Hotel Information

There are a number of hotels conveniently located within a 30 min walk radius of the meeting venue. You can find a list of recommended hotels here. J-PAS meeting participants are expected to make their own travel and accommodation arrangements. We strongly recommend that you book your room as early as possible because Santander is a very popular summer destination.

In order to facilitate an affordable accommodation during a week that is still considered to be high touristic season, we have negotiated a special price of 65.97 EUROS (single occupancy) or 88,56 EUROS (double) with the Santemar hotel (breakfast included, VAT included). The Hotel Santemar is a four star hotel located meters away from the famous Sardinero beach making it an ideal location to enjoy the beach and explore the city. There are frequent buses that run to and from downtown Santander where you can enjoy its exclusive shopping and nightlife. There is also a bus line (7c2) that connects directly the Plaza Italia (meters away from the hotel) with the Cantabria University Campus (where the IFCA is located). Please fill this booking form and send it directly to the hotel using any of the following e-mail addresses:

• reservassante@h-santos.es
• hotelsantemar@h-santos.es

If you choose to book with the Santemar hotel, please mention in your email the reference 'J-PAS' in order to get the special room tariff. This offer will be available until 20 August 2015. If you book the Hotel after 20 August 2015, we can not guarantee there will be rooms available at this hotel.

There are three social events programmed this week. Participants who wish to join these activities are kindly requested to notify it and pay the requested amount during their registration at the meeting venue.

Public Reception

On Wednesday 16th the Santander City Council honours us with an invitation to have some drinks and snacks after the afternoon sessions end (19:00h). The reception will take place at the conference venue, in the same room where coffee breaks are served daily. All participants are invited to participate in this free event.

Boat Trip

On Thursday afternoon we have organized a small boat trip across the Santander Bay, which is considered one of the most beautiful bays of Spain. The trip will take one hour. Free drinks will be available on board. Information about the boat can be found here. The trip starts and ends in the renovated Gamazo Dam (see map), landmark in the city of Santander and declared of Cultural Interest (BIC) for its history and the challenge for the engineering of the time. The price per person will be 11€ (VAT included).

Photograph of the boat trip. CREDIT: D. Herranz (2009)

Photographs of the boat trip. CREDIT: D. Herranz (2009)

Social dinner

The social dinner will be held on Thursday the 17th September at Deluz, a restaurant near the Santemar hotel (map here), at 22:00. Dinner will be a fixed-menu, three-course meal consisting of:

• Mushroom risotto with parmiggiano cheese
• Hake fillet with lobster cream
• Apple pie

Drinks and coffee are included in the total price, 25€. An alternative menu can be prepared for vegetarians or people with known allergies: please notify us at the registration desk on arrival.

Conference venue and meeting rooms

Due to the large number of registered participants, the main meeting room will take place at the Conference Room of the "Three Towers Building" of the University of Cantabria. The Three Towers Building is located at a three minutes walk (marked with a blue line in the map) from the Instituto de Física de Cantabria. There are two nearby bus stops, also visible in the map. Participants who are lodged in the city centre or the Santemar hotel may want to use the 7C2 bus line which stops at both bus stops.

Additionally, during all the week two meeting rooms and an office will be made available at IFCA for working group meetings. One of the meeting rooms can accommodate up to 45 people whereas the smaller one is adequate for 10-15 people max. If you need to use any of these rooms or to work in the visitor's office, please contact in situ with any member of the LOC.

WiFi connection during the meeting

WiFi connection will be available at the conference venue through the EDUROAM (https://www.eduroam.org/) service. Most academic institutions both in America and in Europe participate in the EDUROAM world-wide roaming access service. Please contact your system administrator in advance to ask for an account if you haven't one already. Additionally, at the IFCA building an independent visitor WiFi network is available on request.

Photograph of the participants in the 11th Meeting.

Participants

Air

The Santander Airport (SDR) has flights to destinations within Spain (Barcelona (El Prat), Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Madrid, Malaga, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife (South), Sevilla, Valencia) and outside of Spain (Brussels (Charleroi), Dublin, Edinburgh, Frankfurt (Hahn), London (Stansted), Milan (Bergamo), Paris (Beauvais), Rome (Campino)). There are three airline companies which fly to Santander: Ryanair, Air Nostrum, and Iberia.

To get from the airport to downtown Santander, there are three transportation options:

• Taxi (20 euros)
• Bus (1.5 euros). The bus stop is located in front of the arrival terminal. Buses depart from the airport at staring at 6:40 AM, and then they run every half an hour between 7:00 AM and 11 PM. This bus goes directly to the central bus station in downtown Santander (see map).
• Car Rental

The Bilbao Airport (BIO) is an hour and a half east of Santander. The Airport has many daily connections to international destinations. There are three ways to get to Santander:

• Shuttle bus: the conference will organize one shuttle bus from/to Bilbao Airport on the morning of June 17 and on the afternoon of June 19. People interested should let the LOC know during the registration. The exact departure times of this bus will be announced in due time.
• Taxi (~ 120 euro)
• Bus to Termibus (the downtown bus station, 1.50 euros) - From Termibus, take Alsa (the national bus service) to the Santander Bus Station (10 euros).
• Car Rental

Train

Santander can also be reached by train (RENFE) from Madrid.

Bus

Alsa (the national bus service) offers bus service throughout Spain, including to the French border (Irun-Hendaye).

Local Buses

In Santander, the local bus service is provided by Servicio Municipal de Transportes Urbanos de Santander.

• The bus costs 1.10 euros.
• 10 Trip TUS BonoBus cards can be purchased at tobacco shops and some newstands for 6 euros.
• Depending on the bus line, the bus can run between five to twenty minute apart.

Bikes

The city of Santander provides bicycle rental throughout the city. The pick-up and drop-off locations.