Accommodation, Transport, Logistics and SOCIAL PROGRAMME
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XBRL week in Madrid. 29th May to 1st June 2012. Logistics Alcalá 522 and 540 WiFi. Halfway between airport and city centre. Updated logistic and registration: www.eurofiling.info/15th_workshop Local organizers: XBRL Spain, Bank of Spain, Business Register. Javi Mora ( +34675544241 info[at]xbrl.es Ignacio Boixo ( +34618526434 boixo[at]bde.es Iñaki Vazquez ( +34912701766 ivazquez[at]corpme.es Accommodation: Participants are kindly asked to make their own accommodation arrangements. The Bank of Spain has agreements with some nearby Hotels, but rates are ONLY ORIENTATIVE. Central Bank employees may benefit from EPCO rates. Checking Internet offers J is always suggested. Airport to Alcalá 522: Taxi (20-25€, 10 min.) Please ask for Alcalá 522 (near San Romualdo) to distinguish from the much better known Bank of Spain's traditional headquarters in the city centre. Metro (5€, 60 min. Aeropuerto T4,T2 > Colombia > Nuñez de Balboa > Suanzes). Bus 200 (4€, 25 min) Aeropuerto T4, T2, T1 to Canillejas (first bus stop after the airport) and (1) take in the same stop the Bus 105 (with stops in front of Bank of Spain and Confortel Hotel. additional payment) OR (2) cross over the highway and take the Metro to Suanzes. Airport to Downtown: Taxi (25-35€, 30 min.), Metro (5€, 45 min. Aeropuerto T4,T2> Nuevos Ministerios> Alonso Martínez> Gran Vía), Bus EMT Express (yellow) Aeropuerto T4, T2, T1 to Cibeles (5€ –pay to driver-, 40 min, running 24h/day), Railway Aeropuerto T4 to Recoletos (1.5€, 22 min). Taxi: Taxis with green light (for hire) are constantly running on the street: simply raise your hand. From Bank of Spain to Airport, wait a bit for a taxi in the same sidewalk. Taxis going in the opposite direction have space for turning. Euro Taxi / Radio Teléfono Taxi: +34 91547 8200 / 8500 / 8600 Public transport: 1 trip Metro/bus: 1,5 to 2 €; 10 trips: 12€ Social programme: See below. Please book your seat/s in advance! Payments and bills are directly managed by the restaurant. Buy also directly your railway tickets sightseeing Toledo / Cordoba. After meeting J 29th 20:00 Restaurant El Racó, Alcalá 499 30th 19:00 Metro Opera: Old Town walking tour 30th 20:00 Paella & Flamenco. Rest. El Arrozal. Segovia 13 31st 20:00. Restaurant Gaztelu. Julián Camarillo 50 ( Emergencies 112. Security: nothing special either daylight or night. Beware pickpockets (as usual), especially in Rastro flea market 1 Weekend in Madrid: 1st - 3rd June 2012 Friday afternoon: Toledo, the city of the three religions Successively a Roman municipium, the capital of the Visigothic Kingdom, a fortress of the Emirate of Cordoba, an outpost of the Christian kingdoms fighting the Moors and, in the 16th century, the temporary seat of supreme power under Charles V, Toledo is the repository of more than 2,000 years of history. Its masterpieces are the product of heterogeneous civilizations in an environment where the existence of three major religions – Judaism, Christianity and Islam – was a major factor. World Heritage Madrid Puerta de Atocha (19,10 €) Go 15:50>16:23, return 19:25>19:58 Saturday: Cordoba, the splendour of the Umayyads In 756 the Caliph of Damascus set up his court at Cordoba and laid the foundations for the most glorious period of the city's history. He began building the Great Mosque, on the site of a Roman temple of Janus. Cordoba became the centre of a great realm renowned for its artistic and intellectual predominance and its liberal toleration of other religions, but the Caliphate collapsed after the bitter civil war of 1009-31, and only the Great Mosque survived as a symbol of its achievements. World