MathMods - L'Aquila

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The IP 2009 will be held in Alba Adriatica (Abruzzo, Italy) from 7 to 19 September 2009.

• From September 7 to 12 IP students will be accommodated at Hotel Antares
• From September 12 to 19 IP students will be accommodated at Hotel Sporting
• Some IP students will be accommodated at Appartamenti Riviera for the whole period
• MathMods Master's students will be accommodated at Residence Costa
• Lectures will be held at Residence Villa Sorriso
  

How to get there

Alba Adriatica is at about 200 Km to the East of Rome and about 60 Km to the North of Pescara.

The closest airports are:

• FIUMICINO AIRPORT Leonardo da Vinci (Rome)
• CIAMPINO AIRPORT (Rome)
• ABRUZZO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (Pescara)

The IP location can be reached from either

• Giulianova Train Station (located at about 9 Km from the IP location), which is connected to Rome by ARPA coaches and to Pescara/Ancona by train. From Giulianova Train Station local buses leave for Hotel Antares/Hotel Sporting on Alba Adriatica promenade.
• Simply ask the driver on your coach from Rome to drop you at the closest stop to Hotel Antares on Alba Adriatica promenade (visit the links below to check if your coach reaches Alba Adriatica).

Click on the links below to get more detailed instructions

• From Fiumicino Airport (Rome)
• From Ciampino Airport (Rome)
• From Pescara Airport
• Coach timetable Rome - Giulianova/Alba Adriatica

University of L’Aquila

University of Cambridge

Gdansk University of Technology

Tallinn University of Technology

Paul Sabatier University - Toulouse III

Eberhard Karls University of Tübingen

Vienna University of Technology

0 Pescara Airport (Abruzzo)		1 Bus to Pescara train station		2 Train to Giulianova (Abruzzo)		3 Bus to Hotel Antares in Alba Adriatica

1. From Pescara Airport to Pescara Centrale train station

In order to get to Giulianova from Pescara Airport (Aeroporto Internazionale D'Abruzzo), you will have to reach "Pescara centrale" train station.

• Once you are outside the airport, take bus number 38 (running every 15 minutes).
• A ticket costs 0.90 euro. Tickets can be bought from automatic machines or desks.
• Duration: around 20 minutes.
• The bus will take you to Piazza della Repubblica in Pescara, a large square in front of "Pescara centrale" train station.
• Enter the railway station.

2. From Pescara Centrale train station to Giulianova train station

In order to reach Giulianova railway station from "Pescara centrale" train station, just catch any train going in that direction.

• A ticket costs 2.50 euro (if you catch a local - regionale in Italian - train)
• Duration is around 30 minutes

3. From Giulianova train station to the IP location

Please follow these instructions:

• There is a ticket office (biglietteria in Italian) in the square of the train station.
• Buy a ticket for Alba Adriatica.
• The bus you will have to catch is orange.
• There are three bus lines going towards the direction of your hotel: Alba Adriatica, Martinsicuro, San Benedetto. They are all going to the right direction.
• Once you are on the bus, ask the driver to drop you at Hotel Antares, on Alba Adriatica promenade (lungomare in Italian).

0 Ciampino Airport (Rome)		1 Bus to Anagnina (Metro Station)		2 Metro A from Anagnina to Termini (Rome)		3 Metro B from Termini to Tiburtina (Rome)		4 Coach to Giulianova/ Alba Adriatica (Abruzzo)		5 Bus to Hotel Antares in Alba Adriatica

0-3. From Ciampino Airport (Rome) to Tiburtina train station (Rome)

To reach the IP location (Abruzzo) from Ciampino Airport (Rome), you will have to reach "Tiburtina train station" (Stazione Tiburtina in Italian) located at the Eastern side of Rome, where coaches leave for either Giulianova or Alba Adriatica.

