Useful cell phones are:


Aldo Pratelli (60 08 75 315)
Julio D Rossi (65 25 77 160)

Maria Jose' Adamez (65 79 48 450)

 

 

The workshop will be held in "C-0" and “C-IX-405” in “C-Building” at the Universitad Autonoma de Madrid at Cantoblanco located in the province of Madrid.

 

From the airport to the hotel.

You may arrive at any of the four terminals of the airport (T1, T2 T3 or T4). In any case, we recommend to take the metro to leave the airport (it is cheap, 2€ for the single ticket, and it goes directly to the train station of Nuevos Ministerios)

 

This is the Metro sign and you should follow it metro.

 

  • The metro line connecting the airport with downtown is the Line 8. Nuevos Ministerios-Aeropuerto T4
  • Take the Metro, Line 8 (the pink one), from the airport to Nuevos Ministerios. The trip takes about 15 min.
    This is a     map of the subway network.
  • Now change at Nuevos Ministerios to line 10 and then change again at Tribunal to line 1, stop at SOL (the three Hotels are within 200m from SOL).

 

You may find more useful information here: Aeropuerto de Barajas / Airport  or go to  Metro de Madrid / Underground Click on Viajar en Metro and then Plano, for a map of the network in flash or PDF. Go to Horarios/Línea 8 for a timetable of the frequency of Line 8.

 

 

From the Hotel to the University (Please consider 1:30 hs for this trip !!!)

 

  • Take the Underground (Line 1) at SOL to ATOCHA RENFE (take care, ATOCHA RENFE and not ATOCHA)
  • Now go to the local trains station (in the same building) following the sign

 

cercanias

  • Local trains (coloured in white and red, marked by the symbols of "Cercanias") are modern, comfortable, and run on time. The entrance into each station is also marked by a pole which carries the same symbol.
  • Take the train of line C4 (direction Alcobendas-San Sebastian de los Reyes or Colmenar Viejo) and stop at CANTOBLANCO. The trip takes approximately 25 minutes.

You can download a map of cercanias here.

 

To get a timetable:

  • Click here to open a new window with the train information.
  • On ORIGEN select as your Departure Station ATOCHA.
  • On DESTINO select as your Destination CANTOBLANCO.
  • On CONSULTA POR UN DÍA DETERMINADO select the date of your trip.
  • Click on HORARIOS to get the timetable of the day that you have just selected.

From the train station of Cantoblanco you are close to the school, just walk out of the station and see the map, you have to go to the entrance numbered 5.



Accommodation

Participants with financial support for the hotel have been are accommodated in three hotels in the centre of Madrid, near PUERTA DEL SOL.

 

Hostal Castilla II,

Marques Viudo de Pontejos, 2, 1ero.

Tel : 91 532 57 38

Fax : 91 532 77 66

 

Hostal Castilla I,

c/Atocha, 43, 2do Dcha.

Tel : 91 429 00 95

Fax : 91 429 34 25

 

Hostal Las Fuentes,

c/Las Fuentes 10, 1-D,

Tel : 91 542 18 53

Fax : 91 542 18 54

 

The rooms for the participants have been booked --and are already paid!-- for the days of the school, just check your email to see where you are.

 

 


Banking Information

It should be pointed out that banks in Spain usually open from around 8:30 AM till 1:30 or 2 PM, and only Monday through Friday. There exist two usual types of banks: one is a standard bank and another is a typical credit union. Anyone of them would provide for your need. For a currency exchange, you need to present your passport. Almost all bank and credit union offices have automated teller machines (cash dispensers) that work 24 hrs a day, and you can use both your credit cards and your debit cards there.

 

Credit Cards

Most stores (with the exception of some smaller shops), supermarkets, restaurants, bars, and other businesses in Spain accept credit cards, though it is not so common that people pay very small amounts (e.g., 5-6 Euro) using a credit card. Some taxi cabs may accept debit cards.

 

 

For those who will give a talk


In the room C-0, you will have three whiteboards with coloured pens and the possibility to connect your laptop with the projector (or bring your PDF in a pendrive). You can also project your slides, but please inform us as soon as possible if you want to do so, because we have only one slide-projector. Notice that projecting something you cover one of the whiteboards.

In the room C-405, you will have a large blackboard with white and coloured chalks, and the same possibility of projecting PDF or slides (again, inform us if you need the slide-projector). In case you project something, you cover approximatively two meters of the 4-meters blackboard, and you can use one meter at the left, and one at the right of the projected image.

 

 



Travelling around...

 

The region of Madrid has a temperate Mediterranean climate with cold winters that experience temperatures lower than 0 °C (32 °F). Precipitation levels are low, but precipitation can be observed all throughout the year. Summer and winter are the driest seasons, with most rainfall occurring in the autumn and spring.

 

You are near and with easy communication with the historical cities in the centre of the peninsula, such as Segovia, Avila, Toledo, el Escorial or Salamanca

Madrid

In spite of the fact that Madrid is a large city, finding your way around ends up not being so difficult as long as you keep a series of coordinates in mind:

For the visitor, the main point of reference is the Puerta del Sol (the Gateway of the Sun) (where your hotel is). It marks the center of the city and the starting point to see the majority of its sites. The Puerta del Sol is surrounded by the old city (casco antiguo), in which you will find several must-see spots such as the Plaza Mayor (Main Square), the monastery known as "Monasterio de las Descalzas", the Plaza de la Villa or the Palacio Real (the Royal Palace).

Near the Puerta del Sol you will find the Gran Vía, one of the city's principal roads. The Gran Vía runs from the Plaza de España to Alcalá street, which itself takes you to the Parque del Retiro.

Another fundamental point of reference of the city would be axis of the street Paseo de la Castellana which in turn becomes the Paseo de Recoletos and the Paseo del Prado. The origin of this road could be considered the Plaza de Atocha, where you will find the train station, and the end then would be found in the Plaza de la Castilla, which is clearly recognizable for the Puerta de Europa, which is marked by the visually impressive Kio Towers. On this axis we will find the great museums of the city (Prado, Thyssen-Bornemizsa, Reina Sofía, Natural Sciences, etc., most of them are free on wednesday) as well as some of its most important plazas (Cibeles, Neptuno, Colón, etc.).

We could define the borders of the main part to visit by the area formed by linking the points of Moncloa, Atocha and Retiro. Within this large area, the majority of monuments and points of interest can be located.

  • More tourist info can be found here.