How to get to
Alcalá de Henares
Alcalá de
Henares can be reached easily from Madrid by train.
From the
airport (Barajas Madrid
international airport):
A train to Alcalá de Henares can be taken at Nuevos
Ministerios station. To go there you must first take the subway (“Metro”) at
the airport. It is located just in the middle of Terminal T2 (corridor
connecting to Parking P2, 1st floor). You must follow the logotype:
The
subway station is called Aeropuerto. You can find it in the map below; it is
the second stop in line 8 (pink line), which connects Barajas town to Nuevos
Ministerios.
The
price of a one-way ticket is 1.10 €. There is a train every 4-7 minutes from
6:05 to 22:00 and every 15 minutes from 22:00 to 2:00. You can find more
information (in english) at the web page http://www.metromadrid.es/default.asp?id=147.
Nuevos Ministerios is also a train station where you
must take the RENFE urban train (“CERCANÍAS”) to Alcalá de Henares. You just
have to follow the logotype:
Below you can find a map of the urban train
(“CERCANÍAS”) network. As you can see there are three lines connecting Nuevos
Ministerios with Alcalá de Henares (lines C-1, C-2 and C-7).
The price of a one-way ticket is
1.55 €. There is a train every 10 or 12 minutes from 5:35 to 23:10. You can
find more information (in English) at the web page: Renfe:
Commuters Madrid.
You can also take a taxi from the airport to your hotel in Alcalá; the price should not exceed 40 € and it will take you 30 minutes to get there which is less than half of the time you will need by train.
From Chamartin station:
You must take the RENFE urban train (“CERCANÍAS”) to Alcalá de Henares. Above you can find a map of the urban train (“CERCANÍAS”) network. As you can see there are three lines connecting Chamartin with Alcalá de Henares (lines C-1, C-2 and C-7).
The price of a one-way ticket is
1.55 €. There is a train every 10 or 12 minutes from 5:35 to 23:10. You can
find more information (in English) at the web page: Renfe:
Commuters Madrid.
How to get to the
hotel and to the conference site
The hotels
AC Alcalá and Ibis, and the Houses on the University Campus, are quite far from
the rail station and you should take a bus to get there.
Here we explain how to get by bus to these
hotels and to the conference site (San Ildefonso College) which is located at
Plaza San Diego. You may also use a taxi: it will cost you around 5 € inside the town.
The
following link contains a map that can help you to follow the explanations.
AC Hotel Alcalá:
This hotel is located in Octavio Paz street s/n, close to Plaza Jose de Espronceda. To get there from the railway station you must take the bus number 10 at Ferraz street, direction to Espartales. There is a bus every 15 minutes from 6:15 am to 11:30 pm and every 60 minutes from 0:00 am to 4:00 am. The price is 0.80€.
Below is a
map of line 10:
You must
get off at Jose María Pereda stop. It is close to Plaza José de Espronceda (a
square with a McDonald’s restaurant).
To get to the
conference site (San Ildefonso College) from the hotel you must take the same
bus, direction to Vía Complutense and get off there (last stop). From there you can easily find
“Colegio de San Ildefonso” using the map.
Hotel Ibis:
This hotel is located in Via Complutense street, close to the shopping center La Dehesa (Alcampo). To get there from the railway station you must take the bus number 5 at Paseo de la Estación street, direction to C. C. La Dehesa. There is a bus every 15 minutes from 6:50 to 23:30 and every 60 minutes from 23:30 to 3:30. The price is 0.80€.
Below you
have a scheme of line 5:
You must
get off at the last stop (C. C. La Dehesa) and Hotel Ibis is at a walking
distance from there (approx. 5 minutes).
To get to the conference site (San Ildefonso College) from the hotel you must take the same bus, direction to Barrio del Pilar (Río Arlanza) and get off at Paseo de la Estación street. From there you can easily find “Colegio de San Ildefonso” using the map.
Houses on the University Campus:
These houses are located in the University Campus, near the hospital Principe de Asturias. To get there from the railway station you must take the bus number 2 at Paseo de la Estación street, direction to Universidad (Politécnica y Ciencias). There is a bus every 15 minutes from 7:00 to 22:00, every 30 minutes from 22:00 to 24:00, and every 60 minutes from 22:00 to 4:00. The price is 0.80€.
Below you
have a scheme of line 2:
You must
get off at Hospital (next to last stop) and “Residencias Universitarias” are at
a walking distance from there (approx. 5 minutes).
To go to the conference site (San Ildefonso College) from the hotel you must take the same bus, direction to Plaza Cervantes and get off there (last stop). “Colegio de San Ildefonso” is less than a 100 m from there in Plaza de San Diego.
Hotel El Bedel:
This hotel
is located at Plaza de San Diego, very close to the conference site (San
Ildefonso College), at a 10 minute walk from the railway station.