general information 7th seminar

GENERAL

INFORMATION

 

Seminar venue

| Language | Climate | Insurance

| Travel and transport information

| Budapest | Exhibit 

Seminar

venue

The venue

of the Seminar is:

Danubius

Thermal Hotel Margitsziget 

Margaret

Island (Margitsziget)

1138

Budapest

Hungary

Tel.: +36

1 452 6200

Fax : +36

1 452 6261

 

http://www.danubiusgroup.com/thermalhotel

 

The

distance between the Budapest Ferihegy international airport and Margaret

Island is about 15 km.

Language

 

Friday,

12 September, 2003:

Plenary sessions: English spoken with simultaneous translation into Hungarian

Workshops: English spoken with summaries in Hungarian

Reports from workshops: English spoken with simultaneous translation into

Hungarian

Saturday,

13 September, 2003:

Plenary sessions: English spoken with simultaneous translation into Hungarian

Workshops: English spoken with summaries in Hungarian

Reports from workshops: English spoken with simultaneous translation into

Hungarian

Hungarian sessions: in Hungarian only, no translation

Climate

(in September)

 

Budapest

has a temperate and continental climate. In September, the daily mean temperature

is 15°C.

Insurance

 

The

Seminar Committee and the ESC cannot accept any liability. Participants should

make their own arrangements with respect to health and travel

insurance.

Travel

and transport information

Flights of domestic and foreign airlines arrive

at Terminal 2 of Budapest Ferihegy international airport.

Transport to and from the airport

The LRI Minibus transports passengers between the

two Ferihegy terminals or between any address in Budapest

and Ferihegy. Within the Budapest city limits, the one-way

fare is 2100 HUF/person (or 8,54 euro), 3600 HUF/person (or 14,64 euro) round-trip.

Tickets can be purchased at the arrival customs area or at the LRI Airport

Passenger Service desk in the waiting area.

The airport buses operated by the municipal

public transportation authority, BKV, run from

Kõbánya-Kispest underground terminal to Ferihegy 2 (the bus has the name

of the terminal on it). Passengers need to buy their tickets

before boarding the bus, tickets are available at the news

stand in the waiting area.

It is advisable to choose one of the two options

mentioned above as travelling by taxi is much more

expensive and private taxis (those not belonging to a registered company)

charge unregulated prices.

Taxi

Budapest

has several taxi fleets. All are obliged to operate a taxi meter and give

receipts if so requested by the passenger. Taxi fares have had

maximum limits imposed from September 1998. Between May 1

and September 30, so-called ‘water’ taxis, for a maximum

five passengers, are in service on the Danube.

Budapest

 

The city

is divided into two parts, the hilly side of Buda on the western bank and the

flat plain of Pest on the eastern bank of the river Danube. These

two parts of the city were once separate towns and were

merged together with Ancient Buda (Óbuda) only in 1873.

 

Budapest

is known as the City of Therapeutic Waters. The abundance of medicinal waters

in Budapest is unparalleled. A capital city featuring the highest number of

medical thermal springs in the world, Budapest was granted the

title of “Spa City” in 1934. 

 

There is

probably no other capital city on the globe with swimming pools and bathing

halls dating back to the Turkish occupation and still in use

today, with thermal spas irradiating the rich colours and

forms of Art Nouveau and featuring one of the largest spas

in Europe.

 

Margaret

Island (Margitsziget) is located in the middle of the river Danube between

Margaret Bridge and Árpád Bridge. The northern section of the

island is home of the turn-of-the-century Grand Hotel

Margitsziget and the modern Danubius Thermal Hotel

Margitsziget. The latter – where the ESC Seminar venue will take place – offers

thermal spa and state-of-the-art medical services using thermal

water springs on the island to cure different types of

locomotor disorders. 

 

You will

find more information on Budapest on the website of the Budapest Tourism

Office, http://www.budapestinfo.hu/en/

 

Exhibit

 

Any

company interested in exhibiting should contact the Seminar Secretariat.

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