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For Congress participants:
25 % discount on full rate (Business & Tourist class) for
domestic, European and intercontinental flights with final destination
Bilbao
and return. On European flights the PEX fare, and on intercontinental
flights
the Excursion rate, may be applied without conditions, subject to
availability
of seats. This offer applies only to closed tickets with IBERIA issued by
Iberia
ticket offices or the Official Travel Agency :
Tickets will be valid from two days before to two days after the
congress dates.
For the Organising Committee and guest speakers:
30 % discount on full rate (Business & Tourist class) for
domestic, European and intercontinental flights with final destination
Bilbao
and return. On European flights the PEX fare, and on intercontinental
flights
the Excursion rate, may be applied without conditions, subject to
availability
of seats. This tickets must be purchased from Iberia offices.
Up to 8 pre-congress tickets on these terms may be purchased
from
Iberia ticket offices by the Organising Committee on the International
Congress
on Differential Geometry.
Passengers wishing to take up these offers must prove their
participation in the congress. All the Iberia tickets issued for this
Congress
must bear an ID code. Participants who need this code can obtain it from
the
Official Travel Agency or the Organizing Committee.
The Meeting will take place in the buildings of Facultad de
Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales in SARRIKO (Avenida
Lehendakari Agirre 83, Bilbao).
We suggest that all participants stay in nearby Colegio Mayor Miguel de Unamuno
(Avenida Lehendakari Agirre 140). The lunch and supper for all participants will
be served in Colegio Mayor Miguel de Unamuno.
PLEASE, FOR THE LODGING, CONTACT THE OFFICIAL TRAVEL
AGENCY:
Areetako Etorbidea, 2
48930 Las Arenas (Vizcaya)
Fax: 00-34-944630658
Tel: 00-34-944800362
The Hall of Residence Miguel de Unamuno
is a centre which belongs to Universidad del País Vasco (UPV-EHU).
Features
* Mixed accomodation.
* 214 beds.
* Single and double rooms with bathroom en suite.
* Dining room and laundry service.
* 24 hour reception cover.
The price includes
* Cultural and sports activities.
* Lodging during UPV-EHU term. This does not include Eastern and
Christmas holidays.
* Courses and lectures.
* All meals (7 days a week).
* Reception of personal phone calls in each room.
* Use of: computing room, Fine Arts studio, gym, library, study rooms,
game rooms, music room, TV and video room.
The H.R. Unamuno is situated
* 1 min. from the nearest bus stop.
* 2 min. from the Sarriko underground.
* 3 min. from the Facultad de CCEE-Sarriko (UPV-EHU).
* 20 min. from Universidad de Deusto.
* 20 min. from the ETSIIT (UPV-EHU).
* 35 min. from Leioa Campus (UPV-EHU).
* 40 min. from Sondika (Bilbao's airport).
PRICES*:
Single room: 7.560 pesetas
Double room: 6.550 pesetas (per person)
Double room (used as a single room): 9.780 pesetas
If you want to share a room with somebody in Colegio Mayor Miguel de
Unamuno, please indicate this to the Travel Agency VIAJES ECUADOR. And if we
have arranged yet to share a room with somebody participating in the Congress,
give this person's name to the Travel Agency.
Paseo Campo Volantín, 11
PRICES*:
Single room: 12.875 pesetas
Double room: 9.850 pesetas (per person)
Colón de Larreategui, 7
PRICES*:
Single room: 15.515 pesetas
Double room: 9.400 pesetas (per person)
Ercilla, 37-39
PRICES*:
Single room: 17.050 pesetas
Double room: 11.428 pesetas (per person)
Bidebarrieta, 2 (in the old town, near the Arriaga theatre)
PRICES*:
Single room: 6.300 pesetas
Double room: 3.615 pesetas (per person)
WARNING!!
Participants are advised that there will be several
congresses and trade fairs at around the same date, so arrangements should not
be left until the last minute.
** For young people there exists a hostel in Bilbao (belonging to the
Hostelling International). They have offered us 30 beds (5
double rooms, 4 triple rooms and 2 quadruple
rooms), at a very economic price:
(breakfast and taxes are included)
For the reservation of a bed or any other observation,
please contact us: R. Ibáñez
or M. Macho-Stadler (in the address of the main page).
(If you are interested in lodging in the hostel, you have to inform us before
May 31, 2000)
Left part: with the "Colegio Mayor Unamuno"
(into the ellipse) and "Facultad de
Ciencias Economicas y Empresariales"
(into he square).
Right part: center of Bilbao.
Bilbao International Airport in Sondika, 9 kms from the centre of Bilbao, is considered as the most importatnt in the north of the Iberian Peninsula, united with several European cities, many daily flights link Bilbao to Madrid and Barcelona.
If you arrive via Sondika Airport in Bilbao, there are various possibilities:
COMPANY: BIZKAIBUS
NUMBER of the bus: A-3247
DEPARTURES FROM BILBAO (Arenal-Sendeja). This bus runs every 40 minutes from 6,00 to 22,30, and stops at Avenida Lehendakari Aguirre 142 (close to Colegio Mayor Miguel de Unamuno).
DEPARTURES FROM SONDIKA (Airport). This bus runs every 40 minutes from 6,40 to 23,05, and stops at Avenida Lehendakari Aguirre 135 (in front of Colegio Mayor Miguel de Unamuno).
FARE: 140 pesetas (less than 1 USD).
The main bus terminal in Bilbao (Termibus) is in Garellano) near
the San Mames Football Stadium. An easy way of travelling from the Bus Terminal
to the Colegio Mayor Miguel de Unamuno is to take the
Metro Underground Railway 
.
The "SAN MAMES" underground station is close to the Bus Terminal.
You should get off at "SARRIKO" station,
which is near Colegio Mayor Miguel de Unamuno. The fare is 140 pesetas
(less than 1 USD).
ABANDO RAILWAY STATION is in the centre of Bilbao, by Plaza Circular. There is an entrance to the underground railway from the Railway Station itself. You should get off at "SARRIKO" station, which is near Colegio Mayor Miguel de Unamuno. The fare is 140 pesetas (less than 1 USD).
Delegates who will be travelling to the Congress by car and who do not wish to park on the street may wish to know that there is a car park with a security guard near the Colegio Mayor Miguel de Unamuno (and Sarriko). This is the car park of the Bidarte shopping mall at Lehendakari Agirre 29 (tel. 944752121). The entrance is next to n† 25 Avenida Madariaga.
The car park opens Monday to Thursday from 09.00 to 22.30 and Friday to Sunday from 09.00 to 00.30.
The charge for a full day is 2825 pesetas.