| Venue | ||
The conference will be held in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia. Barcelona is located in the Mediterranean Sea, in the north of the Spanish coast. |
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| How to reach Barcelona | ||
| By plane: | ||
| Barcelona airport is served by all major airlines including some low-cost. It is also possible to reach Barcelona through the Girona/Costa Brava and Reus airports. These airports are widely used by low-cost airlines and, as they are close to Barcelona, they offer a bus service to the capital. | ||
| By car: | ||
| Barcelona is located 166 kilometres from the French border and 120 kilometres south of the Pyrenees, so it is possible to reach the city by car. From France, you may reach Barcelona driving along the A9/E15 highway to the Spanish Border. From the French border you may estimate a two-hour ride in the AP7/E15. | ||
| By train: | ||
| There are some international connections to France, Italy and Switzerland. Mostly served by night trains to Paris, Torino/ Milano and Geneve/Bern/Zurich. There are daily trains to Montpellier as well. | ||
| By ferry: | ||
| Most of the ferries departing from/to Barcelona serve the Balearic Islands. However, there are daily services from/to Genova and Civitavecchia (Rome), and every two days from/to Livorno in Italy. There is one weekly ferry from/to Tanger in Morocco. | ||
| How to reach the conference place | ||
| The Barceló Sants Hotel is located directly above Sants Central train station in Barcelona, with a direct line to the airport. Those travelling from abroad can benefit from the fact that El Prat's International Airport is only 20 minutes away on the train and the city center (station "Plaza Cataluña") is only 5 minutes away on the train/bus/metro. The hotel is also very well connected, being close to the local links to the public transport network. The nearest underground station is "Sants-Estacio" (Green Line 3 and Blue Line 5). The hotel building is right over the station building. If you take a train or the underground, you will end up inside the station. Once there, you have to follow the taxi stand sign (that lead you to "Plaça Joan Peiró" exit); also there are a couple of Hotel Barceló boards and signs inside the station. Next go out of the station building and look for the Hotel Barceló entrance that is outside the station building that you're leaving behind. You're done! Beware that this hotel entrance is not the main entrance and it is closed from midnight to 5am; the main entrance is at the first level and you need to walk a bit more. The first time it's a bit tricky, and unfortunately the picture at Google Maps is not updated. |
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| By train: (Recommended option) | ||
| The RENFE train service runs every 30 mins from 6am to midnight to and from Barcelona airport. The train service (line C10) from the Airport to Sants Estació (located just below the Barceló Sants Hotel) that takes 20 minutes. For more information, please visit Renfe | .||
| By taxi: | ||
| Taxi transportation from airport to hotel and hotel to airport. Taxi is approximately 25-30 Euros. The journey takes around 25 - 30 mins (depending on traffic). | ||
| By the Airport Shuttle Bus service (Aerobus): | ||
| This bus runs from directly outside all three Barcelona Airport terminals and provides a quick and efficient way to travel between the airport and Barcelona city centre and viceversa. 3.90 euros for a single ticket and takes about 25 -30 minutes (depending on traffic). Note that this bus does NOT stop near the Sants station when it comes from the airport. | ||
| By metro: | ||
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Green line (L3) Sants Estació Blue line (L5) Sants Estació There is no direct conection from the airport with the metro, but it is the easy way to go to the center of the city. For more information about the metro in Barcelona, please visit www.tmb.net |
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| Planning your journey | ||
Nowadays, Barcelona is one of the most visited European cities. The reason: its monuments, museums and architecture, for which it has been declared part of the world heritage by UNESCO. For more information about Barcelona and the city offers, you may visit: |
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