motorway A51 again. Take exit No. 17 indicating Gréoux-les-Bains/ Vinon-sur-Verdon/CEA Cadarache. At the first roundabout after exiting, you will see the main entrance gates opposite you.

• From the Aix-en-Provence TGV station
Take road D9 in the direction of Aix-en-Provence/les Milles, then take motorway A51 in the direction of Aix-en-Provence/ Sisteron (then refer to the directions from Marseille).

• By public transport

Bus No. 150: Aix-en-Provence – Saint-Paul-lez-Durance; get off at “CEA/ Le Hameau” stop

Bus No. 26: Digne-les-Bains – Aéroport Marseille Provence

Bus No. 27: Marseille – Gréoux – Castellane

Address of the CEA Cadarache centre

CEA Cadarache
13108 Saint-Paul-lez-Durance Cedex

Reception: +33 (0)0 42 25 70 00
from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm

Open Monday to Friday from 7 am to 4:30 pm

Annual closures (other than public holidays): Whit Monday, the week of 15 August, and the period between Christmas and New Year (exact dates on the homepage)

​GPS coordinates:

Latitude : 43.717644
Longitude : 5.749712

Geodesic coordinates:
N 43° 42′ 56.037″
E 5° 45′ 6.842″