Cultural Programme: First Day: 19th of September 20:00 hours "English Tour visit" and 20:15 hours "Spanish Tour visit", maximum participants 35 per group, 70 available places, Free visit to the Salamanca Cathedral Towers, City-Views "Ieronimous" see https://www.spain.info/en/que-quieres/arte/monumentos/salamanca/catedrales_de_salamanca.html, from 20:00 hours to 21:30 approx reservation by email at info@childrenandsmartscreens.eu strict booking by order of firm reservation and payment of the Congress-fees. Second Day: 20th of September, 18:00 hours, visit to "Art Nouveau & Art Decó" Museum Casa Lis, from 18:00 to 20:00 hours, see for more info at http://www.museocasalis.org/nuevaweb/en/, maximum participants 55, reservation by email at info@childrenandsmartscreens.eu strict booking by order of firm reservation and payment of the Congress-fees.
For other leisure, city sightseeing and shopping at Salamanca see also https://www.salamanca.es/en/
Transportation from Madrid to Salamanca is simple and inexpensive:
Salamanca is a "top touristic" destination in Spain, know as "the little Rome" since 1988 Unesco`s World Heritage city see https://whc.unesco.org/en/list/381/documents/ , "Old City of Salamanca", and visit https://www.salamanca.es/en/ for full presentation:
Option BUS: Direct Bus from Madrid Barajas Airport to central Salamanca Bus Station, 50€ approx. return trip, (Madrid -> Salamanca and Salamanca-> Madrid) , 10 time options https://www.venta.avanzabus.com/web/seleccion-de-servicio.html and also Bus from Madrid Central Bus Station to Salamanca, Bus every hour connection, it takes 2 hours 20 minutes in comfortable bus with wifi. We have a negotiated discount if you do the booking via "El Corte Inglés" Carmen or Sonia, see at the bottom of this page for contact info.
Option TRAIN: Madrid to Salamanca, via train see www.renfe.es , aprox 40€ return trip, every two hours speed train connection, 1 hour 36 minutes, and also normal train 2 hours 30 minutes. We have a negotiated discount if you do the booking via "El Corte Inglés" Carmen or Sonia, see at the bottom of this page for contact info.
Option CAR-Sharing: Bla Bla Car is also a very good option, 24€ return trip.
Option Rent a Car: It is a motorway trip of 2 hours with the recommendation to stop at Ávila, half way through a medieval city, top touristic destination too.
Accommodation:
Assisting Individuals can accommodate at the https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colegio_del_Arzobispo_Fonseca_(Salamanca)
Colegio Arzobispo Fonseca, an University 4*Equivalent Hotel for visitors, professors and researchers, at the convenient price of 53€ approx including breakfast , single room, double for 68€ approx (n.b: prices may update for 2019 but will remain in this range, check with Fonseca). There are 33 rooms available from the 17th of September to the 22nd of September 2019, reservations directly at fonseca@usal.es indicating ECREACHILDREN2019. Strict reservation by order of firm reservation and payment.
We have also more inexpensive accommodation at more standard University Residences see www.usal.es/colegiodeoviedo available for students and researchers-teachers for 35€ to 50€ -approx check with the Accomodation provider directly-, do contact Colegio Oviedo: Sra. Cristina González García, Administradora/Secretaría C.M. de Oviedo, Avda. Alfonso X el Sabio s/n, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, Universidad de Salamanca,Tel: +34 923126000, via email oviedo@usal.es indicating code ECREACHILDREN2019. This facility is an equivalent 3* to 4*.
For Accommodation assistance in Standard Hotels in Salamanca, 4* and 5* hotels do contact the collaborating Agency “El Corte Inglés” contact telephone and emails as follows, prices may vary from 75€ to 110€ aprox breakfast included, we recommend Hall 88 Hotel (100 m from the venue) we have 20 rooms reserved for the nights of the 18th and 19th at the rate of 66€ double room with breakfast included for one person, and 72€ double room with breakfast included for two individuals, do contact directly Mrs. Carmen or Mrs. Sonia, indicating ECREACHILDREN2019 to the following emails and contact information as follows:
For Accommodation contact: Ms. Carmen Losada Torres, Email: carmenlosada@viajeseci.es, C/Traviesa, 3 , 37002– Tel. +34 923214106 and +34 923218009- Salamanca, Spain
For transportation issues, do contact: Ms. Sonia Ribalta Ayuso, Email: sribaltaayuso@viajeseci.es, Valladolid-Puente Colgante, Tel. +34 983 27 82 35 / 91,C/ Puente Colgante, 35 • 47007 Valladolid, Spain
