HOW TO GET TO SAN SEBASTIAN? GETTING BY… CAR: Getting to San Sebastian by car is very easy. The city is linked to the rest of Spain and to France via the N1/QPQ (Madrid-Irun) national road, the A-8 (Bilbao-Irun) and the A-63 (Paris-Irun) highways and the A-15 (Pamplona – San Sebastian) motorway. Take the exit number 9 “Donostia M./ S. Sebastián O. - Ondarreta”. Once in San Sebastian, you will find over 6000 parking places in different locations around the city. The Anoeta Sports Complex will provide parking facilities for the athletes, 2 minutes’ walk from the venues (during Championship days). BUS: San Sebastian has a bus station located in the Amara district, near the Anoeta Sports Village. The main bus companies are: EUROLINES www.eurolines.es ALSA www.alsa.es VIBASA www.vibasa.com PESA www.pesa.net CONDA www.conda.es Bus station is located in Plaza Pío XII, once there you can take a local bus, line 27 (Altza-Intxaurrondo-Antiguo) and get off in the the 5th stop “Ambulatorio de El Antiguo”. Another choice is to take the line 24 (Altza-Gros-Antiguo-Intxaurrondo) and get the 7th stop “Zumalakarregi 21”. HOW TO GET TO SAN SEBASTIAN? GETTING BY… TRAIN: Train station is located in Paseo de Francia, once there you can take a local bus, line 24 (Altza-Gros-Antiguo- Intxaurrondo) and get the 10th stop, en “Zumalakarregi 21”. www.renfe.es Please take into PLANE: account that HONDARRIBIA AIRPORT you should have San Sebastian airport is located in Hondarribia, 23km far problems with away from the city. To get to the city you can take the intercity buses E20, E21, E23, E27, E28. (highlighted the your flight due ones stopping in “Zumalakarregi 9”, the rest, in “Plaza to the Iberia Gipuzkoa”). strike, as its Rates third week of The rate varies depending on the “steps” that it cross in the strike is set to itinerary. To get to San Sebastian it is only one step. Normal start on March ticket with one step: 2,05 € 18. Timetable Please ask in the info phone number the timetables of the different bus lines. Phone: 943 641 302 Bus Companies: http://lurraldebus.net/ www.ekialdebus.net/ HOW TO GET TO SAN SEBASTIAN? LOIU AIRPORT. From Bilbao airport, Loiu, there are buses from Pesa company, which will transport you to Pio XII bus station. We recommend you to book the bus tickets with time, in our travel agency or in the Pesa desks. Tickets: Transportes Pesa. Sancho el Sabio Avenue, 33. San Sebastian. Mon-Fri: 06.10 – 20.30 Saturdays: 07.10 – 20.30 Sundays and Holidays: 08.00 – 20.30 Arrival: Donostia – San Sebastian: Pio Xii Square. You can also buy the ticket once in the bus. Ticket price: 16,50 € (Lurraldebus card not accepted). HOW TO GET TO SAN SEBASTIAN? BIARRITZ’S AIRPORT. PESA company travels to San Sebastian from the airport or from the center of Biarritz. To know the rates and the timetables, please check Pesa’s website. www.pesa.es You can buy the tickets once in the bus. GETTING AROUND San Sebastian is a city on a human scale, in which you will be able to get around on foot or by bicycle, using tis cycling lanes. The public transport network run by the municipal company Dbus and other tourist transport will allow you to move around the city without the needing a private car. The whole of Gipuzkoa is linked by a Lurraldebus public transport service and the RENFE and Euskotren railway networks. IN SAN SEBASTIAN Local Bus: D.Bus (www.dbus.es) Lines getting there: 17, 21, 26 y 28. Phone.: 943 000 200 Taxi: Radio Taxi Donosti (943,46,46,46) Vallina Teletaxi (943,40,40,40) Train: Euskotren. Amara Train stop (Easo Square s/n) Lines: Hendaye - Donostia - Lasarte Donostia-Bilbao Phone.: 902 54 32 10 www.euskotren.es WHAT DO I NEED TO DO TO COMPETE IN A VENUE? Please, confirm all the steps required to participate Check each box to be sure 1 Take your Athlete’s Bag Where? J.A.Gasca Sports Center Time From 9:00 to 21:00h What has the bag? - Accreditation - Bib - Athlete’s Manual - Chip (only5km walk and 5km Cross) - Confirmations card 2 Take your T-shirt Where? J.A.Gasca (entry) Sports Center Time From 9:00 to 21:00h. *Only SPAIN and warm-up T-shirt EUSKADI 3 Venues Confirmations at the TIC Where? TIC–Anoeta Velodrome Time: Max. 2 hours before your venue 4 Check the time to go to the Call Room Where? TIC– Anoeta Velodrome, and all chamiponship grounds. 5 Participate in your venue! HOW TO MANAGE MY ACCOMMODATION? We have a great tourism team which will do its best to offer you the perfect experience during the Championship. EVACI 2013: MUCH MORE THAN SPORTS! We try to offer you all kind of experiences to let you live the championship at all its levels, that is why we are working hard to take care of all details:. ACCOMMODATION: Offered services: hotels from 1* to 5*, campings and hostels… our accommodation offers try to fit all budgets, great opportunities to offer you all our best to make you feel like home. You can take a look of all our hotels in the following link:, and take advantage of the last prices, available for not so long: https://www.sansebastian2013.com/accomodation.php PACKAGES: To make you experience the best of this event, our team has prepared different packages for you: - Trip packages - San Sebastian flavors package - San Sebastian Essentials package - Healthy package If you are interested in buying one of these packages, we offer you a 2x1 special offer in our Aquarium and also a 2x1 offer in La Perla Thermal Spa, and you will also enter in a raffle, and win a free menu in the great restaurant Martin Berasategui, for two people. e-mail: [email protected]. Phone: 943 216 580 INFORMACIÓN Y RESERVAS VIAJES EQUINOCCIO Official Travel Agency EVACI 2013 Larramendi, 23, 20006 San Sebastián. WHERE TO FIND THE SOCIAL BOARD? The Social Board is used to let you conect in a social level with the championship. General timetables will be offered, and other kind of social events as well: the opening ceremony, restaurant opening and closing times, athlete’s party… all that you could need to experience the championship at its best. The Social Board will be located at the entry of the Gasca Sports Center, the social center of the championship. WHERE TO FIND THE TEAM LEADERS BOARD? The team board will show information for all federations, useful for all of them to get informed about the main news in the championship. This team board will also be located at the entry of the Gasca Sports Center. There will be a pigeonhole for the team leader of each federation, located at the first floor, near the press office. WHERE TO RENT A BIKE? NAME CONTACT Real Cia. de Caracas, 12 Amara Bike Tlf.: 943 457367 [email protected] Avda. de la Zurriola, 22 Bici Rent Colon Tlf.: 639 016013 [email protected] Avda. de Madrid, 24 Tlf.: 943 470001 / 656 701024 cletas Alai [email protected] / [email protected] Camino Portuetxe, 37 Bidegorri Tlf.: 943224712 Rental bike center Aritz Avda. Zurriola, 30 B&S Calle Iñigo, 15 Ciclos bizigorri Tlf.: 943 427007 [email protected] Sanse Bike Boulevard, 25 Any more questions?? Contact our info team [email protected] We will be pleased to help you!! .