"THE IMPACT OF LARGE-SCALE IR SURVEYS"
Pto. de la Cruz (Tenerife), Canary Islands (Spain), April 24th - 26th, 1996
General Information
How to get to the Hotel
Room and Board Information
Registration
Changing Money
Programme Information and Euroconference poster (updated to March, 20th 1996)
Trips and Diversions
The Euroconference will be held in Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife, a seaside tourist resort some 40 Km from Santa Cruz de Tenerife, the islands capital; 35 Km from Los Rodeos airport (known as Tenerife Norte, or TFN), and 100 km from the main international Reina Sofía airport (known as Tenerife Sur, or TFS). Both airports are at about 2.5 hrs flying time from Madrid. TFN deals mostly with domestic flights while TFS connects Tenerife with a number of European cities, and other parts of the world.
Tenerife, with its climate moderated by the Atlantic, is a scenic island where old, colonial-style cities and attractive tourist towns mingle with a great variety of vegetation and landscapes. The climate in the coast is warm during April and suitable for bathing, with temperatures in the range 24 to 28 C during the day, and 18 to 22 C at night. Temperatures may drop slightly below this, however, when moving towards the inner regions of the Island. By contrast, the Pico del Teide (3.700 m) may be covered in snow at that time of the year. Participants should bear this in mind, since a tour of the Observatorio del Teide, and the National park, is planned as one of the outdoor activities. The scenery and climate of Tenerife pack immense variety into a small space, as might be imagined for a volcanic island reaching nearly 4.000 m in altitude on the edge of the tropics.
The Euroconference will take place in the new conference center of the Cabildo Insular de Tenerife, the local Authority in the Island. This conference center is within walking distance from the hotel where all the participants will be staying (see map). Both the hotel and the conference center are surrounded by quiet, beautiful gardens, overlooking the town center.
If you are arriving at TFS airport, you can either catch a taxi (9.500 pesetas) or a bus. A direct bus service (line 340) leaves the airport at 9:45, 14:00, 20:00 and 23:30 (1.035 pesetas). If the times are not right for you, you can catch bus 341 to the main bus terminal in Santa Cruz, and then change over to bus 102 which will take you straight into Puerto de la Cruz. Bus 341 leaves the airport in conjunction with Iberia arrivals. Bus 102 departs the bus terminal in Santa Cruz every 30 min until 9:15 pm. Additionally, two more services to Puerto de la Cruz operate at 22:30 and 24 hours. There's still an uphill stretch from the bus terminal in Puerto de la Cruz to the hotel, and for this we recommend a taxi.
If you arrive at TFN (Los Rodeos), there are buses to Puerto de la Cruz every 30 min. (line 102, coming from the terminal in Santa Cruz) costing 470 pesetas. A taxi would cost 2.500 pesetas.
Paticipants will be lodged at one of the hotels located in the surroundings of the Conference Center where the Euroconference will be held. Hotel bookings, etc., will be taken care of by the Euroconference Organization. Hotel rooms are booked as from April 23th (noon) until April 28th (noon). You will be asked in due time wheter you have different arrival/departure dates. Hotel rates are around 6500 ptas per person per day, and include room in double occupancy and half board (breakfast and lunch). You will be asked also if you have any friend or colleague with whom you would like to share a room.
We have reached an agreement with the hotel Puerto Palace, located at a convenient walking distance of the Congress Center, where the Euroconference will take place. This four star hotel has offered to us the following prices:
| Double room, half board | Extra single room | Extra full board |
| 5625 ptas | + 1800 ptas | + 1605 ptas |
Prices are per person and per day. VAT is included. Please, note that double room in half board (breakfast and lunch) will be the standard style, which is offered to the granted people. Also note that the conference dinner is included in the registration fee.
For registration at this hotel, please fill in the following form and submit it by email to denis@iac.es or by fax at +34 22 605 210, to the attention of F. Garzon, BEFORE March, 24 at the latest.
The Euroconference desk will be set up at the Hotel on Tuesday 23rd April from 16:00 till 19:00 to register attendees and to hand out conference folders. The school desk will then be open at the conference center everyday during school hours. Upon registration, a fee of 20000 pts (130 ECU at the time of writing) will be charged to all participants. This fee entitles participants to a copy of the procceedings of the school which will be published by Kluwer Academic Publishers.
There is a bank within the international arrivals lounge in TFS but it does not operate on Sundays or public holidays. If you are travelling through Madrid there is a bank open 24 hrs. in Madrid airport. Many banks are of course available in El Puerto de la Cruz, which are open Monday to Friday from 08:30 to 14:00 hrs. The current exchange rate is around 160 Pesetas per ECU, and 124 pts per US dollar. Credit cards are widely accepted in Spain, although not at the school desk!
Please find herewith a preliminary scientific programme for the meeting (updated to March, 20th 1996). These will be held during the morning from 9.00 till 1.30 and in the afternoon from 15.30 to 19.00. These sessions will be grouped under subjects and discussions held under a chairperson.
A copy of the original conference poster can be obtained here (180K) or, at a reduced size, here (41K).
