Detailed information about the Workshop

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Travel from the airport ( http://www.aeroportoparma.it/ )

Ticket and information office
Exchange
Tel. +39 (0)521 9515

Parma Airport "G.Verdi" is less than 3 km far from Parma motorway A1-Autostrada del Sole, to which it is linked by a bypass. It is also linked to the railway station, the majors hotels of Parma and the downtown by the Aerobus, a confortable bus service that offers a run for each departure or arrival flight.

•   Bus: The journey takes about 15 minutes and costs approximately 1 Euro (0.77 Euro).
•   Taxi: You will find taxis just outside the airport. The average fare from Airport to Parma centre or to University Campus is 10 Euro.

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City bus

Bus tickets and subscriptions can be bought in the shops (cafe, tobacco shops, ecc.) that expose the special mark. The consumer has to authenticate the title of travel in the special apparatus on the bus. Automatic ticket machines of tickets are installed at the station, too.

How to reach the Campus by bus

linea 7: Stop names: Università Sud (Campus), Barriera Bixio, Viale Mariotti (Ghiaia=town center), Stazione F.S., Barriera Saffi, via Cocconi.
linea 14: Stop names: Università Sud (Campus), Piazzale Fiume, Viale Mariotti (Ghiaia=town center), Stazione F.S., Barriera Saffi.

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Taxi

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International train connections

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International bus connections

http://www.busweb.com/european_coach_companies.asp

http://www.busweb.com/travel.asp

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International railway connections

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Accomodations

Hotels and residences Hotel Astoria Via Trento 9 43100 - Parma Phone +39 (0)521 27 27 17 Fax +39 (0)521 127 27 24 E-mail: info@piuhotels.com Price per night + breakfast: - Single room:     73 € - Double room (use as single): 93 € - Double room:  100 € Nearest bus stop for Campus (7 and 14): Viale Mentana Hotel Torino Borgo Mazza 7 43100 Parma Phone +39 (0)521 281 046 Fax +39 (0)521 230 725 E-mail: info@hotel-torino.it Price per night + breakfast: - Single room:  68 € - Double room:  93 € Nearest bus stop for Campus (7 and 14): Viale Mariotti (Ghiaia) Hotel Savoy Via Garibaldi 69b Phone +39 (0)521 281 101 Fax +39 (0)521 281 103 E-mail: info@savoyparma.it Price per night + breakfast: - Single room:  85€ - Double room:  115€ Nearest bus stop for Campus (7 and 14): Viale Mentana

City map - clic on shaded area to view details. (in the campus detailed map, number 13 is "Centro S. Elisabetta")

Participants should contact the hotel directly for booking, quoting the code "RUG MPTL7". A limited number of rooms is blocked till Juin 15, 2002.

Booking via internet is possible, but not preferred since we have special prices for the workshop and internet booking follows the standard pricing (credit card required): The reservation code "RUG MPTL7" can be entered in the registration form.

Others hotels could be finded at:

http://www.parmaitaly.com/alberghik.html

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About Parma

Parma is a town of Roman origin, with extraordinary Romanesque monuments. Its best period was during the Ducky of Parma Piacenza and Guastalla. With the Farnese first and than with the Borbone and during the reign of M. Luigia d'Austria (wife of Napoleone), much belowed by Parmeses.
Today it's famous all over the world for its monuments: the Dome and Battistero (The most important and developed monument of Middle Ages in Italy, make precious by Antelami's sculptures and Byzantine peintings (1260/1270) on the dome, the Church of San Giovanni with Correggio's frescos (1520-1523), the Church "della Steccata" with Parmigianino's frescos (1539), the Farnese theatre (XVII sec.), the Royal theatre, the "Colorno Royal Residence"; but also for Parma football team, the medieval castels, the museum, the Giuseppe Verdi's landscapes, the "Museum Casa Natale" of great conductor Arturo Toscanini, the thermal baths, the perfumes (Parma's violet), and for its cuisine and first quality foodstuff: ham, parmesan cheese, culatello, salami, pasta, ecc..

You will find all touristic informations about especial Parma actractives in the home page, with click on the pictures .