• Get out of the airport and search for either "Cotral" or "Schiaffini" buses.
• There may be different buses: ask the driver or look at the display on the bus. Your destination is Anagnina (which is the name of the underground stop - Metro in Italian). You can find timetables for Cotral here and for Schiaffini here. Tickets can be bought on the bus (the price is 1.20 EUR).
• After reaching Anagnina, get off the bus, walk down the steps and enter the underground station (you will see an "M" on the signs).
• Buy a ticket (1 euro): there are self-service machines or desks.
• From Anagnina there is only one underground line (line A). Your stop is Termini (the main train station in Rome).
• After getting off at Termini, you will have to change trains and take underground (Metro) line B, direction Rebibbia (there are a lot of signs indicating "Linea B", "direzione Rebibbia"). Your destination is Tiburtina (only 4 stops).

Outside Tiburtina train station you will find the coach station where buses leave for Giulianova and Alba Adriatica.

The coach service connecting Rome to Giulianova/Alba Adriatica (in Abruzzo) is provided by A.R.P.A. The coaches leave from the bus station "Autostazione Tibus" located at the exit of "Tiburtina train station" (Stazione Tiburtina in Italian).

Please pay attention, because after getting out of Tiburtina train station, you will find local buses (orange buses) on your left, which you don't need to take. Instead, you will find the coach station opposite Tiburtina train station, after crossing two roads with a flyover above you; you might see the indication "Autostazione Tibus".

VERY IMPORTANT: if you are reaching Giulianova/Alba Adriatica on Monday 7 (the agreed arrival day), you don't need to read any further. There will be somebody from our staff at Tiburtina bus station (around half an hour before the departure time of your coach) to help you buy the tickets and give you further instructions on how to reach the IP location. After getting off your coach at Giulianova/Alba Adriatica somebody from the staff will still be there to help you reach the IP location.

2. From Tiburtina train station (Rome) to Giulianova train station/Alba Adriatica (Abruzzo)

The coach service connecting Rome to Giulianova/Alba Adriatica (in Abruzzo) is provided by A.R.P.A. The coaches leave from the bus station "Autostazione Tibus" located at the exit of "Tiburtina train station" (Stazione Tiburtina in Italian).

Please pay attention, because after getting out of Tiburtina train station, you will find local buses (orange buses) on your left, which you don't need to take. Instead, you will find the coach station opposite Tiburtina train station, after crossing two roads with a flyover above you; you might see the indication "Autostazione Tibus".

• Ticket costs 15.90 euros
• Tickets have to be purchased, before getting on the bus, at Arpa Ticket Office (biglietteria ARPA in Italian), which you will find at the bus station.
• Duration: about 3 hours.
• Depending on the coach you catch, you will have to get off either at Giulianova train station or Alba Adriatica (see the timetable).

Click on this link to view the COACH TIMETABLE

3. From Giulianova/Alba Adriatica to the IP location

- . If your coach drops you at Giulianova Train Station (stazione di Giulianova in Italian), please follow these instructions:

• There is a ticket office (biglietteria in Italian) in the square of the train station.
• Buy a ticket for Alba Adriatica.
• The bus you will have to catch is orange (different from the coach you will have just got off).
• There are three bus lines going towards the direction of your hotel: Alba Adriatica, Martinsicuro, San Benedetto. They are all going to the right direction.
• Once you are on the bus, ask the driver to drop you at Hotel Antares, on Alba Adriatica promenade (lungomare in Italian).

- Alba Adriatica. If your coach drops you at Alba Adriatica, please follow these instructions:

• Just ask the driver on your ARPA coach from Rome to drop you at the closest stop to Hotel Antares on Alba Adriatica promenade (lungomare in Italian).

COACH TIMETABLE Rome - Giulianova/Alba Adriatica

* If you catch this coach, follow these instructions.

** If you catch this coach, follow these instructions.
Please note that coaches bound for "Alba Adriatica" also call at "Giulianova-Staz" (Giulianova Train Station).

COACH TIMETABLE Giulianova/Alba Adriatica - Rome

The application for the IP must be made exclusively online. Scholarships are offered to students from the partner institutions.

The deadline is June 30, 2009.