22nd Biennial Symposium of the IMSSS CONVERSIONS AND LIFE PASSAGES THROUGH THE MIRROR OF MEDIEVAL PREACHERS The Dominican Casa de Espiritualidad y Ejercicios León, Spain / July 17-21, 2020 PRACTICAL INFORMATION LOCATION: The venue is located less than 2 km from León's airport. People flying in from outside of Spain should fly to Barcelona from where they can change to a direct flight from Barcelona to León. The street address of the Casa de Espiritualidad: Avda. de Astorga, 87 24198 La Virgen del Camino (LEÓN) Tel: (0034) 679 332 768 // 987 300 987 e-mail: [email protected] GETTING THERE: By airplane: León Airport: There are direct flights with Iberia Airlines from Barcelona (schedule not confirmed). Asturias Airport (Oviedo): 170km, about 2 hours from León. We are going to set up a bus transfer from the Airport of Asturias to the Casa de Espiritualidad y Ejercicios on the 17th of July around 12:00 and to the Airport on the 21st around 15:00. Madrid Adolfo Suárez Airport: 350 km. You will need to transfer from the Airport to the Chamartín Train Station by taking a regional train or a combination of the Metro and a regional train, both of which are located inside the airport terminals. Since the Madrid Airport has 4 terminals, we recommend that you consult the Google Maps instructions to find the best route: https://www.google.es/maps/dir/Madrid- Barajas+Adolfo+Su%C3%A1rez+Airport,+Av+de+la+Hispanidad,+s%2Fn,+28042+Madrid/Estacion+de+ Chamartin,+28036+Madrid/@40.4722831,- 3.7002189,12z/data=!4m14!4m13!1m5!1m1!1s0xd4231d000000001:0x6e7725ea0f85ceef!2m2!1d- 3.5675982!2d40.4983322!1m5!1m1!1s0xd42293e290b606d:0x371c6af06d627cea!2m2!1d- 3.6825565!2d40.4718908!3e3?hl=en&authuser=0 By train: Renfe’s AVE (fast train) from Madrid (Chamartín Train Station): Several trains per day. The León train station is just 10 minutes away from the Casa de Espiritualidad by taxi. We recommend that you book your round-trip train ticket in advance through the Renfe website: http://www.renfe.com/ or via a search engine such as Atrapalo.com. Make sure that you choose MADRID CHAMARTIN as the station of origin since Madrid has several train stations. Prices vary between 35 to 50€, approximately. Taxis: RADIO TAXI LEGIO: (0034) 987 26 14 15. TAXI LEÓN: 987 07 03 05 RADIO TAXI AMARILLO: 987 20 96 56 .