PRACTICAL INFORMATION NOTE WWAP headquarters in Perugia, Italy World Water Assessment Programme Villa La Colombella - Localita di Colombella Alta 06080 Colombella (Perugia) - Italy Getting to Perugia – Arrival and Transportation > Flying directly to Perugia’s Sant’Egidio Airport (PEG) You can reach Perugia Airport from Milan (Malpensa), Barcelona (Girona), London (Stansted) and also Tirana and Bucarest. More information at: http://www.airport.umbria.it/aeroporto/paginefoto/arrivi.htm > Flying to Rome Airports and reaching Perugia If you land to Roma Fiumicino Airport (FCO) , you can continue to Perugia: 1. By bus. Daily bus connections are available from Roma Fiumicino Airport (International Departure Terminal "C") to Perugia (Piazza Partigiani) and vice versa. Timetables and fees can be found at: http://www.sulga.it/index.asp . 2. By train From the airport you have to reach Roma Termini, the Central Train Station situated in the city centre of Rome. From Termini, you will find trains to Perugia. The timetable can be checked at: www.trenitalia.it . If you land to Roma Ciampino Airport (CIA), continue for Roma Termini. There is a coach service, more information at http://www.terravision.eu/rome_ciampino.html . From Termini, you will find trains to Perugia. The timetable can be checked at www.trenitalia.it . 10 th UN-Water Meeting – February 2009 – Perugia, Italy Information Note – Updated December 2008 Accommodation in Perugia The following hotels are located in downtown Perugia. Preferential rates have been negotiated with Sangallo Palace Hotel (4*) Sangallo Palace Hotel Via L. Masi n. 9 - 06121 - Perugia Tel. +39 075 5730202 Fax +39 075 5730068 - P.IVA 00316610542 Skype: hotel.sangallo.palace Website: www.sangallo.it E-mail: [email protected] We kindly ask you to make your own reservation and be sure to mention UNESCO/WWAP in order to benefit from the negotiated rate (80€ for B&B). A number of rooms have been pre-booked until the 15 th of January 2009. After that date, neither availability nor preferential rate can be assured. As an alternative, the following hotels may be contacted: Hotel La Rosetta (4*) Piazza Italia 19 - 06121 PERUGIA Tel & Fax: +39 075 572 08 41 / E-mail: [email protected] www.perugiaonline.com/larosetta Hotel Gio Arte e Vini (4*), Via Ruggero D'Andreotto 19 - 06124 PERUGIA Tel & Fax: +39 075 573 11 00 / E-mail: [email protected] http://www.hotelgio.it/ Please note however that the pick location for transportation to the meeting venue will be the Sangallo Hotel. We kindly ask participants staying in other hotels to be at the lobby of the Sangallo at the time specified below. Transportation to the meeting venue The meeting will be held at the new headquarters of the WWAP Secretariat, the Villa La Colombella situated 18 Km outside Perugia. A WWAP shuttle will pick participants up at the hotel Sangallo at 8:30 in the morning and return to drop them off in the evening after the meeting. 10 th UN-Water Meeting – February 2009 – Perugia, Italy Information Note – Updated December 2008 Contact Information Tel WWAP Secretariat: + 39 075 574 65 16 Focal point: Stefanie Neno, Networking Officer +39 331 322 56 40 [email protected] WWAP Secretariat in Perugia: Michela Miletto, Deputy Coordinator [email protected] Adriana Fusco, Executive Assistant to the Coordinator [email protected] Lisa Gastaldin, Office Assistant [email protected] Daniel Perna, Programme Officer [email protected] Simone Grego, Programme Officer [email protected] For more information on Perugia: http://www.perugiaonline.com 10 th UN-Water Meeting – February 2009 – Perugia, Italy Information Note – Updated December 2008 .