Guest and
Social Programme
Opening
Mixer, Sunday 1 October 17:30-19:00
at the Faculty of
Medicine of University Complutense. Admission is free, but registration
is required.
Congress
Dinner, Tuesday, 3 October 2006, 20:00
The Congress
Banquet will be held at the Casino de Madrid,
Calle Alcalá 15. Registration is required.
Admission Fee: Euro 75.00 per person.
Please note that the casino requires men to wear ties.
From the hotels take Metro line 3 (yellow line) to Puerta do Sol or
line 2 (red line) to Sevilla. On foot it is a distance of appr. 1,5-2 km
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by
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The Casino is an
impressive classical palace built at the end of the 18th
century, located in the centre of Madrid. It
was originally a private club for gentlemen only. Within its walls,
many
Madrid
intellectuals -
writers, musicians and others came to relax and found it an ideal place
to
meet. Today, the Casino of Madrid is a symbol because of its tradition,
culture, architecture and art, and because it has managed to combine
its past with the technology of modern times, but always displaying the
same principles of tolerance, coexistence and harmony that drove its
founders. When it comes to tasting the most select cuisine, the choice
has to be the Casino's restaurants; a luxurious atmosphere, the utmost
in service and creativity presented dishes, which turn flavor into a
veritable art.
Tours
All tours depart from
outside the Faculty of Medicine, University of Madrid. Please collect
your tickets at the registration desk.
All tours will be accompanied by an English-speaking Tour Guide.
Sunday
1 October: Panoramic Tour of Madrid
This coach
tour will
show you some of the varied facets of Madrid by taking you on the
extensive
panoramic tour of this rapidly expanding city whose population is now
around 4
million and spreads over an area of 200 square miles.
There are several
different styles of architecture to be seen in its buildings and
monuments:
Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, Neoclassic, Romantic and Modern, and
different
socio-economic districts, such as the Madrid of the artists, the
students, the
antiquarians and the wealthy.
You will be driven
along famous streets like the Gran Via and see pretty plazas (squares)
like
Puerta del Sol, Neptune, Cibeles and Plaza de España (from here
you will have a
panoramic view of the Royal Palace). You will see modern
Madrid with its wide avenues like the Castellana, and parks and gardens
like
the Retiro and Casa de Campo. Also included on the route are the
"monumental" Bullring, the Bernabeu Football Stadium and the Madrid
Campus. Departure:
12:00 Return:
15:00
Price:
Euro 35.00 per person
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Monday
2 October: Full Day Tour to Toledo
Toledo
being a World Heritage Site is a stunning testament to the history of
not
just the city but also of Spain
as a whole. This history, dominated by the Romans,
the Muslims, the
Jews, and
finally the Christians, can be seen in the buildings and layout of the
city.
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Once one of the
most important
centers of European medieval
history, you will be visiting the Cathedral, the Synagogue
and Sonto
Tome. Walking through its streets one feels like having stepped back
into
the Middle-Ages, hardly another town
is so well conserved in its
historical
style. Departure:
09:00
Return:
17:30
Price:
Euro 61.00 per person
including Entrance Fees
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| El Escorial is a
three part
fortress/monument (palace, monastery and
one of the best stocked libraries in the world), it commands the town
and the
neighbouring region for its impressive structure covering a rectangular
area of
over 30,000 square meters. Just to give you an impression: Escorial has
9 towers, 9
organs, 16 patios, 73 statues, 86 sets of stairs, 88
fountains, 300 cells, 1.200 windows, more than 1.600 paintings, 2.673
doors. Escorial
was built with the idea to maintain the
symmetry and austerity, while showing forth might and power of the
crown of Spain
?where the sun never set?. Afterwards you will be
visiting the Valley
of the Fallen which is an impressive memorial built to
commemorate victims on both sides of the tragic Spanish Civil War.
Located in a
forested valley it features a monumental stone cross nearly 150 meters
high,
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Departure:
09:00
Return:
14:00
Price:
Euro 48.00 per person including
Entrance Fees
Terms
and Conditions:
The number of
places for all events is limited and will be allocated on a first come,
first serve basis.
Cancellations are non-refundable unless the tickets can be re-sold.
A minimum number of participants is required on each tour, should the
minimum number not be met,
the organizer may cancel the tour and inform if its decision within
ample time.
Purchased tickets will be refunded. Further recourse is excluded.