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.
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Local Organizing Committee :
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 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:
Carretera de Avila, Km 2,750
45005 Toledo
tel 34 25 222211
fax 34 25 215865
Arrival time 14h 30m
Arrival time 20h 35m
Arrival time 9h 50m
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.
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.
Estacion Sur de Autobuses,
Calle CANARIAS 17, tel 4684200
Estacion de Autobuses de Toledo,
Calle CASTILLA LA MANCHA, tel (925) 215850