Conference Venue

Venue

A welcome cocktail will take place on Monday 11 May (19:00 - 20:30) at the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía. The registration desk will be open during this time.

The scientific sessions will take place at the Hotel Abades Nevada Palace, a 4* hotel located in the southern part of the city within 15 min walking distance from IAA headquarters and 25-30 minutes walking distance to the old Granada town. The Conference Center will have full facilities for conference users, including a large conference hall, an area for poster presentations, slide, transparency, and computer display facilities, as well as wireless internet. Special needs can be catered for if we are advised well in advance: isolated-info(at) iaa.es.

Hotel Abades Nevada Palace offers us a special price for use of their SPA facilies. Participants should show their conference badge in order to obtain the following special rates.

Hidrothermal Circuit Relax: 15.00 €
Hidrothermal Circuit + Express Massage (15 min.): 30.00 €

Granada is located next to the Sierra Nevada mountains in Andalusia in the southeast of Spain. It is about 70 km from the coast. Granada gives the unique opportunity to visit both the highest mountain in continental Spain (above 3400 m) and the sunny beaches of the Costa del Sol. You can find more information in http://granadainfo.com/english.htm

How to reach Granada

By plane: The International Airport of Granada, at only 15 minutes drive from Granada downtown is connected with several European cities by daily flights. The International Airport of the Costa del Sol (Málaga), at 130 km from Granada (90 minutes by bus approximately), serves most European and American destinations. For those arriving at Granada airport, the fastest way into the city is to take a taxi. The cost is about 25 euros from the airport to downtown Granada. For those on a budget and with patience there is a regular bus service (To the right end of the terminal as you exit), which takes you to the city center for 3 euros. From the stop at Palacio de Congresos to Hotel Abades a taxi will cost about 6 euros. The journey should take less than 1 hour.

By train: The train station is fairly central. The Spanish National Railway Company (RENFE) has a good website giving full information in English about tains in Spain.

By Bus: There are many buses everyday to the other large Spanish cities. The bus station is slightly out of town but there are taxis and frequent city buses to get to the center.

By car: Granada is well communicated by freeway road with all main Spanish cities. It takes about 5 hours from Madrid and 90 minutes from Málaga.