L3 GENERAL MEETING IN TOLEDO
GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE L3 MEETING
19-23 may 97
Last update: 14 May 1997
DATES:
The meeting will
start on tuesday
morning 8.30 a.m. It is foreseen to
finish on friday
evening,
although it would be possible to have a session
on saturday morning. People are
expected to
arrive on monday
, and to
leave on saturday.
Group flights Geneva - Madrid - Geneva have been
organized under these assumptions.
Information in this page:
Local Organizing Committee :
Let any of these people know about your ideas, requirements,
problems, or complaints about the organization of the meeting.
CIEMAT address:
Avenida Complutense 22,
28040 MADRID
fax: 34 1 3466068
Local Secretary :
She will assist and deal with most of the day to day questions
which will surely arise in the preparation of the meeting.
Toledo :
It is located 70 Km south from Madrid. Encircled by the "Tajo"
river, it is a beautiful town, nowadays capital of Castilla-La
Mancha. Toledo's history is very rich, mainly in the medieval
ages when it became one of the most important towns in Europe.
Some Toledo related links:
The HOTEL :
The meeting site will be
HOTEL BEATRIZ.
It is located about
2 km away from the center of Toledo old town. A big room able
to be used as a lecture hall (for more than 100 persons) will
be available. Another room can be used for meetings with a
smaller number of people, and also as a terminal room (mainly
for e-mail purposes). Accomodation for everybody will be
arranged in this hotel. Breakfast, lunch and dinner will also
be provided in a separate restaurant room inside the hotel.
By default it is assumed then that everybody will have dinner
(and lunch) at the hotel. Exceptions are possible provided
it is notified beforehand (for example if somebody wants to
go outside one night, and not get charged for dinner that
night, he should inform of it previously).
Participants having specific dietary requirements should
advise the meeting secretariat with some advance.
The address:
HOTEL BEATRIZ
Carretera de Avila, Km 2,750
45005 Toledo
tel 34 25 222211
fax 34 25 215865
Some other facilities on site :
- Tennis courts and indoor football
- Swimming pool and gardens
- Gymnasium with sauna
- Cafeteria and snack-bar
- Boutiques, foreign exchange, cash dispenser, car rental.
Hotel Rates for L3 attendees:
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Room for a single person:
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Including breakfast, lunch and dinner:
15900 pts/day
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Including breakfast and lunch :
12900 pts/day
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Double room (two persons). Prize for each person:
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Including breakfast, lunch and dinner:
12900 pts/day
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Including breakfast and lunch :
9900 pts/day
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V. A. T. is 7% (not included in previous values)
Currency:
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Pesetas (pts) is the currency in Spain:
1 SFR is about 100 Pts.
Flights :
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GENEVA - MADRID
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MADRID - GENEVA
Transportation :
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From Madrid Airport (Barajas) to Toledo
For the group flights special buses have been foreseen to take
people directly from the airport to Toledo.
Otherwise there is no direct transport from Barajas to Toledo.
Below you can find information on how to go from Barajas to
Madrid and from Madrid to Toledo. In principle, people not
arriving in group flights are expected to find their own way to
Toledo. However, anybody interested in having some transport
organized for a small group of people should contact the Local
Organizing Committee. As a function of arrival times and the
number of people involved, possible solutions migth be found.
If you are planning to come by car we would recommend you to
take the road N-401. When approaching Km 65 (very near Toledo),
you should watch the panels and follow the indication : N-403
with destination Avila. Once you take this deviation, if you
leave the road 2 Km later you end at the hotel (it is just visible
from the road). In case you miss the deviation to N-403 you
should continue then towards Toledo "centro urbano". Just upon
arrival to the first traffic lights in Toledo, you should be
prepared to turn to the right (watch out indications to Avila
N-403). Again, from this place to the Hotel Beatriz there are
about 2 Km.
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From Barajas to Madrid
Barajas is about 15 Km away from Madrid downtown.
There are buses (cost 450 pts) from the airport to Plaza de
Colon, in Madrid, where you can take the subway
( METRO ), or
local buses, or a taxi. Maps of Madrid with some additional
information about how to move around, and where you should go
(bus or train station) in order to continue your trip to Toledo
can be provided in due time for those people requesting them.
A taxi from Barajas to Madrid would cost about 2000 to 3000 pts
depending on final destination and traffic conditions.
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From Madrid to Toledo (and from Toledo to Madrid)
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From the HOTEL to Toledo downtown (and viceversa)
Meeting Agenda :
Social Program:
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On monday, people should check in upon arrival at the Hotel.
There will be, at the main entrance Hall of the Hotel, a
Welcome desk for L3 people attending the meeting. Available
information about the agenda and the program can be collected
there. Dinner will be served from 20h on.
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On tuesday, a first visit to Toledo is foreseen. Buses will be
ready (at 18h 30m) at the Hotel entrance to take everybody to
Toledo downtown. A guided visit to the Cathedral is foreseen first.
At 20h, there will be a reception by the Major of Toledo in the
"Ayuntamiento de Toledo" (just in front of the Cathedral). After
the reception, we have organized a guided visit to Toledo. Buses
will take people back at the Hotel after it.
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On wednesday after lunch the plan is to have an afternoon
free. People may take advantage of it and make their own plans to
visit whatever they like to see in Toledo (there are many possible
places worth to be visited). Some of you might enjoy just to walk
around the streets of Toledo. Shopping might also be considered
by some people as an interesting option.
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On thursday a concert has been organized in an old "mudejar"
church which is today a Visigothic Musum (Museo de los Concilios).
The place is ideal to host such an event. Buses will be ready
(at 19h 30m) to take everybody from the Hotel to this place and
to return back to the Hotel afterwards.
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On friday the meeting closing dinner is foreseen at the end
of the evening session.