Conference Details

The language of the conference will be ENGLISH. There will be no translation services available.

Conference venue

The conference will be held at the Hotel Eden Roc (www.caproig.com) in San Feliu de Guixols on the Costa Brava in Spain. Accommodation for all delegates will be at this hotel and is included in the registration fee.

Meeting Rooms & Equipment
The meeting rooms are located in a separate section, two minutes’ walk from the main building of the hotel through the garden. The main room is equipped with a data projector and two screens for simultaneous projection.

Location

San Feliu de Guixols is located 120Km North East of Barcelona. Barcelona and Girona are the nearest airports to San Feliu de Guixols.

Transport from Barcelona Airport

Barcelona airport is easily accessible from all major European and International cities.

Group Transportation will be arranged from Barcelona airport to the hotel on 25th May only. The journey takes about 1½ hours. Return transportation will be provided on 29 May when the conference ends and in the morning of 30th May.

Group Transportation Schedule:

- Pick-up from Barcelona airport 11.00 sharp and 16.00 sharp on May 25th.

- Departure from Eden Roc Hotel to central Barcelona then to Barcelona airport on May 29th at 13.00 and 20.00 (following excursion) and on May 30th at 09.00.

- Please book your seat(s) on these buses by contacting Heather Howard ( h.howard@gdrc.hfi.unimelb.edu.au) as the buses will run on a needs basis. If you do not book a seat we will not expect you. An indication of your flight number and arrival time would help too.

- Please allow enough time to ensure you are at the Welcome Reception or to check into your flight on time remembering the travel time will be 1½ hours and allowing for some possible delay.

How do you find the coaches at the airport?

The buses will wait in the special bus parking area located 100 - 150m to the East of Terminal A. They will have a sign in the window indicating "Human Variome Project" for easy recognition.

You are strongly urged to take advantage of this organised transportation which is included in the costs covered for you by the conference fee (and accompanying persons fee). If you cannot do so, here are some other means of reaching Sant Feliu:

By bus
This is certainly the most convenient way of reaching San Feliu.
From Barcelona airport, take the train to Arc de Triomph/Estacio Nord station. From Barcelona Estacio Nord (Ali-bei street 80), the SARFA company travels to San Feliu de Guixols, to the "Carrer Llibertat" - "Carretera de Girona" junction. Buses are scheduled about every two hours. The trip takes about 1½ hours and costs about EUR 10 one way. It is about a 20 minute walk from the bus station in San Feliu to the hotel. You can also take a taxi from the bus station to the hotel (it costs around EUR 5).
SARFA bus company

By train
RENFE/ Spanish National Railways operate a frequent train service between Barcelona airport (Aeropuerto Stn) to Barcelona Sants railway station. Departures from the airport are about every 30 minutes throughout the day until about 22.30; from Barcelona Sants Stn. about every 30 minutes until about 22.15. Journey time is approximately 20 minutes.
Approximare single rail fare to Barcelona Sants: EUR 2
The nearest railway station to San Feliu de Guixols is Girona.
There are trains from Barcelona Sants every 1 to 1½ hours. The trip takes 1½ hours and costs around EUR 5. (Girona is also easily reached from France, via Montpellier and Portbou).

Outside Girona railway station, the TEISA Company buses leave for San Feliu approximately every hour (timetable). Arrival in San Feliu de Guixols is at the Monastery Square where you can take a taxi or walk (20 minutes) to the hotel.
A taxi from Girona railway station to the hotel costs around EUR 27.

By car
San Feliu de Guixols can be reached on motorway A7. This motorway should be left at exit 9 if travelling from Barcelona and at exit 7 if travelling from France.

A taxi from Barcelona airport to San Feliu de Guixols costs around EUR 130.

Transport from Girona Airport

You can also fly to Girona. This airport is serviced by "budget" airlines. Girona airport is 45 minutes drive (90 km) from Barcelona airport, 25 minutes from the Costa Brava south and 35 from the Costa Brava north. It is located near the A7 motorway, 10 km away from Girona city centre.

Ryanair flights have a linking bus to Girona centre (the journey takes about 20 minutes) which starts at around 05.00 in the morning. From Girona centre you will then have to take a first bus to Lloret de Mar (Segalès bus company) and then a second one to Sant Feliu (SARFA bus company). Please note however that connections are extremely bad! Another option is the Bravatur bus company which operates between Girona airport and Platja d’Aro, which is only 5 km from Sant Feliu. But you will then need to take a taxi from Platja d’Aro to the venue. The last – and certainly most convenient -alternative is the TEISA bus, which links Girona station directly to Sant Feliu (see below, section “By Rail”).

A taxi from Girona airport to Sant Feliu costs approximately EUR 35-40. Taxis are ranked just outside the arrivals hall of the airport. The journey takes about 25 minutes.

Other travel information may be found in the link here