Venue, Travel & Dining
Venue
The conference will be held at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Address: C. Vía Láctea, s/n, 38205 La Laguna, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain.
Entering the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias
IMPORTANT The IAC has an entrance gate (see the image on the right) and everyone new entering would need to show the ID to the guard.
Hotel information
We have pre-booked 10 double rooms for a rate of 70 Euros per room (35 Euros/person/night) at Apartamentos Bruja.
To reserve these rooms, please, send an email directly to the apartments: reservas (at) apartamentosbruja.com.
The email must contain the following information:
Conference Code: Solar MHD
Your name and dates of your stay
Credit card information to guarantee the reservation, no charges will be made prior to your stay (this can be supplied as a photo, by parts in different emails, etc).
If there are two people staying in the room, only one credit card is needed to make the reservation.
Name(s) of the roommate(s).
Please make reservations in Apartamentos Bruja as soon as possible, since September is the peak season for them because of the students coming back from holidays and prices may increase significantly, or no more rooms will be available.
Tenerife is the largest of the Canary Islands located off the coast of northwestern Africa. It is known for its warm climate, beautiful beaches and landscapes.
In September, the temperatures are expected to be between 21° and 27° C and there is usually no rain.
Getting to Tenerife
There are two airports on the island of Tenerife, one on the north side (Tenerife Norte, TFN, also known as "Aeropuerto de Los Rodeos Ciudad de La Laguna") and the other one on the south of the island (Tenerife Sur, TFS, also known as "Aeropuerto Reina Sofía"). Both airports are at about 2.5 hours flying time from Madrid and about 3 hours from Barcelona. San Cristóbal de La Laguna is 5 km from TFN, and 65 km from TFS, with a motorway link covering the full journey in both cases. The easiest access is from the northern airport (TFN) along the TF-5 motorway and it takes about 10 min.
Getting to the Hotel/Venue
From Tenerife South Airport (TFS)
By taxi (about 80-100 €)
Bus line 10 (10 €) from TFS to Santa Cruz de Tenerife (main bus terminal). Until 22:30 h, departure frequency is 30 min, starting at 6:00 h. The bus desk (labelled TITSA) is located at the extreme north side of the terminal and the bus stop is just outside of the terminal in front of the Bus desk. The journey to Cruz bus station is about 40 min.
From there, the most convenient option to reach La Laguna is to take the tram ("tranvía"). Alternatively, a taxi from the Bus terminal station in Sta. Cruz to Hotel Nivaria will cost you about 14 €.
From Tenerife North Airport (TFN)
We recommend you to take a taxi as it should cost less than 15 €. Alternatively, bus line number 20 will take you to the Bus terminal station in La Laguna.
Note: The local bus company is called TITSA, buses are painted bright green, and the local name for the bus is "guagua" or "autobus".
Visa requirements
Visa requirements when entering Spain.
If you require an invitation letter, please send the following information to Dr Elena Khomenko (khomenko (at) iac.es).
In the e-mail, please provide:
Name and surname as in the passport
Your permanent address
Your email address
Passport number
Dates of arrival/departure
Title of your contribution (if that is the case)
Name of your institution which covers your trip expenses
