Venue
Venue of the satellite conference:
Real Centro Universitario Escorial-Mª Cristina.
Pº Alamillos, 2
28200 San Lorenzo del Escorial (Madrid)
The building combines classrooms and accommodation. The organization of the workshop has booked rooms for the participants. The price of a single rooms is 66€ per day, all meals included. Those participants interested in one of this rooms, please, send asap an email to gft@icmat.es indicating check-in and check-out dates. The paticipant will pay the room directly in the Colegio María Cristina.
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San Lorenzo de El Escorial is a town in the Community of Madrid, located to the northwest of the region, 50 km far away of Madrid, in the southeastern side of the Sierra de Guadarrama, at the foot of Mount Abantos. The Monastery of El Escorial is one of the main Spanish Renaissance monuments, and together with the historic surroundings were declared a World Heritage Site UNESCO, on November 2, 1984, under the name "El Escorial, monastery and site". The place of the conference will be the Real Colegio María Cristina, which is part of the historical site.
How to get to San Lorenzo del Escorial:
From Madrid downtown you can get to it:
- By train, line "Cercanías C-3a". It leaves from Atocha Train station, stops at Chamartin train station and goes to El Escorial. It works every hour and takes 50 minutes to get El Escorial from Chamartín and 60 min from Atocha.
- By bus nb 661 from "Intercambiador de la Moncloa", (Moncloa, line 6 and 3 of the underground ), is a trip of 55 minutes and it works every hour from 5 am to 23 am. The price is 5€.
- By car it takes about 41 min. By taxi will cost you about 65-70€.
From Barajas-Adolfo Suárez international airport you get Atocha station or Chamartin station by train line C10.