Conference venue
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The WFCS 2015 conference will take place on the campus of the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB). The UIB Campus is located 7.5 km north of the city of Palma, in the middle of a scenic landscape, and quite close to the "Serra de Tramuntana" mountain range. A bird's-eye view of the campus can be seen on Google Maps. More specifically, the talks will be held in the "Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos" building: 
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A partial map of the UIB campus is shown below. The location of the Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos building is marked as a blue pin on the map. The walking path from the UIB Metro station and from the Bus stop to the Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos building is shown as a green solid line. |
Transport
Airport
Palma de Mallorca is very well connected with the rest of Spain and Europe (specially Germany, the UK, Austria, Switzerland and Scandinavia) with its "Son Sant Joan" international airport (airport code PMI), the only airport in the island of Mallorca. The airport is located 8 km east of Palma. Its webpage can be found here.
How to get from the airport to Palma downtown and back
Bus
At the Airport take the Bus Line 1 to Plaza España (or Plaça d'Espanya; this is Palma's downtown). The stop is outside the Airport Arrivals' Hall. There is one bus every 12-15 minutes. Ticket price: 3.00 EUR. Tickets can be purchased from the bus driver (bills larger than 20 EUR are not accepted). Line 1 bus route can be found here. For more information on buses visit the EMT web page.
Taxi
Taxis can also be found outside the Arrivals Hall. Average price to Hotels: 25 EUR (plus supplements for luggage, night time and Sunday rides).
How to get from Palma downtown to the UIB campus
Depending on the location of your hotel you will find it more convenient to use either the metro or the bus.Metro (subway)
Take line M1, which departs from Plaza España (marked as Estació Intermodal on ticket machines) and ends at the UIB campus. Travel time is 13 min. Ticket price is 1.60 EUR. There are trains departing at 8:05 and 8: 20, and then every 15 minutes during the peak periods and 30 minutes the rest of the time. Tickets can be purchased at the ticket machines located in the station hall, a few steps away on the right when you enter the station. Please note that bills larger than 20 EUR are not accepted. In order to purchase your ticket in the machine you have to select the option marked as “Destination: A-Palma/Marratxí/Metro” in the English version of the interface, as can be seen in the picture below.
Once you have your ticket, you will find the trains at the platforms that are on the left at a lower level. More information on the M1 metro line can be found at:
http://www.tib.org/portal/en/web/ctm/metro/linia/M1 .
The UIB station is the last one of the line. Keep the ticket until the end, since it is needed to leave the station. When you exit the metro station you will have an 8-minute walk to the Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos building. You will find a panel with the map of the campus as soon as you leave the station. Additionally, signs with the WFCS 2015 logo will show you the way. From the following links you can download the .kmz and .gpx versions of a GPS track from the Metro Station at the UIB to the WFCS venue. The first one can be opened with Google Earth and the second one with most GPS apps for smart phones.
FromMetroStationAtUIBToVenue.kmz
FromMetroStationAtUIBToVenue.gpx
Bus
You can also take the bus line 19 (labelled as "Universitat") to go to the UIB campus (ticket price 1.50 EUR). This bus also stops at Plaza España but in this case at street level. Bus frequency is about one every 15 minutes. Trip time is about 30 minutes. Tickets can be purchased from the bus driver (bills larger than 10 EUR are not accepted). More information on the 19 bus line can be found at:
http://www.emtpalma.es/EMTPalma/Front/lineas.en.svr?accion=entrada&cod_linea=19 .
And a map of all bus lines can be downloaded from
http://www.emtpalma.es/EMTPalma/Front/imgdb/264579.pdf .
The name of the next stop is announced in the bus both through loudspeakers and on a display. Once you are on the UIB campus you should go out at the bus stop signaled as Edifici Beatriu de Pinos, and you will have a 3-minute walk to the Gaspar Melchor de Jovellanos building. Signs with the WFCS 2015 logo will show you the way. From the following links you can download the .kmz and .gpx versions of a GPS track from the 19 Bus Station (Edifici Beatriu de Pinos) at the UIB to the WFCS venue. The first one can be opened with Google Earth and the second one with most GPS apps for smart phones.