Conference Site:
The Workshop will take place at the Guest House
of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences on the Black Sea coast near Varna.
Varna is Bulgaria's third largest city and main naval port (for tourist info see here).
The Guest House is in resort "Chaika" which is situated in the beach resort area extending to the
north-east of Varna between two of Bulgaria's biggest coastal resorts "St. Constantine and Elena" (formerly "Druzhba") and "Golden Sands".
Besides the Guest House alternative accommodation is possible in near-by hotels, e.g., Hotel "Vezhen" (very near to the Guest House).
Travel information:
The most convenient way to travel from abroad is by plane
to Varna airport. In the summer there are many regular (daily) flights to
Varna from many European cities and regular daily flights from Sofia
(Bulgaria's capital). The latter is connected with Europe's major
cities by regular daily flights. Travel by bus is to Varna bus station.
The airport (bus station) is around 20 km (10 km) from the
Conference site with direct bus connection - see overall map
Map1.
For a detailed map of the neighbourhood of the Guest House click
here. This second
map shows the Guest House (on the map it is called: "Pochivna baza BAN"),
Hotel Vezhen (on the map it is called: "Hotelski kompleks Vezhen"), and
the House of Journalists (on the map it is called: "Hotelski Kompleks Zhurnalist"),
in front of the latter is the nearest bus stop to the Guest House. This bus stop is for bus # 409.
The Guest House is 100 m uphill from this stop. Note that bus # 409 is a bus line from
Varna Airport - bus stop "LETISHTE" in front of Terminal 2 Arrivals
(via the Central Bus Station - bus stop "AVTOGARA") to "Golden Sands" and stops at the House of Journalists (bus stop ZHURNALIST). You can see all the bus stops here.
A ticket can be purchased from a ticket machine located on the bus stops (the price is 2.00 BGN for 60 minutes).
A card on the whereabouts of the Guest House in Bulgarian (also translated) which may be shown to
taxi-drivers is here.
Taxis are cheap in principle (around 1.3 - 1.5 Lev per km)
but the taxi-drivers may try to cheat you! Insist on the counter (meter) running and pay by what it shows!
To avoid misunderstandings as on previous occasions
we shall use the taxi company "Omega-Trans", its cars are marked
also with the capital Greek letter 'Omega'.
Upon your arrival at the airport AFTER RECEIVING your luggage you
may order a taxi from the airport to the Guesthouse of the Academy
of Sciences calling one of the following numbers: +359-52-388-888,
+359-888-388-888, +359-898-388-888, +359-878-388-888.
Make sure that your cell-phone has roaming for Bulgaria.
Usually the taxi will arrive within 10 minutes.
Payment in principle is in Bulgarian Lev, though some taxi-men take
also euro in ratio 1 Euro = 2 Lev (the official rate being 1 Euro =
1.9558 Lev). You can get Levs from any cash machine at the airport,
but you should not change Euro at the Change Bureaus - their rate
is bad.
Note that at the airport exit there are many other taxis from
different companies so make sure that the car you take is really a
taxi sent from OMEGA-TRANS. If not you are running the risk of
being overcharged.
