Accommodation

Suggestions for accommodation 

Here are a few suggestions for the accommodation. As the capacity of the hotels is limited, we recommend booking as soon as possible!

Venice Lido

If you want to stay close to the Conference Venue, then you may want to book a hotel room or a B&B in Venice Lido. Lido is a narrow and long strip of land with a beautiful beach. Differently from Venice city, here there are few roads for cars. There is a very efficient public transport (by bus) running also during the night. 

Venice City

A possible solution is to stay in Venice city and we don't think there is the need to give additional motivations. Keep in mind that to reach Lido you would need to take a public transport boat (or water bus, "Vaporetto" in Italian) and a bus as soon as you arrive in Lido (see the page on Conference Venue for details).

Other solutions

Other solutions may be explored and that may be much cheaper than a room in Lido or in Venice. One is to stay in Mestre, which is the land connection to Venice. From Mestre, you can take a train to Venice (10 min ride) or even a Bus. Other solutions in nearby towns can be quite cheap and are commonly used by tourists who want to visit Venice (e.g. Mira, Mirano, or even Padova). 

If you book a room close to the train station of these cities, you can then reach Venice (in about 30 minutes), and from there reach Lido (in about 30-40 minutes) and then the Conference Venue (in about 20-30 minutes). Just consider 2 hours to reach the venue in time in the morning. See also the page on Conference Venue for details.

Solutions include AirBnb (www.airbnb.it) or Booking (www.booking.com) reservations in Lido in Venice. Schedules and tickets for trains to and from Pavia are available on the website of Trenitalia: www.trenitalia.com/en.html