Getting to the show | SIAL Paris

The entire SIAL Paris team looks forward to meeting you on 17–21 October 2026 at the Parc des Expositions de Paris-Nord Villepinte. You will find in this section all the useful information required to reach the world’s largest food innovation village!

Hotel booking centre

Bnetwork, an official partner of SIAL Paris, offers you personalized services for your hotel bookings. Our partner offers you all its expertise to provide you with accommodation solutions adapted to your needs. Find all the accommodation offers proposed by the exhibition's official hotel booking centre.

Get special rates for hotel rooms during the event

Bnetwork has selected hotels ideally located around Paris Nord Villepinte at preferential rates for the Salon International de l’Alimentation to facilitate your booking process. We invite you to choose from the list of hotels and send your accommodation request to [email protected]

Find all the accommodation offers on the booking platform

Book your hotel

Warning!

The “Villepinte” station does not serve the Parc des Expositions. To reach SIAL, you must get off at the “Parc des Expositions” station. More information: https://www.ratp.fr/
All the traffic news, and calculation of your itinerary: https://me-deplacer.iledefrance-mobilites.fr/itineraire

SIAL advice for travelling safely

To facilitate your journey, remember to buy your RER return ticket in the morning to avoid queuing at the ticket desks in the evening when the exhibition closes.
The Parc des Expositions de Villepinte station is located on line B of the RER – you must pay Zone 4 – i.e., outside the centre of Paris, Ile de France – ticket prices.
Metro tickets are not valid for travelling on the RER up to the “Parc des Expositions”
RER tickets are neither exchangeable nor refundable

How to get to SIAL by public transports?

Public transport from Paris

Itinerary: Join line B of the RER – direction “Aéroport Roissy-Charles de Gaulle” and get off at the “Parc des Expositions” station.
Journey time: About 20 minutes from the centre of Paris; a train leaves every 7 minutes all day, 7.00–20.00

Public transport from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle Airport

If you are arriving at the CDG1 terminal: take the airport shuttle to the RER station in CDG2
If you are arriving by plane at the CDG2 terminal: go to the TGV/RER station situated in the building (between terminals CD and EF), then take the RER – direction Paris, and get off at the “Parc des Expositions” station
If you are arriving by TGV (fast train): change for the RER, which leaves from the same station.
The Roissy-Charles de Gaulle TGV station serves 50 towns in France.

Public transport from Orly Airport

Itinerary: Take the Orlyval (automatic, light metro), change at Antony, and take the RER line B – direction Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport. Get off at the “Parc des Expositions” station.
Journey time: About 50 minutes from Orly. Tickets can be purchased in all metro and RER stations.

New in 2024

Ease your transfers thanks to Ile-de-France Mobilité app. Benefit from the €14,35 fare per day (zone 1 to 4) by purchasing the ‘navigo day ticket’ directly from your smartphone once downloaded.

Buy you Navigo day ticket online

How to get to SIAL by shuttles?

To make your journeys between Paris and the SIAL in the exhibition center of Paris Nord Villepinte, we offer you shuttles by bus.

Practical, departures are every 10 minutes from 7:30 am to 11:30 am

from Paris Montparnasse station to Paris Nord exhibition center Villepinte
from Paris Porte Maillot to Paris Nord exhibition center Villepinte
from Cour St Emilion - Gare de Lyon (25 avenue des Terroirs de France, 75012 Paris) to Paris Nord exhibition center Villepinte

Return shuttles leave every 10 minutes from 3 pm to 20:30 pm,

from Paris Nord exhibition center Villepinte to Paris Montparnasse station
from Paris Nord exhibition center Villepinte to Paris Porte Maillot
from Paris Nord exhibition center Villepinte to Cour St Emilion - Gare de Lyon (25 avenue des Terroirs de France, 75012 Paris)

Shuttles will be available on presentation of a countermark and your badge for the exhibition

Shuttles prices :

1 day return journey: €10 VAT incl.
5 days return journey: €45 VAT incl.

Tickets for the shuttles will be sold on-site (subject to availability).

Tickets on-site : 5 days return journey: €50 VAT incl.

From the airport

Free shuttles ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE ➙ SIAL PARIS 2022 (PARIS NORD VILLEPINTE):

Passenger pick-up:
- 1: Location T2B, passage between Relay and Carl's JR.
- 2 : Location T2F, passage between T2F and T2E
Hours: from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm from 19/10 to 23/10
Drop-off: Parking P2 (behind hall 5C)
Frequency: Every day, 1 departure every 30 minutes Free shuttles

PARIS NORD VILLEPINTE ➙ ROISSY CHARLES DE GAULLE :

Passenger pick-up: Parking P2 (behind hall 5C)
Hours: from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm from 19/10 to 23/10
Drop-off:
- 1: Location T2B, passage between Relay and Carl's JR
- 2: Location T2F, passage between T2F and T2E
Frequency: Every day, 1 departure every 30 minutes

Once you arrive at SIAL Paris, you can leave your luggage in the lockers.

How to get to SIAL by car?

From Paris: Take the A1 or A3 motorways, then the A104 slip road – direction Soissons. Follow signs for “Parc des Expositions” (if there is a traffic jam on the A1, take the Le Bourget exit and reach the Parc via the N2, N370, and CD40 roads).
From Paris Bercy, Orly, and the A6 motorway: Use the A4, then the A86 and A3 motorways (if the A6 junction is congested, continue up to the A104), and take the Parc des Expositions exit.
From Roissy and Lille: Take the A1, then the A104 motorways, and take the Parc des Expositions exit.
From Nancy/Metz: Take the A4, then the A104 motorways, and take the Parc des Expositions exit.

Exit from the Parc des Expositions

When leaving the convention centre, a second route is available to reach the A104 – direction Lille/Brussels.

If there is traffic congestion, however, you can use the A3 and join the A1 via Garonor.

Ile de France traffic in real time

Location and itinerary

Parking

Parking rates:

0 hours to 6 hours: €0.80 per 15 minutes
From the 7^th to the 24^th hours: €20.00
Every additional 24 hours interval: €20.00
Lost ticket/flat rate per 24 hours: €20.00
Coaches/daily rate: €40.00 including VAT

Each 15 minutes interval begun is due in full, time intervals add up.

How to get to SIAL by taxi?

A taxi station is located on the esplanade and the main entrance hall of the exhibition.

For disabled visitors, a Taxi horizon service is available.

Taxis booking

Plan all your transfers during the SIAL: airport & station transfers, Villepinte's Parc des Expositions, Paris. Choose your vehicle that suits you: sedan, groupe, VIP, van.

Our drivers welcome you with a sign.

Available in Paris and 50 French cities.

At the Parc des Expositions, meeting point: Hall 5C - Terminal of Taxi G7

Book

How to get to SIAL by train?

Discover how to reach the Parc des Expositions de Paris-Nord Villepinte by train.

Book your tickets

How to get to SIAL by plane?

Two international airports serve SIAL Paris

Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport: The Parc des Expositions is located just 5 minutes from Roissy-Charles de Gaulle airport. Take the RER B – direction Paris Get off at the first stop: "Parc des Expositions"

Orly airport: Take the Orlyval (automatic, light metro), change at Antony and take the RER B – direction Roissy-Charles de Gaulle. Get off at the “Parc des Expositions” station

Enjoy up to -15%, on a wide range of public fares on all AIR FRANCE, KLM, and their code-shared flights worldwide.