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an international conference at the
organized by the
Institut d'Estudis Espacials de Catalunya
Barcelona, Spain
June 11-15, 2007
General information and accomodation
The
Conference will take place in the main conference room of the CosmoCaixa
building. Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain) is a wonderful city
on the Mediterranean coast. The weather
in June should be nice, maybe a bit hot and with some occasional rain.
In any case, please be aware that for the time of this meeting Barcelona sometimes is
very hot and humid (about 30º C). The full city is quite crowded (because of the
tourists, cultural events taking place on the street, etc.). Consequently, we suggest
you book in advance your hotel. You can do this online by using this
link that gives you
the location of the selected hotel in Barcelona (look for the map that appears in "advanced search").
We recommend you to use public transportation, especially the many lines of the
underground (or Metro) that
will allow you to move easily through the city.
Some hotels nearby CosmoCaixa:
Please be aware that through ACTIVA CONGRESOS (Yolanda López (ACTIVA): 34+933238573)
you can get very special hotel prices as participant of Meteoroids 2007. For more information visit the
online application for booking your hotel
Hotel
Catalonia Suite Category: **** Hotel
Catalonia Mikado Category: *** Hotel
Catalonia Castellnou Category: *** More information about Hoteles Catalonia: http://www.hoteles-catalonia.es/ * Times have been calculated through the web page of Barcelona
public transportation. For more security, 5-10 minutes should be
added.
OTHER INEXPENSIVE OPTIONS: In the city center we recommend several researcher residences: http://www.resa.es/
More information about transportation: http://www.tmb.net/
MAIN DIRECTIONS TO REACH COSMOCAIXA AND THE MEETING'S HOTELS: Some additional
useful hints 1) Getting from the Airport to St Jordi’s: (a) Take Train at
Airport to Sants Estació.
(b) There, take Bus number 32 (see map). 2) From St Jordi’s to CosmoCaixa
(Conference site): take Metro (Tibidabo Line) at Pça Molina (see map) and follow directions, or either walk
directly (I’ve done it in less than Where to eat near CosmoCaixa and in the city center A list of restaurants, cafeterias,
bars, and hotels closest to CosmoCaixa
is available here. Find in this map the location of a few of them. CosmoCaixa Museum
is here marked as "Museu de la Ciencia" Here you’ll find a non-exhaustive
list of restaurants in the city center where you can
have a nice meal for less than 15 euros. You may ask for the set menu called "menu del dia" which consists of a first course, a second
course, bread, wine, and dessert or coffee (sometimes the “menu” is
only served at midday). Barcelona is not a dangerous city,
but there are quite a lot of pickpocketers and
muggers active, especially downtown (Les Rambles, Barri
Gòtic, etc.), at tourist attractions and places like
train or metro stations, or at the airport. Please just pay a bit of extra
attention to where and how you're carrying your wallet, bag or backpack, and
this will spare you the ordeal of having your documents or money stolen, or
your camera or notebook. A significant percentage of scholars visiting
universities in Barcelona have suffered from this plague. None of them got
actually injured, however. Please keep an eye on those items while you're
walking in the street or sitting in public places. Don't do things like leaving
sensitive items on the floor or on a chair while drinking something at a bar or
on a terrace. You don't need to get obsessed with that, just a bit careful! In case of emergency, you can call
the central alarm number 112, which is free from any phone. Other
numbers are: Health Emergency: 061,
Police: 091, City Police: 092, Fire Brigade: 080. Also planning your vacation? Website: http://www.spmn.uji.es/meteoroids-2007/index.html Conference e-mail address: meteoroids2007@ieec.uab.es Back to Main Page
Address: C/ Muntaner, 505 (Barcelona)
Distance to Cosmocaixa: 18 minutes*
Address: Pº Bonanova, 58
(Barcelona)
Distance to Cosmocaixa: 21 minutes*
Address: C/ Castellnou, 61
(Barcelona)
Distance to Cosmocaixa: 27 minutes*
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