CSM'2002 Workshops - Local information

IIASA

The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, IIASA is a non-governmental, non-profit research organization sponsored by National Member Organizations in North America, Europe and Asia. The Institute is situated in the small town of Laxenburg, about 15 km south of Austria's capital city, Vienna. For more details...

Schlossplatz 1, A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria

Tel.: (+43-2236)-807.0 (Switchboard)
Tel.: (+43-2236)-807.589 (Conference Services)
Fax : (+43-2236)-71.313
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Workshop hotel

Hotel Favorita
Laxenburgerstrasse 8-10
A-1100 Vienna
Tel.: (+43-1)-601.46-0
Fax : (+43-1)-601.46-720

Hotel Favorita is an art-nouveau style Austria Trend hotel, located in the center of the city, next to the Favoritenstrasse, one of Vienna's longest shopping streets. The nearest underground stations (line U1) are Suedtirolerplatz and Keplerplatz. Hotel facilities include a steam bath, sauna (both free of charge for guests) and underground car park (10€/day for guests).
The discounted prices (offered for participants of the CSM'2002 workshop, if booking is made through IIASA) are € 65,- or € 82.50 (for a single or a double room, respectively) for one night, including breakfast buffet and taxes. For more details...

Reasonably priced hotels may be difficult to arrange at a later date. Therefore we have made a block booking in the Favorita Hotel. Participants who would like to stay in this hotel should complete the final registration form not later than May 31, 2002 (we may not be able to help you in arranging accommodation later).

Participants who prefer to make own arrangements for accommodation are encouraged to do this well in advance.

Workshop bus

The workshop bus will be available for the following transfers:

On each day of the workshop at 8:15 promptly from the workshop hotel to IIASA. Should you miss the bus, please use public transportation to Laxenburg (there is a bus stop close to the hotel).
On the first day of the workshop (after the last session) from IIASA to the Heuriger and from the Heuriger (at about 21:30) to the workshop hotel.
On the second and on the third workshop day from IIASA (after the last session) to the workshop hotel.
After the last session from IIASA to the airport.

All the workshop participants are encouraged to use this free transportation.
For information about public transportation between Vienna and Laxenburg please click here.

Local transportation

Vienna has an efficient public local transportation system. Here is some basic information and advice on how to reach the workshop hotel.

Tickets for public transportation can be purchased from ticket machines on the busses and trams, or in underground stations, and at the tobacconists. One can purchase various types of tickets: one-trip (2€ from a vending machine in the vehicles, 1.5€ prepaid [at tobacconists and from vending machines in the underground stations]), daily (24-hour, 5€), 72 hour (12€, includes some sight-seeing benefits), weekly (12.5€), 8-day (24€, valid for 8 days within a year).
The taxi fare in Vienna is 1.09€ per kilometer with a starting cost of 2€.

To the workshop hotel from the airport:

Take the airport bus to Suedbahnhof (please click here for the schedule and prices). You can take the tram no. 18 for one stop to Suedtirolerplatz and walk up Laxenburger Strasse about 5 minutes to Hotel Favorita. Or you take tram O three stops to Gudrunstrasse, and walk back Laxenburger Strasse (about 50 meters).
A taxi to the workshop hotel from the airport (costs app. 30€).

To the workshop hotel from Nord Bahnhof:

U1 underground direction Reumannplatz until Suedtirolerplatz station, and then walk about 5 min. up Laxenburgerstrasse.

To the workshop hotel from West Bahnhof:

Take tram No. 18 for several stops to Sudtirolerplatz, and then walk about 5 min. up Laxenburgerstrasse. Alternatively, take U3 underground direction Erdberg, get off at Stephansplatz station, then take the U1 underground direction Reumannplatz until Suedtirolerplatz station.

To the workshop hotel from Sued-Bahnhof:

Take tram No. 18 for one stop to Sudtirolerplatz, and then walk about 5 min. up Laxenburgerstrasse.

More information about Vienna and Austria

You may want to check the following URL's for more information:

Vienna tourist board (in English, German, Italian and Japanese). Links to a lot of info on: museums, concerts, theaters, public transportation in Vienna, The Vienna Card (free travel by the public transportation and reduction or benefits at museums, sights, theaters, etc).
WienOnLine (in German).
Tourist information about Vienna (from Hotel World Atlas).
Train timetable of the Austrian Railways (in German).
Train timetable of the German Railways (in English and in German).

Please e-mail questions and/or suggestions conccerning local information to:
csm@iiasa.ac.at

Please note that data, although carefully compiled, is given without commitment.

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