First Plenary Meeting, Salzburg, 26-27 June 2009
Getting to your hotel from the Salzburg Airport:
To get from the airport to the city centre and to your hotel use city bus no. 2 (direction: Obergnigl). The red dots on the map below show the bus stops at the airport. There are also signs at the airport.
The city bus no. 2 leaves at regular intervals (every 10 min.) from Salzburg Airport (on Sundays and public holidays every 20 minutes).
Ticket price: “single ticket” €2 (children €1). Tickets are available at the “Newscorner” in the terminal or from the bus driver.
How to get to the Star Inn Hotel Salzburg Zentrum from the Airport:
It takes about 25 minutes to get from airport to the Star Inn. You have to change bus. From the bus stop it is only a few metres to the hotel.
Recommended until 18.45:
Take city bus no. 2 (direction: Obergnigl) until the stop “Aiglhof/LKH West” (6 stops), then cross the street, take city bus no. 4 (direction: Mayrwies Daxluegstraße, 4 stops) until the stop “Reichenhaller Straße”:
The Star Inn is on the same side of the street (right) just a 100 meters walk in the same direction of the bus route.
All day and after 18.45:
Take city bus no. 2 (direction: Obergnigl) until the stop “Hans Schmid Platz” (4 stops), then cross the street, take city bus nr. 1 (direction: Salzburg Messe, 6 stops) until the stop “Reichenhaller Straße”:
The Star Inn is on the same side of the street (right) just 100 meters walk in direction of the bus route.
The last bus leaves the airport at 23.30. Please note that late in the evening there are different connections [see all bus connections]. Please ask the driver about where to change the bus.
How to get to Hotel Gablerbräu from the Airport:
It takes about 25 minutes to get from the airport to the bus station “Mirabellplatz”. You can use a direct connection until 22.36. From the bus stop at “Mirabellplatz” there are about 400/500 metres to walk.
Take city bus nr. 2 (direction: Obergnigl) until the stop “Mirabellplatz” (14 stops). Then you have to walk about 400/500 metres [see the attached map].
See all the time tables [ bus schedules].
How to get to your hotel from the Main Railway Station (“Salzburg Hauptbahnhof”)?
All busses leave at the square in front of the main railway station. Please pay attention not only to the number, but also to the “direction” of the bus that is indicated on the bus and on signs.
Tickets are available at the “Newscorner” in the main hall, at vending machines at the bus stops or from the bus driver.
How to get from main railway station to the Star Inn Hotel Salzburg Zentrum
It takes 12 minutes to get from the main railway station to the hotels. You can use a direct connection until 23.37
Take bus nr. 1 (direction: Europark / EM-Stadion) until the stop “Reichenhaller Straße” (8 stops).
The Star Inn is on the other side of the street just 100 meters walk back in the direction that the bus came from.
See the timetable.
How to get from main railway station to Hotel Gablerbräu
It takes 7 minutes to get from the main railway station to the bus stop “Makartplatz”. You can use several buses with direct connections until 00.30 (and about every 2 hours during night). From the bus station “Makartplatz” you have to walk 200/300 metres.
You can take bus no. 1 (direction: Europark / EM-Stadion), bus no. 3 (direction: Salzburg Süd), bus no. 5 (direction: Birkensiedlung) or bus no. 6 (direction: Parsch) to the bus stop “Makartplatz” (4 stops). Then you have to walk about 200/300 metres [see the attached map].
See the time tables in attachment.
Taxis:
It takes about 10/15 minutes to go to the hotels with a taxi from airport, 5/10 minutes from the railway station. The costs depend on time and traffic. It is 10-15 Euro from airport (less to the Star Inn, more to Gablerbräu) and 6-10 Euro from Railway station (less to Gablerbräu, more to the Star Inn). But taxi costs will not be refunded by CLIOH-World.
The addresses of the hotels are:
Star Inn Hotel Salzburg Zentrum
Hildmannplatz 5
5020 Salzburg
Gablerbräu
Linzergasse 9
5020 Salzburg
You can find more information on the website of salzburg busses (only in German):
http://www.stadtbus.at/popup.php?start=&type_origin=stop&start_select=Sal
zburg&ziel=&type_destination=stop&ziel_select=Salzburg&login_submit=Fahrplansuche
There will be guides to lead you to the opening session of the Conference on Friday morning:
The first plenary session will take place in the “House for Europe” on the Mönchsberg, address: Mönchsberg 2a. You can go there with an elevator or by walking about 160 steps up the hill.
The “guides” that will collect you at 8.45 in the hall or in front of the hotels.
In case you miss the guide, here is what to do:
How to walk to the “House for Europe” from the Star Inn Hotel:
From the hotel you see a tunnel. Walk through the tunnel (on the left side there is a small tunnel for pedestrians and cyclists, do not walk through the car tunnel!). At the crossing go right along the festival halls (“Hofstallgasse”, after 150 meters you will find a small square on the right side. Enter the square (“Toscanini-Hof”). If you want to use the elevator, cross the square and enter the parking house that is in the hill. After a few metres you will find the elevator on the left side. If you want to go on foot, go up the “Clemens-Holzmeister-Stiege”, on the right side of the square. At the end of the steps, go forward. You will find the House for Europe on the right side.
How to walk to the “House for Europe” from the Gablerbraeu Hotel
From the hotel go down to the river on “Linzergasse”. Cross the river on the “Staatsbrücke”. Go straight and a bit to the left across the Rathausplatz. Go left 20 metres, then turn right in “Sigmund-Haffner-Gasse”. Go straight until the end of the lane, then go right for 50/70 metres. Then turn left and enter a small square (“Toscanini-Hof”). If you want to use the elevator, cross the square and enter the parking house that is in the hill. After a few metres you will find the elevator on the left side. If you want to go on foot, go up the “Clemens-Holzmeister-Stiege”, on the right side of the square. At the end of the steps, go forward. You will find the House for Europe on the right side.
The address of the venue is:
Universität Salzburg
Haus für Europa
Mönchsberg 2a
5020 Salzburg
(it is situated on Herbert-Klein-Weg just at the end of Clemens-Holzmeister-Stiege)
