Travel

 when travelling by airplane ....
 
choose either Bratislava airport (BTS) or Vienna airport (VIE) as your destination. From Vienna airport you can then take a
 shuttle bus going to  Bratislava. The bus terminal is directly in the front of  the arrival hall (Wien, Flughafen Wien). The bus
 goes once or twice per hour, and will take you to Bratislava Bus Center (Bratislava, AS), which is a terminal station. The
 trip takes 1 hour and costs approximately 8 EURO (+1 EURO luggage).
 You can find additional information, bus schedule and plan your trip here.

 when travelling by train ...
 
choose Liptovsky Mikulas as your destination. It is the closest place to the workshop site which can be reached by a train.
 You can plan your trip from various destinations here. On March 14 and March 18 we will organize a shuttle which will
 commute between Liptovsky Mikulas train/bus station and the hotel in regular periods (once per 2 hours).

 when travelling by bus ...
 
choose Demanovska dolina, Jasna as your destination. You can plan your trip from various destinations here.

 We will arrange a bus that will take participants from Bratislava directly to the Junior hotel in Jasna. The bus will depart from
 Hotel Druzba in Bratislava on March 15 (Tuesday) at 9:00 and will pass Bratislava Bus Center (Bratislava, AS) at about
 9:20, and Bratislava airport (BTS) at about 9:40. The same bus will take participants from Jasna back to Bratislava on
 March 18 (Friday) at 13:00. The trip from Bratislava to Jasna will take approximately 4 hours.

 useful links:
Hotel Druzba - Hotel Junior Jasna - Bratislava airport - Bratislava Bus Center - Comenius University



 Participants staying in Druzba hotel Bratislava
 
Those travelling from Vienna airport by Slovak Lines bus to Bratislava Bus Center (Bratislava, AS): After getting off the bus, do
 not enter the Bus Center building, but facing this building turn left (south). After approximately 50 m you get to the busy road,
 where you can find a city bus stop. Take bus no. 70 direction NOVY MOST and get off at NOVY MOST (terminus). Turn south
 toward the busy road with rails (behind is the Danube river) and find the tram stop for trams going toward west. Take any
 tram
in the direction DUBRAVKA (no. 12) or KARLOVA VES (no. 4, 17) and get off at BOTANICKA stop (the 4th stop).
 Go upstairs the passage bridge, then left (south) above the road, you will see Druzba hotel in front of you. Downstairs, along
 the green petrol station OMV, turn left to Druzba reception.

 To use a bus and a tram you are obliged to buy a 1-h transferable ticket (0.70 EUR) in the machine at the bus stop or
 in the newspapers kiosk and mark the ticket after getting on the bus. Drivers do not sell tickets.

 Those travelling from Vienna airport by Blaguss bus to Bratislava NOVY MOST, follow the same manual to get on the tram as
 specified above. To use a tram you are obliged to buy a 15 minutes non-transferable ticket (0.50 EUR) in the
 machine at the tram stop or in the newspapers kiosk and mark the ticket after getting on the bus. Drivers do not sell tickets.
 
 Participants catching the workshop bus to Jasna at Bratislava Bus Center (Bratislava, AS) on 15 March 2011 morning:
 After getting off the bus from Vienna, do not enter the Bus center building but facing this building turn left (south). After 
 approximately 50 m you get to the busy road, turn left (east) and go another approximately 50 m towards a small parking lot.
 You will see a yellow Slovnaft gasoline station right behind. The workshop bus to Jasna will stop next to the parking lot at
 about 9:20. Please be ready to get on, the bus cannot stay there for too long.