The workshop will be held in Catania, a wonderful city on the east cost of Sicily, at the foot of Mount Etna
The workshop will be held in Catania, a wonderful city on the east cost of Sicily, at the foot of Mount Etna
Conference location
The conference room will be the Multimedia room at the ground floor of the Department of Physics and Astronomy Department "E. Majorana", of the University of Catania.
Address: Via Santa Sofia, 64
How to reach the venue from the city center
The conference room is the Multimedia room, at the ground floor of the building.
The campus of the Cittadella Universitaria can be easily reached by public transportation from downtown Catania. There two options:
1) take the BRT1 bus in downtown Catania and get off at the Cittadella Ovest stop (recommended option). You can find the route ("percorso") and the timetable ("orario") of BRT1 at this link. We recommend this option as the simplest one.
2) take the Metro line 1 in downtown and get off at the stop "Milo", where a shuttle bus will take you to the Cittadella Universitaria. You can find a route map of the Metro at this link. In case the shuttle bus is delayed, you can walk to the closest BRT1 stop, also called "Milo", which is about 300m away: here you find a map of the Metro stop Milo and the BRT1 stop Milo.
Tickets for both BRT1 or Metro may be purchased at Newspaper or Tobacco kiosks. Usually they have a label AMT indicating that they sell those tickets. In any case, you may ask. The price of one tickets is 1 Euro and it lasts 90 minutes starting on validation time. The price may vary.
Once you reach the "Cittadella Ovest" bus stop, you can walk to the Physics and Astronomy Department following these directions.
How to reach the the historic downtown area
Once at the airport, you can reach the historic downtown by means of the Bus service called ALIBUS, run by the AMT company. You can find a picture of an ALIBUS at this link. The time schedule ("Feriale" stands for Monday-Saturday, while "Festivo" stands for Sunday) can be found at this link. The route ("percorso") and timetable ("orario") of the ALIBUS is available at this link.
The price of the ALIBUS ticket is 4 Euros and it can be purchased outside the Arrival area at small ticket boxes. It is now possible to purchase it also directly at the bus driver. Ask about the "ALIBUS ticket".
Of course you can take a TAXI from the airport to the downtown.