Venue
The event will be held at the Centre for Information and Communications Technology Research (CITIC)
Campus de Elviña s/n - 15071 A Coruña - Spain
Indications to reach the CITIC can be found here
Meeting Room, Wifi and Other Facilities
The "Cloud room" at the 1st floor of CITIC has been reserved for the meeting.
Facilities: https://citic.udc.es/en/instalaciones-en-2/
HDMI & VGA connection to the new videowall (telecon will be available by Zoom)
Eduroam Wifi is available.
Ad-hoc wifi "Spacious" will be enabled for the meeting.
Meals and Coffee breaks
Coffee breaks will be provided.
Meals to be detemined. We will organize meals in the CITIC building or nearby (18th-20th)
Social diner: Thursday 19th
Organised Visit
To be determined (Tower of Hercules, the only lighthouse on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites / Aquarium Coruña).
Contact People
Sofía Paz - sofia.paz@udc.es (Research group administrative)
Carlos Dafonte - dafonte@udc.es
General Information About the City
A Coruña is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. It is the second-largest city in the autonomous community of Galicia and seventeenth overall in the country. The municipality of A Coruña has 250,000 inhabitants. The city served as political capital of the Kingdom of Galicia from the XVIth to the XIXth centuries, before being replaced by Santiago de Compostela. A Coruña is a busy port located on a promontory in the entrance of an estuary in a large gulf (the Portus Magnus Artabrorum of the classical geographers) on the Atlantic Ocean. It provides a distribution point for agricultural goods from the region. The city is the site of the Roman Tower of Hercules, which is a lighthouse that has been in continuous operation for nearly 2,000 years. It has been declared by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site. It's surrounded by a big park, which has a public golf course, bike lanes, a former muslim cementery, a sculpture park and beautiful views over the Atlantic. The promenade (Paseo Marítimo) is 13 kilometers long, is one of the largest in Europe, and borders the peninsula on which the city lays. Along their track many buildings and monuments rise, which are already part of the cultural wealth of A Coruña (DOMUS, Aquarium, Riazor Stadium, Tower of Hercules, etc.). The old medieval city preserves two architectural jewels: the Basílica of holy Maria and the Church of Santiago.
The center city (La Marina) is also well known for its characteristic glazed window balconies, called galerías. Originally, this type of structure came about as a naval architecture solution for the challenging weather, particularly designed for rainy days.
Tourism information office website: https://www.turismocoruna.com
City council website: https://www.coruna.gal/
Buses
- Website: http://www.tranviascoruna.com/en/
- You can organize your trip via Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps
- Line "24" gets you directly to CITIC from citycenter. However, there is only a bus every 30 min. This is the route by: https://maps.app.goo.gl/TSj4bZZrNz9M4yCu6
- Line "UDC" also gets you to Campus de Elvina (University Campus), and there is a bus every 5 min. You will have to walk (5 min) to CITIC, see the route by walk here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/Eoc486HDVTiXmMXU7
- To get back to city center (Plaza Pontevedra) we recommend Line UDC, which departs from Campus de Elvina. You will have to walk (5 min) from CITIC to the bus stop (a different one!!), see the map route by walk here: https://maps.app.goo.gl/pQE8k9sGUE5WZbMt8
Taxi and Private Hire Car/Scooter
- Taxi
Website: https://www.radiotaxicoruna.es/ - App available at website for your smartphones. Telephone: +34 981 243333 - Cabify
It works similar to Uber. Website: https://cabify.com/es/a-coruna/lite/tarifas - App available at website for your smartphones
- Motinos
Cheap rental for small electric scooters, 10€ for 45min usage with multiple zones around the city to pick it up and park it again. Website: https://www.motinos.com/ - App available at website for your smartphones
Arrival
- A Coruña airport (LCG, Alvedro)
- Location: 8 km from city center
- Connections from Madrid and Barcelona, and direct flights from/to Geneva, Milan and London
- To reach the city from the airport:
- Bus to the city center: https://www.aena.es/en/a-coruna/getting-there/bus.html
- You can order a taxi for about 20€ (See "Taxi and private hire car drivers" section)
- Santiago de Compostela airport (SCQ, Rosalía de Castro)
- Location: 65 km from A Coruña
- Connections from Madrid and Barcelona, and direct flights from/to Basel, Paris, London and Geneva.
- To reach A Coruña from Santiago airport:
- Cheapest way is to travel by bus, but there are just a few options a day (Monbus company: https://www.monbus.es/en#seleccion - select SCQ airport as origin)
- Easiest way is to travel by bus/taxi to Santiago de Compostela Train Station, and then take the train to A Coruña (you can buy tickets online here: https://www.renfe.com/es/en). The bus frequently stops just in front of the airport arrivals zone.
- Rent a car
- Porto airport (Portugal, OPO, Francisco Sá Carneiro)
- Location: 300km away from A Coruña.
- Connections from all over Europe
- To reach A Coruña from Porto airport:
- Best option is to travel by Flixbus (around 20€, 5,5h travel, good buses with Wifi facilities - https://www.flixbus.com/)
- Rent a car
Accomodation
Participants are asked to arrange their own reservations.
Hotels close to the meeting (20 mins walk to the CITIC)
- Hotel Attica 21 (+34 981 17 92 99) info.coruna@attica21hotels.com - Approximate price: 80 € (taxes included)
- AC Hotel by Marriott A Coruña (+34 17 54 90) reservas@ac-hoteles.com - Approximate price: 75 € (taxes included)
City center hotels (recommended, 3-4 kms from CITIC but plenty of buses marked "UDC"):
- Eurostars Atlántico (+34-981226500) nhatlantico@nh-hotels.com - Approximate price: 80 eur (taxes included)
- Hotel Hesperia (+34-981010300) hotel@hesperia-acoruna.com - Approximate price: 85 € (including taxes)
- Hotel Zenit (+34-981218484) coruna@zenithoteles.com - Approximate price: 80 € (taxes included)
- Hotel Riazor (+34-981253400) reservas@riazorhotel.com - Approximate price: 75 eur (taxes included)
- Hotel Meliá María Pita (+34-981205000) melia.maria.pita@melia.com - Aproximate price: 101 eur (taxes included).
