I-esa 2012 (6th internAtional conference)

UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE VALENCIA : Centro de Formación Permanente (CFP) Street: Camino de Vera s/n Building 6G 46022 Valencia (Spain)
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VALENCIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT: • Information Service: Phone +34 961 598 500 • www.aena.es • Distance from the airport to the city centre: 8 Km. • Approx. cost Airport-Valencia city centre taxi: 20 Euros. Valencia Airport has direct flights to several Major European cities as well as regional airports. Valencia Airport is located eight kilometers to the west of the capital, in the city limits of Manises and Quart de Poblet. Airport – City Centre Connection: By metro: Line 5 Aeropuerto/Torrent Avinguda- Neptú. Approx. every 10-20 minutes. Line 3 Aeropuerto / Palmaret- Rafelbunyol. Approx. every 10-20 minutes Fare to/from city centre: €1.90. By bus: Line 150 Valencia - Manises – Aeropuerto. Timetable: Airport-Valencia: 6:30, 7:00, then every 20 minutes until 22:00, 22:30, 23:10 and 23:45. Price: €1.20 By taxi: Approx. cost airport-city centre: €20. By car: Take the V-11 road which connects the A-3 (Madrid to Valencia motorway) with the V-30.

There are two main train stations within the city's metropolitan area. LOCAL TRAIN STATION (ESTACIÓN DEL NORTE) Xátiva, 24- 46007 Valencia Telephone: +34 902 32 03 www.renfe.com   Valencia has its own city centre station for the local train network (cercanías), which consists of six lines that connect Valencia to Gandía, Mogente, Utiel, Xirivella, Caudiel and Castellón de la Plana. Connections from the Estación del Norte: • Metro: Xátiva station (lines 3 and 5). More info at www.metrovalencia.es • Bus: Lines 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 19, 35, 40 and 63 (bus stops close to the Plaza del Ayuntamiento). More info at www.emtvalencia.es • Taxi: Taxi rank (Radio Taxi Valencia and Tele Taxi Valencia). Located at the side of the station, exit through the doors next to platform 6. Telephone:+34 963 703 333 and +34 963 571 313.

JOAQUÍN SOROLLA STATION FOR THE VALENCIA HIGH-SPEED TRAIN (AVE) San Vicente Mártir, 171 – 46007 Valencia www.renfe.com    From the high-speed train station, the AVE trains connect the city to Madrid, Cuenca and Albacete, with 17 daily departures and an approximate journey time of 1 hour 30 minutes. In addition, the Alaris and Euromed long-distance trains connect Valencia with Spain's main cities. Connections from Joaquín Sorolla Station (AVE): • Shuttle Bus: Present your train ticket to travel for free to Estación del Norte, located in the city centre. • Metro: Joaquín Sorolla Station (lines 1 and 5). More info at www.metrovalencia.es • Bus: Lines 9, 10, 27 (bus stop in San Vicente Mártir) and lines 89 and 90 (bus stop in Av. Giorgeta). More info at www.emtvalencia.es • Taxi: Taxi rank outside the entrance to the station.

Valencia has a modern road network that makes it easily accessible from any city, both in the Iberian peninsula and further afield. The Mediterráneo AP-7 motorway, which runs the whole length of the Spanish Mediterranean coastline from north to south, connects with the European motorway network, the A-23 Sagunto-Somport motorway and the A-3 Madrid-Valencia motorway. Most of the passenger services operating in Valencia, both national and international, begin and end at Valencia Bus Station. Valencia Bus Station Menéndez Pidal, 11. 46009 Valencia. Tel. 963 466 266 and 963 466 266. Open: daily, 24 hours. Metro: L1 - Turia. Bus: 8, 29, 60, 61,62, 63, 73, 79 More information about how to get to Valencia: http://www.turisvalencia.es/en/come-to-valencia/getting-there/

NH LAS ARTES ****
NH LAS ARTES II

http://www.nh-hotels.com/
Address: Avenida Instituto Obrero, 28
Phone:+34963351310
Fax: +34963748622
E-mail: nhlasartes@nh-hotels.com
Reservation:  Form

Situated next to the City of the Arts and Sciences, and the City of the Justice, and very near to the Palau de la Música; its functional and modern decoration find itself in a different hotel. Easy access to the motorway of 'El Saler' and roads of Madrid, Barcelona and Alicante; as well as the airport, and conference centre.

