XVIII IFT Xmas Workshop

 
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Venue

 

All lectures will be held in the Red seminar Room, which is located on the IFT ground floor.

 
Instituto de Física Teórica
C/ Nicolás Cabrera 13-15
Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid
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Phone +34 912999803

 

Maps

 

Metro (subway)	Hotel Tryp Gran Vía.	Cercanias (train)	UAM campus + google maps

Means of transportation

 

• Metro
  Madrid has an extensive and convenient metro system. Tickets can be bought at stations either from a machine (accepting cash, including notes, bank- and credit cards) and usually also from a ticketoffice. A single trip includes any number of transfers. Buy either a single or a 10 trip card (10 viajes), the latter is also valid for the local EMT buses. Trains typically run from 6am to 1:30am.   + info  
   
  
• Cercanías Renfe:
  Local trains, running regularly withing the province of Madrid. The tickets look very much like the metro tickets, but are NOT the same. Tickets can be bought at stations either from a machine (accepting cash, including notes, bank- and credit cards) or from a ticketoffice. There is a zone system, most of the center is in zone O, the university in B1, the third zone. You can buy single tickets (for 3 zones) or 10 trip cards (Bonotren)   + info  
   
  
• Taxi's:
  Taxi's are numerous and for European standards, reasonably priced. A ride from the airport to the center from 6am to 10pm, costs between €35,- and €40.
   
  
• Buses:
  There are two type of buses, the local ones of the EMT (red or blue) and the Interurbanos (green). For the EMT buses you can buy a single in the bus or use the 10 trip metroticket. The interurbanos use separate tickets, which can be bought on the bus. Most bus drivers don't accept notes bigger than €5,-. + info  
   
  

 

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

 

Getting to the IFT from the airport (about 1 hour)
By taxi -The best choice is to take a taxi from the Airport to the IFT, Universidad Autónoma, which will cost you around €30.   By metro & train: - follow the metro signs - Metro 8 direction Nuevos Ministerios. Change at Nuevos Ministerios. - Take a C4 Cercanías train to Alcobendas-San Sebastián de los Reyes or to Colmenar . - Get out at Cantoblanco Universidad.   By bus, arriving at T1-T2-T2: - Take the metro direction Aeropuerto T4. Get out at Aeropuerto T4 and follow the instructions below.   By bus, arriving at T4: - Take bus 827, running every 20 minutes. - Get out at the Universidad Autónoma.
Getting to the IFT from the center
By train - Take a Cercanías train line C4 (either C4-Alcobendas & San Sebastián de los Reyes or C4-Colmenar ) - Get out at Cantoblanco Universidad. By bus - Go to Plaza de Castilla metro station (Line 1) -Then exit the metro station and take the bus 714 from the Intercambiador Plaza de Castilla (between the leaning towers), which stops at the CBM (the crossing between buildings 36 and 22 in the campus plan below).

 

Hotel Tryp Gran Vía

Address:	c/ Gran Vía 25
	28013 Madrid
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Web:	http://www.melia.com/hotels/spain/madrid/tryp-madrid-gran-via-hotel/

Getting there from the airport (about 45')
By metro: - follow the metro signs - Metro 8 direction Nuevos Ministerios. Get out at Nuevos Ministerios and take the train to Sol train station. - Walk to the hotel (5')
To the IFT (about 45 minutes):
- Take a Cercanías train line C4 at Sol train station (either C4-Alcobendas & San Sebastián de los Reyes or C4-Colmenar ) - Get out at Cantoblanco Universidad. - Walk to the IFT (15-20') See the map and description above.

Contact details

 

For any queries or problems please contact the workshop secretary roxanna.rodriguez@uam.es.