How to get to the venue?
By car
It is within a stone's throw to the Tatras by car. The location of the High Tatras is unique as they are very close to large town centres and airports and thus easy to get to. A beautiful panorama makes the drive really exceptional. The resort of the High Tatras is only a 3.5 hour drive by car from Bratislava and a 1.5 hour drive from Košice.
By plane
The international airport Poprad - Tatry is the highest located airport in Central Europe and the entrance gate to the High Tatras. The Poprad airport is only a 15 minute drive from the ski resort of the High Tatras (Tatranská Lomnica, Starý Smokovec and Štrbské Pleso), only a 40 minute drive from the thermal park Tatralandia and a 50 min drive from the largest ski resort of Central and Eastern Europe – Jasná Chopok. For best prices of plane tickets and hotel packages visit the websites www.airbaltic.com and www.nartyslowacja.pl.
To Poprad by plane http://www.airport-poprad.sk/index_en.php/
To Košice by plane http://www.airportkosice.sk/
To Bratislava by plane http://www.airportbratislava.sk/cestujuci/
Czech Airlines www.csa.cz
Contact: call.centre@csa.cz
By train
Get to the Tatras easily and take a shuttle service, taxi or train. The railway station Poprad – Tatry is also a junction and starting point of the Tatra Electric Railways (TEŽ), which can take you to all resorts from Poprad really fast and in all comfort, providing real pleasure from travelling and observing the surrounding landscape. To Poprad and the Tatras by train http://www.slovakrail.sk/en/vlaky-ic
TAXI
Take a 8 or 4 seater TAXI to get to resorts of the High Tatras: Starý Smokovec, Tatranská Lomnica, Štrbské Pleso and the town of Poprad. Contact: http://www.vktaxi.szm.com/
For NONSTOP reservations call 0905 700 330 or send an email to v.k900@orangemail.sk
Direct transfer from the airport to Grandhotel Stary Smokovec can be arranged by:
www.expres-transfer.eu/english/
Railway transport in the High Tatras
Tracks of the Tatra Electric Railways and the Rag Railway operate with a Self-service transport system. Do you plan to stay in the High Tatras for a longer period? Then we suggest you buy a Net travel card and travel thus cheaper. For more information visit http://www.slovakrail.sk/sk/vo-vysokych-tatrach
CONFERENCE VENUE - GRAND HOTEL STARÝ SMOKOVEC
Conference participants are responsible for making their own hotel arrangements. We recommend the accomodation in the conference venue.
Address:
Starý Smokovec, 062 01 Vysoké Tatry, Slovakia
Reservations:
phone: +421 44 290 13 39
fax: +421 52 44 22 157
e-mail: reservation@grandhotel.sk
Reception:
phone: +421 52 47 80 000
fax: +421 52 44 22 157
e-mail: info@grandhotel.sk
