Travel Guide
About Graz
Graz, with a population of around 250.000, is the second largest city in Austria and capital of the province Styria. It is located appr. 170 km south-west of Vienna and can be reached by plane, train or car. Graz is included to the UNESCO list of World Cultural Heritage Sites and was Europen Capital of Culture in 2003.
Further information:
Public Transportation (german)
Venue
The Ambisonics Symposium takes place at Institute of Electronic Music and Acoustics which is located at the Inffeldgasse campus of the Graz University of Technology.
Full adress:
Institut für Elektronische Musik und Akustik
Inffeldgasse 10, 3rd floor
8010 Graz, Austria
From the city center the campus is easily reached by taking tramline 6 towards St.Peter, exit at stop Schulzentrum St. Peter and walk down the Inffeldgasse appr. 200m. Please refere to the campus map or GoogleMaps to locate our institute.
Arrival
By Plane
The airport in Graz is only about 10 km south of the city. The center is conviniently reached by taxi or public busses.
From the Graz Airport web pages you can find more information about e.g. flight schedules and timetables for public transportation.
By Train
From the central railway station of Graz take tramline 6 towards St.Peter, exit at stop Schulzentrum St. Peter and walk down the Inffeldgasse appr. 200m (see campus map).
By Car
From North or South: follow A9 Phyrn-Autobahn until the interchange Graz-West, then on A2 Südautobahn towards Vienna, then follow the instructions below.
From East or West: Follow A2 Südautobahn until the interchange Graz-Ost, follow the feeder road until exit Graz-Liebenau, turn right and follow Müngrabenstraße about 2 km, turn right into Sandgasse and follow it till the end, turn right into Petersgasse and after app. 200m turn right into Inffeldgasse (the route is marked by the blue line in this map).
The premises of the university are limited by gates with an intercom. Visitors of the IEM are allowed to pass, but a previous registration is necessary.
Accommodation
The two hotels listed below are in vinicity of the IEM and have a number of rooms available for participants of the Ambisonics Symposium 2009 for lower prices. Use the booking code to get the prices below. Accommodation should be arranged directly with the chosen hotel until 15/05/2009.
For other hotels in Graz have a look at http://cms.graztourismus.at .
The prices are in Euro and by room, not per person.
Abbr.: BB=bed&breakfast, SGL=single room, DBL=double room
Hotel Mercure Graz Messe
Waltendorfer Gürtel 8-10
A-8010 Graz
Tel: (+43)316/826300
Fax: (+43)316/826300630
e-mail: H2212@accor.com
GoogleMaps
Booking code: AMBISONICS
Prices:
BB/SGL 78 EUR
BB/DBL 113 EUR
Hotel Stadthalle Johannes
Münzgrabenstraße 48
A-8010 Graz
Tel: (+43)316/837766
Fax: (+43)316/837766
e-mail: stadthalle@aon.at
GoogleMaps
Booking code: ambisonics conference
Prices
BB/SGL 47 EUR
BB/DBL 70 EUR
BB/DBL-Suite 74 EUR (= 2 single rooms sharing one bathroom)
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