heritage. Madrid Puerta de Atocha (109,45 €) Go 09:35>11:25, return 18:29>20:15 Sunday: Madrid, the Rastro Flea Market "El Rastro" is held from 9am to 3pm in the historic centre of Madrid every Sunday, attracting as many locals as tourists, and offering a variety of products both new and old. Said to be the largest flea market in Europe with up to 3500 different stalls, it extends through several streets in one of the city's oldest working-class neighborhoods. Established in the Middle Ages, its hub is the Plaza de Cascorro and sprawls downhill towards the river. Walking tour and taverns. Meeting point: Metro Puerta de Toledo, 11:00 am Madrid Golden Mile: Prado Museum, one of the world's greatest art galleries, the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum that go from the earliest Dutch masters to the most avant-garde trends, Caixaforum exhibition hall, and the Reina Sofía National Art Centre -contemporary art- with works by Picasso, Joan Miró, Salvador Dalí and Juan Gris among others. No guide needed Shopping in Madrid: Fuencarral/GranVia/Preciados/Arenal & Serrano World Heritage sites recommended: The route of the Conquerors: Cáceres, Mérida, Guadalupe (route by car) Al Andalus: Cordoba, Granada, Seville Barcelona: 2h30’ railway Around Madrid: Segovia, El Escorial, Alcalá de Henares, Aranjuez 2 Venue: Alcalá 522, Alcalá 540 Madrid Half-way between airport and city centre. A Bank of Spain and Business Register B Metro station: Suanzes (recommended) B-C Restaurant El Racó Alcalá 499(Tuesday 29th social dinner) G Rest. Gaztelu Julián Camarillo 50 (Thu. 31st tapas dinner) Walking distance Hotels C VELADA HOTEL (4*) C/ Alcala, 476 Double room, single use: 86,40 € (VAT, breakfast & WiFi included) Tel.: +34 91 375 68 00, Fax: +34 91 375 68 05 [email protected] Reference: Bank of Spain D ETAP Madrid Valentin Beato (2*) E IBIS Madrid Valentin Beato (2*) F Confortel Alcalá Norte Madrid (4*) (see map below) 3 City Centre Hotels (7 Km. away) B HOTEL DE LAS LETRAS (4*) Gran Vía, 11 Tel: +34 915 237 980 / Fax: +34 915 237 980 [email protected] Double room: 138,89 € (single use: 120,37 €) WiFi & 1 Breakfast included, 8% VAT not incl. Reference: Bank of Spain C ADA PALACE (4*) Marqués de Valdeiglesias, 1 (Gran Vía 2) Tel.: +34 917 01 19 19 / Fax: +34 91 521 82 83 [email protected] Double room: 120€ (single use: 110 €) Breakfast included, 8% VAT & WiFi not included Reference: Bank of Spain D PETIT PALACE HIGH TECH ALCALÁ TORRE (4*) Virgen de los Peligros, 2 Tel.: + 34 915 321 901 / Fax: + 34 915 229 130 [email protected] Single room: 90€, Double room: 98€ WiFi, ADSL & laptop in room (Linux) included Breakfast included, 8% VAT not included Reference: Bank of Spain E HOTEL CATALONIA LAS CORTES (4*) Calle del Prado, 6 Tel.: +34.913 89 60 51 / Fax: +34 91 389 60 52 [email protected] Double room: 130€ (single use: 110 €) Breakfast & WiFi included, 8% VAT not included Reference: Bank of Spain H PETIT PALACE HIGH TECH ALFONSO XII (4*) Alfonso XII, 18 (Retiro Green Park) Tel.: + 34 915 221 920 / Fax: + 34 915 218 626 [email protected] Single room: 160€, Double room: 170€ WiFi, ADSL & laptop in room (Linux) included Breakfast included, 8% VAT not included Reference: Bank of Spain 4 F HOTEL VILLAREAL (5*) Plaza de las Cortes, 10. Tel.: + 34 91 420 37 67 / Fax: + 34 915 218 626 https://reservas.derbyhotels.com/ Double room: 145€ (single use: 130 €) Breakfast (23€) and 8% VAT not included Reference: Bank of Spain G HOTEL WESTIN PALACE (5*) Plaza de las Cortes, 7 Tel.: + 34 91 3608000 / Fax: + 34 91 3608100 [email protected] Double Deluxe: 260 € Double Premium: 285 € Double Executive: 310 € Breakfast (31,49€) and 8% VAT not included Reference: Bank of Spain Direct Subway Gran Via > Suanzes / Local Map 5 .