Venue and Accommodation


Granada

Granada has been the crucible of cultures and civilizations, where, during the centuries, christians, muslims and jews lived altogether. Nowadays, Granada is a modern city that has an uncommon scientific and cultural background, along with the University and the institutes of CSIC (High Council of Scientific Investigations) and an architectural, natural and historic patrimony like no other. Likewise, it owns a grown and active corporte environment made up of companies based on knowledge, standing out those related to the health campus and new technologies. To all these values, we should add an extensive cultural activity and the well-known hospitality of the people from Andalucia which brings a warm welcome to their guests.

Granada welcomes every year more than 2,5 millions of tourists both nationally and internationally driven here for the excellent turistic offers, the location and the weather, with the Alhambra as the most emblematic monument, being the most visited monument in all Spain.

How to reach Granada by flight

Granada Airport

The F.G.L. Granada-Jaén Airport is located 15-20 minutes by car or taxi away from the city centre. It has direct connections with Madrid, Barcelona, Mallorca, London and Milan.

Granada-Airport bus line

The Granada-Airport bus line connects with the city centre, located at 17 kilometers, with stops in strategic places like Avenida de Andalucía, the bus station, Gran Vía de Colón and Paseo del Violón, next to the Palacio de Congresos. The full journey lasts approximately 45 minutes.

Standard fare irrespective of length of journey: 2.90 euros. Opening hours can be found in http://siu.ctagr.es/es/horarios_lineas_tabla.php?lang=es&from=1&linea=918

Malaga Airport

Malaga aiport has way more connections than Granada airport. There are bus connections Malaga-Granada every hour or hour and a half.


Conference Venue

The IEMath-GR’s address is at Ventanilla nº 11 de Granada, are its facilities follow the agreement CSIC-UGR of 25-04-2011.

There are two ways of arriving to IEMath-GR from the Faculty of Sciences:

  • By Rector López-Argüeta street. Follow the red path in the picture below.
  • By Ventanilla street. Once arrived to the white spot, follow the orange path. This access is closed for works.

The distance between the Faculty of Sciences and IEMath-GR is about 700m (10 min walking).

Mapa de cómo llegar al conference venue


Accommodation: Hotel Don Juan

Hotel Don Juan is located as Calle Martinez de la Rosa 9 and was renovated in 2010 and it offers 80  fully equipped rooms, restaurante,wi-fi throughout the hotel and a nice family atmosphere. The Don Juan Hotel has a superb location in the heart of Granada, you won’t need more than five minutes on foot to get to the old town and enjoy one of the most beautiful cities in Spain while strolling through its streets. The Alhambra, the Albaicin or the Generalife garden are just the beginning of your tourist trail. See more details in http://www.hoteldonjuan.com/EN/hotel.html


Tourism info

Granada is famous because of its large amount of tourist possibilities, amongst you can find such magical places such as: La Alhambra (an ancient andalusian city-castle, which was built on the XI century), the main cathedral (catholic temple, great work of the Spanish Renaissance), the city's old historic center and the wonderful borough of Albayzin.