Workshop venue
Location:
The workshop takes place at IFCA
(Instituto de Fisica de Cantabria).
Due to continuous constructions (Spain...) some details may look
different than on the two year old satellite image.
Especially the red square with the parking lot its right has
changed visibly. The parking lot is now called "Plaza de la Ciencia".
The big road south of the buildings is the "Av. de los Castros".
Walking from the hotel Chiqui to IFCA takes about
20 minutes.
Easy to spot on this map and a good orientation point is the football stadium.
There are two ways to reach IFCA:
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The easiest way to reach IFCA from the hotel passes by the south side of
the stadium and later continues on the "Av. de los Castros".
At some point you can spot the
"Plaza de la Ciencia"
on your right. You have to
cross
this square to the
left corner in the back
and follow the street to the left (against the allowed direction for cars).
Very soon you will find our
building.
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The other way, somewhat nicer, follows the park that you reach when you
continue straigt after passing the south side of the football stadium
(crossing a roundabout straight).
At some point you will see
street branching of to the left
going up. Follow this street until on the left side there is
break in the line of trees.
Cross this "hole", cross the
parking lot straight until you
see the
stairs leading upwards.
Go up the stairs, turn left and you will see our
building.
Breakfast:
The breakfast is included in the hotel price.
Lunch:
The canteen of the university is about 5 minutes by foot from IFCA.
A lunch (three choices for starter, three choices for second course),
desert, water and bread are served for 6 Euros.
The quality is acceptable for a week ;-)
Dinner:
The workshop dinner on Thursday will take place in the
Meson Riojano.
The best area to go out in the center is roughly between the
harbor and the marked restaurant.
Transportation:
To go from the airport to the hotel it is recommended to take
a taxi, price about 20 Euro.
(The name of the hotel is "Chiqui", pronounced "Chiki", stressed on the
first syllable, with "Ch" like in "chocolate".)
There are two bus lines connecting the hotel (more or less directly)
with the center: number 1 and 2.
The bus stop is reached as follows:
leave the hotel to the right.
At the roundabout take the first road right. The bus stop comes after
20 meters on your right side.
One ride costs one 1.10 Euro.
A taxi to/from the centers costs about 5-6 Euro.
Walking to the center takes about one hour along the coast, and about
30 minutes using "the tunnel".