Conference Europe Teacher Training in Rheinsberg / Germany in Berlin / Germany October 19-21, 2018 October 22-25, 2018 vista / pixelio.de / vista Elke Handke / pixelio.de / Elke Handke - I VISITORS GUIDE WELCOME TO GERMANY! We wish you a wonderful stay Accessible Yoga Conference Europe ....................................................................................................... 3 I. Dates & Venue ............................................................................................................................ 3 II. Accommodation ......................................................................................................................... 3 III. Transportation ............................................................................................................................ 4 IV. Restaurants ................................................................................................................................. 5 V. Maps ........................................................................................................................................... 6 Accessible Yoga Teacher Training Berlin ................................................................................................. 8 I. Dates & Venue ............................................................................................................................ 8 II. Accommodation ......................................................................................................................... 8 III. Transportation ............................................................................................................................ 8 IV. Restaurants ................................................................................................................................. 9 V. Maps ......................................................................................................................................... 10 Survival Kit for Germany ........................................................................................................................ 13 I. Basic Language Guide ............................................................................................................... 13 II. In Case of Emergency ............................................................................................................... 14 2 Accessible Yoga Conference Europe I. Dates & Venue Dates Friday, October 19th, 2018 from 5:00pm – 8:00pm Saturday, October 20th, 2018 from 8:00am – 5:00pm Sunday, October 21st, 2018 from 8:00am – 5:00pm Venue Seehotel Rheinsberg Donnersmarckweg 1 16831 Rheinsberg GERMANY www.seehotel-rheinsberg.de II. Accommodation Seehotel Rheinsberg (Conference Venue) Double Room € 96 per night Single Room € 62 per night The Seehotel Rheinsberg is Germany’s biggest all-accessible hotel. The above-mentioned prices include breakfast, legal VAT and service charge, free usage of the hotel swimming pool, sauna, gym area and usage of all existing accessible aids in the hotel. All hotel rooms are fully accessible. Please note that the double rooms with bathroom only have a height-adjustable bed (except double rooms with Grand Lit Bed). Single rooms with nursing beds also need to be ordered on request and depending on the availability. Double rooms with bathtub/shower do not have nursing beds. Service pets are allowed in the hotel but they cost € 15 per day. Please inform the reception when booking. The rooms are available by 3pm on day of arrival and can be used until 4pm on day of departure. When arriving later than 6pm, please inform the hotel beforehand. The town of Rheinsberg is a recognized health resort and has raised a visitor’s tax since 1/1/2016 in the amount of € 1.50 per person and day, except children and teenagers up to the age of 18. The area around the hotel is really beautiful. You can walk by the lake on a promenade (also accessible) to the “Hafendorf” (harbour village). It’ll take around 40 minutes back and forth (see map on page 6). For booking a room at the Seehotel, please contact: Phone: +49 (0)33 931 344-0 Email: [email protected] Internet: www.seehotel-rheinsberg.de 3 Other Hotels/Pensions in the Area If you don’t want to stay at the Seehotel, there are other (cheaper) options in Rheinsberg as well: Name of Pension Address Distance Approx. Single Double Triple Walking time First option belongs to the conference hotel, please contact directly the Seehotel Cafe Tucholsky Kurt-Tucholsky- 300 m 5 min -- € 55 Additional apartments Straße 30A € 65 places on „Claire“ +end sofa „Wölfchen“ cleaning +2 persons € 30 each +2 persons ap. each apartm. For all other pensions, please contact or book online (only German): https://www.rheinsberg.de/gastgeber-gastronomie/hotel-pension-ferienhaus/pension.html „Zum jungen Fritz“ Schlossstraße 8 600 m 8 min € 48 € 68 -- „4 Jahreszeiten“ Rhinstraße 4 900 m 11 min € 46 € 66 -- „Am Schlosspark“ Fontaneplatz 2 1000 m 13 min € 65 € 79 Additional bed in double room € 20 „Hofgarten“ Menzer Str. 6 1100 m 14 min -- € 50 € 75 „Elfmeter“ Menzer Straße 20 1400 m 18 min € 35 € 50 € 65 „Holländer Mühle“ Holländer Mühle 1 1800 m 20 min € 58 € 65 € 85 „Leuchtturm“ Schwanower Str. 2000 m 25 min € 40 € 60 € 81 20 All prices in Euro (€), additional € 1.50 Kurtaxe per person obligatory, prices are meant for 1 overnight accommodation including breakfast (except Cafe Tucholsky). Of course, you can also use booking websites in English (and other languages) to find places in Rheinsberg and Berlin: www.booking.com www.airbnb.com Please note: for booking any of these accommodations, please contact the hotels directly. Unfortunately, Accessible Yoga cannot book any rooms for you. III. Transportation By Plane & Train Berlin has two airports: Berlin-Tegel (TXL) in the Northwest and Berlin-Schoenefeld (SXF) in the Southeast (see map on page 10). From both of the airports, it’s best to take a bus or train to one of the main train stations in Berlin first (Zoologischer Garten, Südkreuz or Hauptbahnhof). From there you can take regional trains (train number RE5) to “Bahnhof Gransee” which is a half-hour car drive away from the venue. The hotel offers free transfers from Gransee station to the hotel at 10:30am, 12:30pm, 2:30pm and 4:30pm daily. If you don’t want to wait for these transfers, you’ll have to take the train to a different station “Rheinsberg(Mark)” (instead of Gransee) and then take bus 788 and get off at “Schloss, Rheinsberg”. From there it’s a 5 minute walk to the hotel (see map on page 6). 4 The Seehotel also offers an accessible transfer from the airport Berlin-Tegel or the main train station (Hauptbahnhof) in Berlin: 1 person € 80 per transfer, 2-3 people € 40 per transfer, more than 3 people € 130 per bus and transfer. The transfer from the local train station near Rheinsberg (“Bahnhof Gransee”) to the hotel is free. All transfer reservations from the airport or train stations must be made at least four weeks before the event. Please contact the hotel directly for booking transfers: phone +49 (0)33 931 344-0, email [email protected] It’s a little tricky to get there without using a transfer service from Gransee station or from the airport, but most people in and around Berlin speak English and are happy to help you finding the right train/bus etc. We wouldn’t recommend taking a normal taxi from Berlin to Rheinsberg because it’s just too far and would get too expensive (around € 180 one way). A taxi ride from Berlin-Tegel to the city center of Berlin is around € 25, from Berlin-Schoenefeld to the city around € 40. To check out taxi fares visit: http://www.taxi-calculator.com For all train and bus connections from Berlin to Rheinsberg (and for buying tickets) visit: https://www.bahn.com/en/view/index.shtml The German Railway (“Deutsche Bahn”) also offers services for people with disability. The website is only in German unfortunately: https://www.bahn.de/p/view/service/barrierefrei/mobilitaetsservice.shtml But you can book and ask for services in English via phone or email: Phone: +49 (0) 180 6 512 512 Email: [email protected] For information on public transport from the airport Berlin-Tegel visit: http://www.berlin-airport.de/en/travellers-txl/to-and-from/buses-and-trains/index.php For information on public transport from the airport Berlin-Schoenefeld visit: http://www.berlin-airport.de/en/travellers-sxf/to-and-from/buses-and-trains/index.php By Car If you rent a car at one of the airports, it takes you approximately 90 minutes to get to Rheinsberg: 75 minutes from Berlin-Tegel -> Google Maps 1 hour and 40 minutes from Berlin-Schoenefeld -> Google Maps You take the highway (“Autobahn”) A24 up North and then the exit “Neuruppin”. At the Seehotel, there are 62 car parking spaces (30 in front of the hotel and 32 in a garage). IV. Restaurants Your conference ticket not only includes the conference program but also the following foods and beverages at the conference venue: Water and juice unlimited for the whole weekend (or one day if you purchased a one-day- ticket) Coffee breaks on Saturday and Sunday (coffee, tea, fruit, cookies) Dinner buffet on Friday and Saturday in hotel restaurant (also vegan/vegetarian) Lunch one-course meal on Saturday and Sunday in hotel restaurant (also vegan/vegetarian) 5 If you still feel like going to a café or restaurant, here are some recommendations in the area: http://www.tucholsky-cafe.de http://www.seehof-rheinsberg.de/ http://www.alterfritz-rheinsberg.de/ http://www.ratskeller-rheinsberg.de/startseite-restaurant.html