Location

The meeting will be held in the Blue Seminar Room, ground floor, in the brand new IFT building.

Address: Nicolás Cabrera 13-15, Campus de Cantoblanco, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Transportation

The following information is meant to give practical instructions on how to get around in general, to your hotel and to the university.

Means of transportation

• Metro:
  

  Madrid has an extensive and convenient metro system (see map). Tickets can be bought at stations either from a machine (accepting cash, including notes, bank and credit cards) and usually also from a ticket office. A single trip includes any number of transfers. A single trip costs between €1,50 and €2, depending on the number of stations. A 10 trip card (10 viajes) costs €12,20 the latter is also valid for the local EMT buses. Trains typically run from 6am to 2am.

  Airport Supplement: There is a €3 surcharge for trips from and to the airport subway stations: the easiest thing to do is to buy a combined fare+supplement ticket (Billete Sencillo Metro+Suplemento Aeropuerto) that can be bought at any subway station. Should you forget to pay the supplement, then you can buy a supplement ticket (Billete Suplemento Aeropuerto) at the machines located near the exit of the airport's subway stations.

• Cercanías Renfe:
  

  Local trains, running regularly withing the province of Madrid (see map). The tickets look very much like the metro tickets, but are NOT the same. Tickets can be bought at stations either from a machine (accepting cash, including notes, bank and credit cards) or from a ticket office. There is a zone system, most of the center is in zone 0, the university in B1, the third zone. Single tickets (for 3 zones) are €1,70 and 10 trip cards (Bonotren) €12,85.

• Taxi:
  

  Taxi's are numerous and for European standards, reasonably priced. A ride from the airport to the center from 6am to 10pm, costs between €25 and €30 (incl. the airport supplement), to Chamartín is slightly cheaper. Supplements: from/to airport €5,25, from trainstations €2,75.

• Bus:
  

  There are two type of buses, the local ones of the EMT (red or blue) and the Interurbanos (green). For the EMT buses you can buy a single in the bus for €1,50 or use the 10 trip metro card. The interurbanos use separate tickets, which can be bought on the bus. Most bus drivers don't like notes bigger than €5.

Universidad Autónoma de Madrid

A map of the Campus can be found above. The Instituto de Física Teórica, is the number 41 on the map. The 20 minutes walking route from the train station is indicated with a red line.

Getting there from the airport
The simplest way is to take a taxi. A ride costs about €25 and takes about 20 minutes. Otherwise, you can do the following (about 1 hour): By metro & train, arriving at terminal 1-4: - follow the metro signs - Metro 8 direction Nuevos Ministerios. Change at Nuevos Ministerios. - Take a Cercanía train to Colmenar Viejo or Alcobendas-San Sebastián de los Reyes (C4). - Get out at Cantoblanco Universidad. By bus, arriving at terminal 1-3: - Take the free shuttle bus running between the different terminals. - Get out at terminal 4 and follow the instructions below. By bus, arriving at terminal 4: - Take bus 827, running every 20 minutes (single €1,8 approx ). - Get out at the Universidad Autónoma.
Getting there from the center
Take a Cercanías train - Take either a train to Colmenar Viejo or Alcobendas-San Sebastián de los Reyes (C4). - Get out at Cantoblanco Universidad.