International Conference on High Pressure Semiconductor Physics (Jul. 31-Aug. 3 2006)
Accommodation
Accommodation is better available either in hotels downtown Barcelona or at the student dorms on the
campus of the University of Barcelona. In particular, we have worked out a good deal with the Abba
Garden Hotel, a four star hotel which offers for attendees of the HPSP-12 double rooms at 85
EUR + 7% TAX per night (without breakfast). This hotel is well connected with the CosmoCaixa Museum
by bus, lines 60 and 22. For reservations please contact directly per email Mrs. Alba Pérez at
cci-garden@abbahoteles.com or Fax +34-93-503 5455.
Another hotel which is closer to the Museum is the Park Putxet Hotel Barcelona.
Reservations at special rates can be done only via internet through the link to
Park Putxet Hotel Barcelona.
Although the Museum is within walking distance from the Putxet hotel, one can take the FGC train at
the El Putxet station, one before Avinguda Tibidabo, the closest one to CosmoCaixa. Further
alternatives at special prizes as well as low-cost accommodation in student dorms can be found through
the following link: www.resa.es (since this link might cause troubles to connect there is an
alternative but in Spanish at
Residencia Resa).
Here you will find two residencies in
downtown Barcelona, one very close to the Ramblas (Residencia d'investigadors also at
investigadors@resa.es), and one near Barceloneta
(Campus del Mar) and the third one at the campus of
Barcelona University (Torre Girona) close to the Abba Garden hotel. The cheapest accommodation is a
hostel room
(this might be not very secure since you would have to share the room
with strangers unless traveling in a group).
Transportation
Public transportation within Barcelona is very good existing a variety of different means: subway
trains (Metro), local federal trains (Cercanías de Renfe), state trains of the Generalitat de
Catalunya (FGC), transit buses and taxi service. The CosmoCaixa Museum can be reached by bus lines
17, 22, 58, 60, 73, 75 and FGC train (station Avinguda del Tibidabo).
To travel from Vienna to Barcelona (for the ones attending the ICPS meeting the week before) there
are some good offers from
Austrian Airlines,
Iberia,
Czech Airlines
and
Air Berlin.
A cheaper alternative flying from Bratislava to Barcelona is Sky Europe. There is a bus connecting
both airports, which takes one hour for the trip (
www.skyeurope.com).