Black Holes and Loop Quantum Gravity
Valencia, March 26-28, 2009
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Arriving to the conference room
The Black Holes and Loop Quantum Gravity workshop
will be held in the Imaging Processing Laboratory (IPL), located
at the "Parc
Científic"of the Universidad
de Valencia. This centre is located very close to the Campus
of Sciences (Campus de Burjassot) of the Universidad de Valencia,
in the town of Burjassot, next to the city of Valencia.
By Metro/Tramway
The best option to arrive to the entrance of
the “Parc Científic”is
by Tramway Line 4 (Metro Line 4). This tramline has several destinations
you will easily see at the front of the trams:
1 - “Ll. Llarga/Terramelar”
2 - “Mas del Rosari”
3 - “Vicente Andrés Estelles”
The first and second destinations stop at “TVV”, the
nearest station to IPL (as you get off the tramway, look ahead
for the red building after the round-about with the inscription
“Parc Científic” on top of it). The third one
finishes at the previous station, “Vicente Andrés
Estelles”, 10 minutes walking to the “Parc Científic”.
The destination you will see the way back to the city centre is
“Dr Lluch”. The pass frequency is less than ten minutes.
This is zone A, you can find fares and more information at the
Metro
webpage.
Depending on the part of the city you are, it might not be possible
to find a near tramway stop. You can use however any of the Metro
lines to connect with the tramway line (the same ticket works
for both, metro and tramway). In the case you need to take a Metro
line, the best option for connection with tram is taking Line
1 in direction "Lliria / Bétera". Any of the
trains in this line (with destinations "Lliria", "Paterna",
"Seminari" or "Bétera") will stop at
"Empalme", where you can change to the tram. The main
stop for connection between the rest of Metro lines and Line 1
is "Angel Guimerá".
By Bus
Another convenient way to arrive to the Campus
of Sciences(10 minutes walking to the "Parc Científic")
is the EMT
Bus.
Take line 63 (to “Noves Facultats”), and stop at “Vicente
Andrés Estelles”. Pass frequency is 8-15 minutes
but only during university class time. There are several Bus or
Metro transfer stops along its way.
By car
Go to “Nuevo Centro” by the old river
way (now transformed in parks and entertaiment facilities). Then
take “Pio XII” Avenue towards North (this avenue and
the following highway is commonly known as “Pista de Ademuz”).
Take the exit number 4 (“Paterna, Burjassot”) by its
variant to “Burjassot, Centre TVV, Fira de Mostres y Universitat”.
Enter the big round-about and take the fourth exit towards the
back side of the Television centre. The IPL is part of the “Parc
Científic”, the red buildings you will be seeing
ahead.
By taxi
Ask to be carried to the rear entrance of the
Television centre in Burjassot (“a la entrada trasera de
la Television Valenciana en Burjassot”). Once there ask
to follow ahead towards the red building you will be seeing near
in front of you (approximately 15 euros from downtown or from
airport).
Arriving to Valencia
Valencia is one of the main cities in Spain and
is well connected with the rest of Spain and Europe. There are
flights to Valencia Airport (VLC) from most of the main cities
in Europe. The best option for arriving to Valencia is, therefore,
by plane.
On the other hand, the main international airport in Spain is
Madrid airport. In the case you decide to fly to Madrid, you can
still take a domestic flight from Madrid to Valencia or you can
also arrive to Valencia by Train or by Bus.
By plane
The airport is connected with the centre of the
city through Metro line 5 (“Airport/Torrent Avinguda - Neptú”)
and line 3 (“Airport/Palmaret - Rafelbunyol”) with
a frequency of approximately every 10-20 minutes. If you plan
to go directly from the airport to the workshop venue, we suggest
you to take a taxi, following the instructions given above.
In the case your international flight ends at Madrid, but you
are still interested in taking a domestic flight from Madrid to
Valencia, there are very convenient fares (starting from as low
as 25€ round trip!!!) if you buy the tickets sufficiently
in advance. You can book them at Ryanair,
Spanair or Iberia.
By train
The most convenient option to arrive by land
to Valencia from Madrid is the Train; we strongly recommend this
option. The train from Madrid to Valencia starts at "Atocha"
station in the center of Madrid. We recommend to take an Alaris
train, which only makes one stop in the middle of the way ("Albacete").
It takes 3h 30m and the standard price of a one way ticket is
45€. However, there are special reduced fares subject to
the availability of places (27€ buying tickets at least one
week in advance and 18€ buying tickets online and at least
15 days in advance) . There is also a reduced standard fare for
the round trip, which is 72€. The final stop is "Valencia
Nord". For information and online tickets go to the Renfe
Website.
Once you arrive to the central railway station of Valencia (paradoxically
named "Estacion del Norte", North Station), you will
find a line 63 bus stop at the left of the exit. Ahead you will
find “Xativa” station of the Metro Line 3. To go to
the "Parc Científic" by Metro you should go towards
“Mislata/Almasil” and transfer to the Line 1 at the
next first stop, “Angel Guimerá”. Then continue
to “Empalme” station and transfer to the tramway towards
“TVV” (as explained in Metro/Tramway section above).
By bus
The bus from Madrid to Valencia starts at the
"Estación de Autobuses Sur de Madrid" (Madrid
South Bus Station). It is a direct bus operated by the company
Avanza Bus.
It takes 4h and the price is 24€ for a one way ticket and
43€ for the round trip. It arrives to Valencia Central Bus
Station, located close to "Turia" Metro station (Line
1).
