The conference will be held at Hotel RIU Plaza de España Madrid. RIU Plaza de España Madrid is a 4-star hotel located in “Edificio España”, a historical building in the heart of the city. The venue is within walking distance of some of Madrid's main landmarks such as the Gran Vía, Plaza Mayor, Palacio Real (Royal Palace), and Puerta del Sol as well as to green areas such as Parque del Oeste, Jardines de Sabatini, Campo del Moro and Madrid Río.
The affiliated workshops will be held in a different venue, in a building of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM), located at Plaza de Ciencias 3, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040 Madrid. The venue is near the Ciudad Universitaria (line 6) metro stop. See here for a map and directions.
See the map for the conference venue (Google Maps link) and affiliated events (Google Maps link) below.
Madrid's airport is called Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas and is situated in the east of Madrid, around 15 km from the city center. It consists of two separate hubs: the old one contains terminals T1, T2, T3 while the new hub contains terminals T4 and T4S. Metro line 8 connects the airport with the city, ending in Nuevos Ministerios, one of the main metro and Cercanías stations in Madrid. Note that when traveling from and to the airport by metro you need a supplement that can be added to your transport card from the same machines where the card is obtained. Alternatively, taxis have a flat rate from the airport to anywhere in the city center of 33€.
Madrid is connected to other cities in Spain via high speed (AVE) trains. The main train stations in Madrid are Atocha (officially Madrid Puerta de Atocha Almudena Grandes) and Chamartín (officially Madrid - Chamartín - Clara Campoamor). In particular, Atocha has direct trains to and from big cities in the East and South of Spain such as Barcelona (2.30 h), Valencia (2 h) and Málaga (3 h). Atocha and Chamartín stations are both well connected to the venue via metro, see How to get to the venue below.
Given its central location, the hotel is extremely well connected by public transport (see Madrid public transport below). It is right next to the Plaza de España metro stop (lines 3 and 10) and surrounded by multiple bus stops.
From the Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport: From any of the terminals, take metro line 8 towards Nuevos Ministerios. At the last stop (Nuevos Ministerios), change to metro line 10 towards Puerta del Sur and get off at Plaza de España. Travel time by metro is around 45 minutes from T4 (around 40 min from T1-T2-T3) while travel time by taxi is around 30-35 minutes in normal traffic.
From the train station: depending on your train, you might arrive at Chamartín or Atocha train stations.
Madrid has an excellent public transport system that combines the following options:
