Venue
The summer school will be taking place at the Conference Centre of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Liblice Castle, Czech Republic. The coordinates are as follows:
Liblice 61
277 32 Bysice
Phone: +420 315 632 111
Fax: +420 315 696 239
E-mail: recepce@zamek-liblice.cz
GPS 50°18'42.32"N, 14°35'11.409"E
Liblice is a Baroque Castle with a very interesting history. It is close to Prague and only a 40 minutes drive from Prague Vaclav Havel International Airport.
Meals
Meals (breakfast, lunches and dinners) are served at the Restaurant. Coffee breaks will take place close to the lecture hall. Please inform the organisers (via the registration form) if you have some dietary requirements. Please note that (apart from a bit run-down restaurant and a temporarily manned sausage stall at Liblice bus station) no catering is avalable in Liblice outside the castle.
Accommodation
There are more upmarket rooms at the main castle and nice somewhat cheaper rooms at the Annex. Rooms are equipped with en-suite facilties, fridge, minibar, TV-LCD, safe, hair dryer and Internet connection. In all conference arrangements meals (breakfasts, lunches, coffee breaks and dinners) between dinner on April 14th and breakfast at April 23rd are included. See the Registration webpage for details.
Lecture Theatre
The lecture theatre at Llblice Castle is equipped with PowerPoint display, sound equipment. Please inform the organisers in good time if you are a speaker and need some further equipment.
Poster Session
The venue of the poster session and the dimensions of poster boards will be announced in due course here.
Getting to Liblice
Many airlines offer flight to and from Prague Vaclav Havel International Airport. From there we recommend to use the Shuttle bus offered by the hotel in the evening. If you want to take a taxi we strongly recomment that you book from the taxi booking booths at Terminals 1 and 2 Arrival Halls or via Uber, which is the official taxi provider of the Prague airport. There are vending machines for the taxi rides in the arrival hall,. Also pre-booking taxis via the internet is an option – the Uber link can be found here. A taxi ride costs around EUR 50,-
Ignore people running around offering "cheap" taxi rides in the arrival hall - such trips will cost you dear. You are sue to be cheated and, in case of bad luch, even mugged,
It is possible but a bit difficult to go to Liblice Castle by public transport (see below).
Railway connections to Prague are good. Please be aware that the Golden City has three main railway stations, the main station (Hlavní nádraží), the Holešovice and the Masaryk Station. It is wise to check at which station your train arrives to avoid surprises. From all stations we recommend to use the Shuttle bus offered by the hotel. If you want to take public transport from one of the stations please see below.
For timetables and connections we recommend to check the excellent website of the German Railways (available in 8 languages, including Czech).
Several companies run long-distance buses to Prague. They can be a cheap alternative. The main bus stop in Prague is close to Prague main train station on Wilsonova street. You can check the usual providers (Flixbus etc.)
By public transport from Prague
First you have to go to "Ladví" underground station. This is no problem from anywhere in Prague due to the wide network of the Prague public transport.
From Prague Vacláv Havel International Airport take bus 119 (from the terminal) to the station "Nádraží Veleslavín" From there take the green underground line (direction "Depo Hostivar") to the station "Muzeum". There change to the red underground line (direction "Letnany" or "Ladví") to "Ladví) Station.
From the main station (Hlavní nádraží) and the Holešovice red underground line (direction "Letnany" or "Ladví") to "Ladví) Station. From Masaryk Station take the yellow underground line to "Florenc" (direction "Černý Most"). There change to the red underground line (direction "Letnany" or "Ladví") to "Ladví) Station.
Arriving at Ladvi Station walk out and take the passenger tunnel to the other side of a big street (buses to Mělník should be signposted). From the bus station on hi street take bus 369 to Mělník bus station. At Mělník bus station you have to take bus 467 (preferably) or 747 to Liblice. Exit from the bus station go 50 metres back and turn left after a run-down restaurant. After 100m turn right again, you will see the castle soon (you are passing the castle with the bus on the way in)
Timetables can be found on the Prague integrated transport website. Tickets can be bought from the bus driver and at vending machines, but there is also a booth of the Prague Integrated Transport at the arrival hall of Prague Vaclav Havel International Airport. Fare-dodging is DEFINITELY NOT recommended. Controls are frequent and being caught without a valid ticket leads to hefty fines in which a mouthful of abuse by the control agent is often complementarily included.
