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1 tc 2018 CTC Summer Institutes General Information for Participants Rome: 19-23 June , 25-29 June 19-23 June Getting to Solutions: The Heart of Counseling 25-29 June Counseling Across Cultures in the International School IMPORTANT REMINDER: YOU MUST BRING A LAPTOP TO YOUR SESSION LOCATION Barceló Aran Mantegna, Via Andrea Mantegna, 130, 00147 Rome, Italy Tel: +39 06 98 95 21; Email: [email protected]; Web: https://www.barcelo.com/en-us/hotels/italy/rome/barcelo-aran-mantegna/ Termini Central Roma Ostiense Station Rome Station Restaurants, shops Hospital CTO Barcelo Aran Mantegna PTC Institutes To Fiumicino Airport Restaurants, shops, banks To Ciampino Airport CTC Rome 2018 Summer Institutes General Information 1 2 ARRIVAL FOR THOSE STAYING IN THE HOTEL Check-in is at 2:00pm. Bring your passport and credit card for incidentals (cash not accepted for incidentals charged to your room; if you have no credit card you must pay as you go for hotel incidentals). You can leave your luggage in hotel storage if the room is not ready. To use a credit card other than your own, send the hotel a written document by the owner of the card with a scan of both sides of the card authorizing to charge the card for incidentals. NOTE: For each extra person staying with you in your PRIVATE ROOM (maximum 3 total persons), the hotel will charge you an extra €18 per night at the front desk (that payment includes buffet breakfast and city tax for each extra person). FOR ALL PARTICIPANTS 1:00pm - 3:00pm: CTC course registration (check front desk and your welcome letter for location) to pick up your name badge and other course-related material. Bring your laptop so coordinators can ensure you have downloaded your course book. 4:00 pm: Course begins. During check-in, you will receive a welcome letter telling you which MEETING ROOM to go to for your course. Arrive in plenty of time to attend this first session. It is essential to the rest of the week. WHAT TO BRING All pre-readings and assignments that you receive from the PTC office. A laptop computer and Italy adaptor for charging it (see outlet photo on right). A LAPTOP IS REQUIRED FOR ALL COURSES An umbrella and a sweater or sweatshirt (training rooms are air-conditioned). Any items required to make your stay more comfortable in the hotel room. Gym clothes if you wish to use recreational facilities. VISAS Check early to determine if you need a visa to travel to Italy. For visa information visit http://vistoperitalia.esteri.it/home/en The PTC can provide a visa support letter and payment receipt should you require them. Contact the PTC at [email protected] or phone +1-508-790-1748 HOW TO GET THERE The PTC/CTC hotel, Barceló Aran Mantegna, is in the financial district of Rome, about 7km south of central Rome, 30 km from Fiumicino Airport and 17 km from Ciampino Airport. Map Link: https://goo.gl/maps/dEemdbSyLes. Here are some transport options. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FROM FIUMICINO ‘Leonardo da Vinci’ AIRPORT TO HOTEL Allow 45 minutes by Uber/Taxi/Car and 90 minutes by train/bus *BY TRAIN/BUS: This ‘cheapest’ option requires travel first by train or shuttle bus to ‘Ostiense Station’ and then by bus to the hotel. Travel from Airport to Ostiense Station Train: Take the Trenitalia FL1 Train from the Airport Train station near the Arrivals/Departures terminals to Ostiense Station. The train makes 8 stops. There are departures every 15 minutes on weekdays and every 30 minutes on weekends and holidays. Cost is €8. Bus: Find bus line ‘T.A.M. S.r.l’ at the bus hub adjacent to the Terminal 3 exits, Arrivals, bus rank no. 6. To reach them follow the “Bus Station” signs. Get off the bus at Ostiense Station (Piazzale 12 ottobre 1492 opposite Eataly). The service operates every day. Tickets can be purchased on board the bus or at the authorized agents in the Bus Station, Terminal 3. Buses leave about every 30 minutes. Contacts - Telephone: 06 65047426 www.tambus.it Cost is €6. CTC Rome 2018 Summer Institutes General Information 2 3 Travel from Ostiense Station to the Hotel Choose one of three suggested public bus options (or check google maps or visit http://www.atac.roma.it/ for bus route information and alternate routes and times). See bus fare, ticket and validation information below. Bus 30: Walk to bus stop Cave Ardeatine (MB). From Ostiense Station, head west toward Viale delle Cave Ardeatine.Exit the roundabout onto Viale delle Cave Ardeatine. Station Cave Ardeatine (MB) will be on your left. Take Bus #30 toward Laurentina (MB) (9 minutes, 6 stops). Get off at Colombo (Rufino). Walk to hotel. Head northeast on Via Cristoforo Colombo toward Via Giovanni Genocchi, Turn