Accommodation and Travel Info
Accommodation
The
Organizing Secretariat has reserved a number of hotel rooms and has agreed upon
a special room price for all SDEMPED 2011 participants. The attendees are kindly
requested to contact the hotels directly. A map of the hotels can be found
here
(link to Google Maps).
There are three main
options.
Bologna Art Hotels
Bologna Art Hotels offer you some elegant and refined hotels situated in the historic heart of the city at one step from "two Towers", the best museums, theatres and shopping streets.
Click here
for the hotel list and the on-line booking.
Deadline for early booking: July 10.
St. Thomas College
St. Thomas College (Collegio S. Tommaso) is
located in the heart of Bologna, near the tomb of St. Dominic.
For booking, please contact directly the hotel.
Detailed information can be
found at www.collegiosantommaso.it. The availability of the rooms is guaranteed only if you confirm before July 10.
Please, note that St. Thomas College will be closed for summer holidays from the 26th of July to the 28th of August included.
University residence San Giovanni in Monte (Collegio Erasmus)
A limited number of rooms is available at the University Residence in the same building of the conference venue.
This accommodation is cheap and is suitable to professors and students, or anyone who wants to feel the atmosphere of medieval buildings.
Collegio Erasmus is located in the city center, near to The Sette Chiese of Piazza Santo Stefano and fairly close to the Two Towers of Bologna.
| Room type (*) | Fee (**) |
| Single room | 45 EUR |
| Double room | 60 EUR |
| Triple room | 70 EUR |
| Family room (4 people) | 80 EUR |
* The availability of the rooms at these prices is guaranteed only if you confirm before
July 7. After this date the rooms could be no longer available and/or they could be more expensive.
** VAT included
Detailed information can be found at www.campluscityheart.it.
For booking, please contact directly sgm.foresteria@unibo.it.
Please, note that Collegio Erasmus will be closed for summer holidays from the 31st of July to the 31st of August included.
Travel Info
By plane
The Bologna airport "Gugliemo Marconi" (BLQ) is linked by national and international air lines to flights to London, Paris, Barcelona, Madrid, Amsterdam, Brussels, Koeln, Frankfurt, and many other places.
The Marconi Airport is the best choice for flying to Bologna; it's very close to the city and an airport shuttle leads to the city centre in around 15 minutes. A taxi service is present night and day.
The cost of a run from the airport to downtown should be lower than 30 Euros.
By car
The main motorway connection is the A1 (the "Autostrada del Sole"), which links Bologna directly to Milan, Florence and Rome and to three other main routes. The A1 can be entered from Turin, Genoa or Brescia, by the A21, at Piacenza; from Genoa and La Spezia, by the A15, at Parma; from Brenner Pass, Verona, Mantova, by the A22, at Modena.
From Trieste, Tarvisio-Villach, Venice and Padua the A13 motorway is direct, as it is the A14 from Ancona, Rimini and Ravenna.
All the motorways exits lead into the city ring road (follow the signs "Tangenziale") from which branch off the roads for all directions. The by-pass exit n.7 (Centro - Via Stalingrado) is the more direct one: it leads you on a large road (Via Stalingrado) pointing to the centre.
From the North: take the exit Bologna-Borgo Panigale, take the ring road with the direction San Lazzaro and then take the exit 7-Via Stalingrado.
From the South: take the exit Bologna San Lazzaro, take the ring road with the direction Casalecchio and then take the exit 7-Via Stalingrado.
From the ring road to the Ex-Staveco parking area: stay in the right-hand lane and take Via Stalingrado (direction "city centre"). Go on for 2.5 km and then after having passed the fly-over bridge, turn right into Viale Masini. Go along the circular avenue (Viale di Circonvallazione) for about 5 km until you reach Viale Panzacchi, 10. Here you can find the EX-Staveco parking area.
There are pedestrian precincts from the Ex-Staveco parking area of Viale Panzacchi to the place of the meeting.
By train:
Bologna is the main italian railway junction and therefore all the most important national and international lines pass through it. InterCity trains and EuroStar (Pendolino) high speed trains connect
Bologna to all the major italian cities.
Many night trains link Bologna with Germany, France and Austria; in particular
there are direct night trains from Bonn, Koeln, Amsterdam, Paris and Vienna.
French TGVs arrive in Torino and Milano, and it is possible to find direct coincidence with the EuroStar
trains to Bologna.
By bus and taxi:
Buses are run by ATC, the local bus company. Bus 25 connects the railway station to
the central square, Piazza Maggiore, whereas buses no. 11 or 30 to Piazza
Minghetti.
The ticket has to be purchased at kiosks (it costs 1 €) and has to be validated on the bus.
For a taxi, call 051 372727 or 051 534141.
Parking
The City Centre of Bologna is closed to private cars from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every
day, including Sundays and Public Holiday. To give access to hotels and B&B
located inside the ZTL area, the hotel management has to inform the competent
Board - Sirio Office of the Traffic and Transport Department - of the guest
number plates within 48 hours from their arrival. This way, number plates will
be included in the authorized list for ZTL access and not fined for illegal
parking. Guests can provide themselves with a special combined P+BUS Ticket at
7,00 €, including a daily ticket to park in all the paying parking areas (blu
lines), either in the town centre or in the outskirts and a daily bus ticket
valid for one person.The pass is valid 24 hours starting from the convalidation
hour and has to show:
- car plate (on behalf of the guest);
- hotel identifying stamp with the date and hour (on behalf of the hotel).
The pass P + Bus, is available at the hotels.
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