Fifth Program Visualization Workshop

Madrid, Spain

July 3-4, 2008

Travel Information

• Getting to the Hotels and Workshop
• Eating in Madrid
• Travel Information
• Coming to Madrid

Getting to the Hotels and Workshop

The workshop venue will be located in the Foundation of the University Rey Juan Carlos "Fundación Universidad Rey Juan Carlos", (Plaza Manuel Becerra, 14). You can get to the workshop by Metro ( "Manuel Becerra" Metro station lines 2 and 6) and by bus (EMT bus lines 2, 12, 21, 38, 43, 53, 56, 71, 106, 110, 143, 146, 210, C1 and C2), see the location of the bus and Metro stations in this map.

Attendees of ITiCSE'08 don't need to change their hotels because they can get to the workshop venue by Metro and bus. By metro, they are close to the Metro station "Gregorio Marañón" (3 stations far from "Manuel Becerra"):

1. You have get to the platform of the line 7 (ligh brown/orange line) direction to "Henares".
2. Leave the train at the next station "Av. América" and walk (5 minutes aprox) to get the platform of the line 6 (gray line), be carefull because this line (line 6) is ciclic, so you will have to search for "Diego de León" as the first station in the descriptors to get to the correct platform.Otherwise you will have a "nice" tour arround the Metro of Madrid.
3. Leave the train in two stops, station "Manuel Becerra".

By bus:

• Hotel Hesperia Madrid 5*, bus lines: 12, C1 and C2.
• Hotel Occidental Miguel Angel 5* & Urban Spa, bus lines: 12, C1 and C2.
• NH Abascal, bus line 12.
• NH Zurbano 3*, bus line C1.
• Hotel Hesperia Emperatriz 4*, bus lines: 12, C1 and C2.
• Hotel Melia Galgos 4*S, bus lines: 12, 56, C1 and C2.

The PVW hotel Rafael Hoteles Ventas is close to the Metro station "El Carmen" (2 stations far from "Manuel Becerra"):

1. You have get to the platform of the line 5 (green line) direction to "Casa de Campo".
2. Leave the train at the next station "Ventas", now you have two options:
• Go out of the Metro and walk to Manuel Becerra Circus (5-10 minutes).
• Walk to get the platform of the line 2 (red line) direction to "Cuatro Caminos" and leave the train at the station "Manuel Becerra".

From the Rafael Hoteles Ventas, you can get the conference venue by bus. Bus lines:12, 21, 28, 43, 53, 106, 110, 146.

The PVW hotel abba Madrid Hotel is close to the Metro station "Cartagena" (3 stations far from "Manuel Becerra"):

1. You have get to the platform of the line 7 (ligh brown/orange line) direction to "Pitis".
2. Leave the train at the next station "Av. América" and walk (5 minutes aprox) to get the platform of the line 6 (gray line), be carefull because this line (line 6) is ciclic, so you will have to search for "Diego de León" as the first station in the descriptors to get to the correct platform.Otherwise you will have a "nice" tour arround the Metro of Madrid.
3. Leave the train in two stops, station "Manuel Becerra".

From the abba Madrid Hotel, you can get the conference venue by bus. Bus lines:12, 43, 53, 56, C1, C2.

The Apartamentos Goya 75 are close to the Metro station "Goya" (1 stations far from "Manuel Becerra"):

1. Walk to get the platform of the line 2 (red line) direction to "La Elipa" and leave the train at the station "Manuel Becerra".

The Aparthotel Quo Eraso is close to the Metro station "Diego de León" (1 stations far from "Manuel Becerra"):

1. Walk to get the platform of the line 6 (gray line), be carefull because this line is ciclic, so you will have to search for "Manuel Becerra" as the first station in the descriptors to get to the correct platform.Otherwise you will have a "nice" tour arround the Metro of Madrid.
2. Leave the train at the next station "Manuel Becerra".

Also, you get the conference venue walking, here you have the location maps of the hotels: NH Zurbano 3*, Hotel Hesperia Emperatriz 4*, Hotel Melia Galgos 4*S, Rafael Hoteles Ventas, abba Madrid Hotel, Apartamentos Goya 75 and Aparthotel Quo Eraso.

Eating in Madrid

Madrid, together with Barcelona and Bilbao, are the best places to eat in Spain. You can find all spanish cooking styles in Madrid, with high quality, but probably expensive. 15 minutes walking from the conference site there are lots of restaurants, here you have some examples:

• From Andalucía: "Cazorla Restaurante" (C/ Montesa, 30), "El Rincón de Jaen I" (C/ Don Ramón de la Cruz, 88) and "El Rincón de Jaen II" (C/ Doctor Gómez Ulla, 6). Instead of having a three-course meal, in this kind of restaurants is usual to order a number of "tapas" and share them. Suitable for lunch and dinner.
• From Madrid: "Don cocido" (C/Padilla, 54). Here you should try the typical course "Cocido". Suitable for lunch.
• From Murcia and Levante: "La panocha" (C/Alonso Heredia, 4). Here you can share some tapas and then try rices as "Arroz al Caldero" or fish. Suitable for lunch and dinner.
• From Galicia: "Combarro" (C/Ortega y Gasset, 40) High quality and expensive restaurant. Here you can share some tapas and then try main courses as meat or fish.Suitable for lunch and dinner.

If you are looking for fast food, 5 minutres walking there is "Rodilla" (C/ Alcalá 142), a restaurant sepcialiced in sanwiches, and near the workshop there is a "Burger King" (it doesn't need further explanations).

Information about the workshop dinner will be announced closer to the workshop.

Travel Information

See links related to: About Madrid(*), Transport(*), and VISA information(*). Also check the Tourist Travel Pass.

(*) link allowed by the Web & Design ITiCSE conference comitee.