right onto Elio Rufino. Continue onto Viale Tor Marancia. Turn right onto Via Andrea Mantegna. Hotel is on the left. Bus 716 (drops you in front of the hotel): Walk to the bus stop Benzoni/pigafetta. From Ostiense Station, head east toward Via dei Verbiti. Exit the roundabout onto Stazione Roma Ostiense. Take the stairs. Turn right onto Piazzale 12 Ottobre 1492. Turn left toward Via Girolamo Benzoni, Turn left onto Via Girolamo Benzoni. Station Benzoni/pigafetta is on the right. Take 716 toward Ballarin (16 minutes, 19 stops). Get off at Caravaggio/tor Marancia. Walk to hotel. Head east on Viale del Caravaggio. Turn left toward Via Andrea Mantegna. Turn left onto Via Andrea Mantegna. Hotel is on the left. Bus 160: Walk to bus stop Guerrieri. From Ostiense Station head east toward Via dei Verbiti. Exit the roundabout onto Via dei Verbiti. Continue onto Via Alvise Cadamosto. Turn left onto Via Giovanni Miani. Turn right onto Piazzale Ardeatino/Viale di Porta Ardeatina. Turn left to stay on Piazzale Ardeatino/Viale di Porta Ardeatina. Turn left. Take Stairs. Take sharp right. Turn right to Guerrieri station. Take Bus 160 toward Montagnola (10 minutes, 8 stops). Get off at Tormarancia. Walk to hotel. Head north on Viale Tor Marancia toward Via Andrea Mantegna. Turn left onto Via Andrea Mantegna. Hotel is on the left. BY TAXI: Taxi service is available at Terminal 1 and Terminal 3 Arrival areas. Authorized Taxi vehicles are white with a “TAXI” sign on the roof. The symbol of the Municipality of reference (Rome or Fiumicino) is fixed to the front doors and the license number is on the doors, on the back and inside the vehicle. The fare to the hotel should be about € 48.00. Rides departing from the airport travelling to a destination within the Grande Raccordo Anulare (and vice versa) cannot exceed € 70.00. Tipping of 5-10% is gratefully received. BY UBER: Requires the downloaded UBER app on your smart phone. Cost should be about € 52.00 to the hotel. BY CHAUFFEUR DRIVEN CAR: A chauffeur-driven car rental service is available in the area in front of the airport exit, marked by the NCC sign (noleggio con conducente - rental with chauffeur). The service is provided in generally blue or grey colored cars, for which variable, destination- based fares are charged. The service should be requested in advance. Contact company for cost. The companies that operate in the airport are: Cooperativa Airport: +39 06 6507 9001 [email protected] Autonoleggio Futura: +39 06 652 3245, +39 06 6504 7914, [email protected] Cooperativa U.A.R.A.: +39 06 679 8207 [email protected] The NCC chauffeur service is not an alternative to the taxi service, which remains the only service that can be directly accessed from the waiting area. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ FROM CIAMPINO AIRPORT TO HOTEL Allow 40 minutes for travel by taxi/uber/car and 75 minutes travel by bus from Ciampino Airport to the hotel. *BY MUNICIPAL BUS: This is the ‘cheapest’ option. Choose one of two suggested public bus options (or check google maps or visit http://www.atac.roma.it/ for bus route information and alternate routes and times). See bus fare, ticket and validation information below. Buses 720 and 671 (change at Laurentina Station): From the airport go to the Fioranello/appia bus stop at the front of the airport near parking area six off the roundabout on Via dell' Aeroscalo (across highway SS7). Take Bus #720 toward Laurentina (29 minutes, 21 stops) and get off at Laurentina. Head east turning onto Viale Luca Gaurico. Continue onto Via di Vigna Murata. Turn left, then right where you will wait for Bus #671 toward Arco Di Travertino (11 minutes, 13 stops). Get off at Tor Marancia/mantegha. Head south on Viale Tor Marancia toward Viale Carlo Tommaso Odescalchi. Turn right onto Viale Carlo Tommaso Odescalchi. Continue onto Via Andrea Mantegna. Hotel is on the left. Buses 720 and 766 (change at Ardeatina/cecchignola: From the airport go to the Fioranello/appia bus stop at the front of the airport near parking area six off the roundabout on Via dell' Aeroscalo (across highway SS7). Take Bus #720 toward Laurentina (29 minutes, 21 stops) and get off at Ardeatina/cecchignola (17 minutes, ten stops). Walk to Millevoi bus stop: Head southeast on Via Ardeatina/Strada Provinciale 3/e Ardeatina/SP3/e toward Via Andrea Millevoi. Turn right onto Via Andrea Millevoi. Slight left to stay on Via Andrea Millevoi (bus stop is on the left). Take bus 766 toward Staz. Trastevere (Fs) (16 minutes, 13 stops). Get off at Accademia Agiati/ambrosini. Walk to the hotel: Head southeast on Via Accademia degli Agiati toward Via Attilio Ambrosini. Turn left onto Via Attilio Ambrosini. At the roundabout, continue straight.