ACCOMMODATION

Accommodation is offered in the Porto Rio Hotel and the Florida Blue Bay Hotel of various categories at special rates. Please book your hotel room with the enclosed registration form as early as possible in order to secure a room at Porto Rio Hotel 4 stars plus or in Florida Blue Bay Hotel 3 stars. Should you have any questions concerning the hotel reservations please contact the Conference Secretariat «CPR / Conferences Public Relations» tel : +30 2610995698, fax : +30 2610995691, e-mail : cpr@pat.forthnet.gr.

HOTEL REGISTRATION

Please check the room of your choice.

Prices are in Euro per room per night including breakfast – buffet and all taxes.

1. PORTO RIO HOTEL **** ⁺

Main Building**** ^+				Artemis Building *** ^+	Bungalow *** ^+
	Standard	Suite	Executive Suite
Single use	129 €	266 €	324€	117 €	117 €
Twin use	146 €	281 €	341 €	133 €	133 €
Extra bed	24 €	24 €	24 €	24 €	24 €

Room requests will be handled by priority as long as availability exists.

To confirm your reservation please send credit card details with authorization to charge the total amount of stay till latest 14 days before arrival date.

INFORMATION Porto Rio Hotel

GR - 26500 RIO – PATRAS

GREECE

TEL. : +30 2610992102

FAX : +30 2610992115

RESERVATIONS E-MAIL : bisasd@otenet.gr

WEB SITE : www.portorio-casino.gr

Rooms Division Manager : BISAS Dimitris (contact for reservations)

2. FLORIDA BLUE BAY HOTEL ***

Single use	60 €
Twin use	72 €
Extra bed	18 €

Room requests will be handled by priority as long as availability exists.

To confirm your reservation please send credit card details with authorization to charge the total amount of stay till latest 14 days before arrival date.

INFORMATION Florida Blue Bay Hotel

GR – PSATHOPIRGOS PATRAS

GREECE

TEL. : +30 2610931279

FAX : +30 2610931977

RESERVATIONS E-MAIL : florida@otenet.gr

WEB SITE : www.florida-hotel.gr

Rooms Division Manager : MINTZAS George (contact for reservations)

THE CONFERENCE CENTRE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS

Built within the University Campus, it offers facilities for conferences, symposia and seminars as well as musical, theatrical and other cultural enents.

The Centre comprises a main hall of 1.080 seats, a 250 seat auditorium, four halls for parallel meetings, eight seminar halls, a 200m2 hall for multiple use an a two level reception area with a total surface area of 1.100m2 which can also be used as an exhibition area.

Tel.: +32610 993.99, 996.315-16-17, fax : +32610 994.999

E-mail : confer@upatras.gr

URL : http:www.confer.upatras.gr

TRANSPORTATION

By air

Patras is connected by air mainly through the International Airport of Athens. The airport of Araxos (about 30 km west of Patras) is also used for charter flights. The Olympic Airways offices in Patras are situated at 17-19 Aratou str. (Tel.:+32610 222.901-3)

By ship

Patras is the western gate of Greece to Italy and Western Europe. More than 50 ship-services every week link the city with the major Italian ports and the Ionian Islands. Port authority (Tel.: +32610 341.002)

By Train

There are daily services to and from Athens as well as all the major offshore cities of the Peloponnese. The trip to Athens lasts about 3,5 hours, by the Intercity express train. The Train station (OSE) is located in the town centre, near the harbour and the coach station. (Tel.: +23610 639 108)

By coach

Patras is linked with the capital city of Athens with regular coach services, every 30’ (it takes about 2,5 hours to reach the capital). There are also daily coach services to all major cities of Greece, the Ionian Islands and the well-known archaeological sites (Olympia, Delphi, Kalavryta). The Coach Station (KTEL) is located at the centre of Patras, at 2 Zaimi str. And Othonos Amalias str. (Tel.: +32610 623.886-8)

City bus - Taxi

There is a dense network of city buses, which links the centre of Patras with all areas of the city and its suburbs. There are, also, about 1.000 taxis in Patras, available around the clock.

Radio-Taxi Tel.: +32610 450.000, 425.201

Taxi-Express Tel.: +32610 1300, 346.700