Accommodation

BilingLatAm has arranged special rates for the participants at the following hotels:

• Hotel Aspen Suites (3* hotel)
  Single or double room U$S 38.- a day
  
  Esmeralda 933 (C1007ABK)
  Buenos Aires - Argentina
  Tel: (+54 11) 4313-9011
  Fax: (+54 11) 4313-8059
  
  Rooms: Fully air-conditioned with individual controls, direct-dial telephone, safe, minibar, fully equipped kitchen. "No smoking"-rooms are available.
  
  Amenities & Services: meeting room, parking, laundry and dry cleaning service, safe, business centre, free local calls from the front desk; sauna, gym and solarium. Security & Medical care (24 hours).
  
  Breakfast: coffee, milk, tea, juice orange and grapefruit juice, croissants, toast, ham and cheese, mineral water, bread, butter, marmalade, yoghurt.
  
  
• Aspen Towers Hotel (4* hotel)
  Single or Double room U$S 73.- a day
  
  Paraguay 857 (C1057AAK)
  Buenos Aires - Argentina
  Tel.: (+54 11) 4313-1919
  Fax: (+54 11) 4313-2662
  
  Rooms: Fully air-conditioned with individual controls, room service, safe, PC, Fax & Internet connection, direct-dial telephone, 25" Cable TV, jacuzzi in all the rooms, Mini-bar.
  
  Amenities & Services: Non-smoking guest rooms, business center, meeting rooms, restaurant & bar, security & Medical care (24 hours), swimming pool, gym, sauna.
  
  Breakfast: Coffee, milk, tea, mineral water, orange and grapefruit juice, croissants, toast, fruit salad, ham & cheese, scrambled eggs, bread, butter, marmalade, yoghurt, cereals.
  
  Crowne Plaza Panamericano Hotel (5* hotel)
  Single or Double room U$S 89.- a day.
  
  Carlos Pellegrini 551 (C1009ABK)
  Buenos Aires - Argentina
  Tel: (+54 11) 4348-5000
  Fax: (+54 11) 4348-5250
  
  Rooms: Fully air-conditioned with individual controls, room service, safe, PC, Fax & Internet connection and voice mail, direct-dial telephone, cellular phone, HI FI audio equipment, 25" Cable TV, jacuzzi in all the rooms, mini-bar.
  
  Amenities & Services: Non-smoking guest rooms, business center, meeting rooms, restaurant & bar, security & Medical care (24 hours), indoor swimming pool (23rd floor), full gymnasium, sauna and solarium.
  
  Breakfast: Coffee, milk, tea, mineral water, orange and grapefruit juice, croissants, toast, fruit salad, ham & cheese, scrambled eggs, bread, butter, marmalade, yoghurt, cereals.
  
  Restaurants:
  - Tomo I, one of the finest and most prestigious restaurants in Buenos Aires.
  - La Luciernaga, delicious and practical food service available at any time of the day.
  - Buenos Aires Pub, surrounded by romantic and mahogany and velvet walls, the perfect place to enjoy world-class cocktails and drinks.
  - Kasuga Sushi Bar, on the 23rd floor provides a delightful variety of sushi and other fine Japanese dishes.

Important: The rates above are available up to February, 27th at 11.00 a.m. Prices may be modified after that.
All the categories include tax (IVA) and breakfast.

For booking rooms, please contact: De la Paz Tur
(+54 11) 4325-2296, or e-mail: info@delapaztur.com

Transport

The Symposium participants will need no bus service on April 1st and 2nd as both the paper/poster presentations and the plenaries will be held within walking distance.

On Saturday 3rd , there will be a bus service between ESSARP and Universidad de San Andres, where the plenaries will be held.

Transport from the Airport

Car Service:
TRANSPORT FROM THE AIRPORT TO YOUR HOTEL IN BUENOS AIRES: The "Ministro Pistarini" International Airport is situated in Ezeiza, 25 km away from the centre of Buenos Aires.

Should you want a car to meet you at at EZEIZA, please send an email addressed to: transferpol@ciudad.com.ar requesting this service.

Please include the following information:
- Your Name and Surname
- Flight number
- Time of arrival
- Point of departure
- HoteL:

If you order a car, the fare from EZEIZA airport to the Hotel will be U$S 17(or pesos argentinos $ 50). Should your plane be delayed and the car have to wait, there will be a surcharge of U$S 3 (or pesos argentinos $ 9) per hour.

The driver will meet you in the main hall just outside the Customs' baggage check. He will be holding up a sign with the ESSARP logo and your name and surname.

Should you wish to take a car (or bus) at the airport, we recommend that you do so at any of the official counters that are situated in the main hall just outside the Customs' baggage check. You should pay at the counter and receive an official receipt.

Important: We strongly advise AGAINST your taking any car or taxi touted by individuals.

Bus Service:
Manuel Tienda León: http://www.tiendaleon.com/home/empresa/que_hacemos_1.asp

Information for participants

• If you come from abroad, you will need a valid passport and a visa (check with your diplomatic authorities). Passengers from non-bordering nations do not pay taxes on personal effects and new products for under U$S 300. No international vaccination certificate is needed unless you come from a country where cholera and yellow fever are endemic diseases.
  
• April 5th is a National Holiday; April 8th is Holy Thursday and April 9th is Holy Friday. Banks or Bureau de Change do not operate these days.
  
• As in any big city, you should be cautious when walking around the city, particularly in areas frequented by tourists. Leave your passport and valuables in the safe at the hotel, and only carry whatever cash and credit cards you are intending to use that day.
  
• If you need to buy local currency, you can do so from any of a number of Bureau de Change that can be found in the city.
  
• If you require a taxi phone for a radio taxi (your hotel can do this for you).
  
• If you need to make international phone calls, use any of the telephone shops (locutorios) in the area. Phone calls made from your hotel room are usually charged at a much higher rate.
  
• There are many good restaurants in the area of our hotel and the ESSARP Centre.
  

Cafés tend to be open long hours and serve coffee, beer and light snacks.