At the end of February, the Salon international de l’agriculture fills seven halls of the Porte de Versailles exhibition centre for nine days. Six hundred thousand visitors pass through, and the 15th arrondissement runs at half speed from morning to night.
An exhibition centre against the ring road
The Porte de Versailles site is vast and its entrances are far apart: Hall 1, with the animals, is not at the same end as the regional halls.
The site car parks fill by mid-morning at weekends, and the surrounding streets are restricted. The tram and line 12 are saturated at opening time.
The right hall, the right entrance
Depending on what you have come to see — the livestock competition, the regions, the producers — the relevant entrance changes completely, and the walk between halls runs to hundreds of metres.
The chauffeur drops you at the entrance matching your ticket and picks you up at the same point, which spares crossing the whole site on foot carrying purchases.
What we organise in February
Many of our late-February journeys are family day trips, and business travel: exhibitors, delegations, regional invitations.
The van takes the purchases — few people leave the Salon empty-handed — and the chauffeur stays directly reachable.
Exhibitors and long days
For exhibitors the day starts before opening and ends after closing, nine days running, often with equipment to carry.
The car can stay at your disposal for the day, with runs between hotel, stand and outside appointments.
To organise your journeys during the show, give us the dates, the address and the number of passengers: you receive a firm price before confirming. See also our private driver in Paris 15e page.
Photo: Ji-Elle / Wikimedia Commons — Public domain