Rooms with: Internet Connection, Telephone, Minibar, Heating, Complete Bathroom with Hairdryer, Air Conditioning, Safe and Internet WIFI access (extra cost).

 

HOTEL BARCELÓ ****

http://www.barcelo.com/BarceloHotels/en-GB/Hotels/Spain/Valencia/Valencia/Home
Address: Av. de Francia, 11 (esq. Padre Toms Monta)
Phone: +34963306344
Fax: +34963306831
E-mail: valencia@barcelo.com
Reservation: Form

The hotel is located on Avenida de Francia, very close to La Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias, the port and the Palau de la Música. It is only 5 minutes away from the Malvarrosa beach and the historic quarter, 10 minutes away from the Albufera Natural Park, and 20 minutes from Valencia's Trade Fair facilities, the Convention Centre and the airport. It is perfectly located so that it may be easily accessed from the roads leading into the city and also for visiting all tourist attractions and professional venues. Ideal for business trips and pleasure breaks.

Rooms with: Internet Connection, Telephone, Minibar, Heating, TV-SAT, Complete Bathroom with Hairdryer, Air Confitioning, Safe and Free Internet WIFI access.

 

BEATRIZ REY DON JAIME ****

http://www.beatrizhoteles.com/valencia/hotel.htm
Address: Avda. Baleares, nº 2
Phone: +34963375030
Fax: +34963371572
E-mail: beatrizreydonjaime@beatrizhoteles.com
Reservation: http://www.beatrizhoteles.com/valencia/reservas.php

Hotel Beatriz Rey Don Jaime is in the city center, next to the City of Arts and Sciences, the Palau de les Arts and the Oceanographic Museum, in front of the Turia gardens and the Palau de la Musica. In a 5 minutes walk you can reach the historic center, is also perfectly connected to the main beaches of Valencia, Malvarrosa and Las Arenas.

Rooms with: Telephone, Fax-Modem, Minibar, TV-SAT, Complete Bathroom with Hairdryer and Air Conditioning.

 

AC VALENCIA****

http://en.ac-hotels.com/120-AC_VALENCIA.html
Address: Avda. de Francia, 67
Phone: +34963 317 000
Fax: +34963 317 001   
E-mail: acvalencia@ac-hotels.com  
Reservation: https://booking.ihotelier.com/istay/istay.jsp?hotelid=5161&languageid=1&locale=EN

An urban hotel with 174 bedrooms equipped with all the facilities and conveniences that AC Hotels are renowned for. This hotel has an excellent location next to the Ciudad de las Artes y las Ciencias complex, the Oceanográfico aquarium and near the Formula 1 urban circuit. AC Valencia Hotel is also located near the Palau de la Música theatre, Malvarrosa beach and one of the main upcoming office and business areas in the city. The hotel offers guests a wide variety of services such as a fitness centre, terrace, Turkish bath and numerous spacious rooms designed and equipped to hold all kinds of seminars, conferences and other social events requiring the services of one of the best hotels in the city.

Rooms with: a plasma television (more than 20 channels), Wi-Fi high-speed Internet connection, individual air conditioning, 24-hour room service, free minibar, full bathroom suite, telephone and hair dryer.

 

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Getting Around

Bus
Underground (Tube map)
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Vehicle hire and rental

Rent-A-Car

Motorbikes for hire

Bicycles for hire

For more information, please visit this web site:
http://www.turisvalencia.es/home.aspx

 

FALLAS FESTIVITY

Between the 15th and 19th of March, Valencia is celebrating its Fallas festivity. The basis of the festivity is the "Fallas" monuments. In a display of art, though also of irony and humour, they are exhibited in the streets.
On the last day (the previous day to the pre-conference à 19th March, 2012), at midnight, they are set on fire and burn in immense, spectacularly beautiful pyres. The splendid monuments, which a few hours before stood proudly in the streets and squares, are reduced to ashes amidst the clamour of hundreds of people who attend the ritual every year.

Symbolically, the “Falleros” throw everything that is considered to be superfluous, harmful or simply unusable onto the bonfire and, by doing so, aim to make a new start and regenerate the spirit. This objective has always been the basis of this kind of pagan rite, since ancient times.

 

The real purpose of the "Cremà", though, is simply to make a spectacular display, to keep the tradition and to be able to start out on a new Fallas Year, which always aspires to be better than the last.
If you are going to be in Valencia the day before the pre-conference (19th March, 2012), please visit this web site:
http://www.fallasfromvalencia.com/en/htm/lasfallas.htm