5th
Workshop. Professor V.J. Benedí
Mechanisms of Antimicrobial Resistance.
A
Practical Approach
Campus, lab, hotel
The UIB
campus
UIB campus is located at the
Carretera de Valldemossa 7.5 km from Palma de Mallorca downtown.
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By the time the Workshop will start, most courses will be finished and
students will be around just for exams. This will make the route to be not as busy
as during course time. The trip from the hotel where the Participant will be
accommodated will take about 10-15 min. Buses will pick up participants at
The Workshop
lab
The Laboratory of Microbiology, as in the previous four Workshop
editions, will host the lab activities of the Workshop. It is located at the
Guillem Colom building, at 2-3 min walking distance of both the campus main
cafeteria and the Ca's Jai building, where lunches and Workshop conferences
will develop.
The lab is normally used from October to May to teach lab courses of the
UIB curricula of Biology and Biochemistry, and of the Biology and Basic Medical
Sciences PhD programs. Thus the Workshop itself does not suppose a challenge
for the lab in terms of space or equipment. Three large benches will be used
for benchwork, and additional facilities (kitchen, some equipment, dark room,
etc.) from the research labs will be used as needed.
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Guillem Colom building |
Workshop lab |
Ca’s Jai conference room |
Main cafeteria |
Hotel
Participants and Faculty will be accommodated at Hotel Isla Mallorca as
in the previous three editions. The hotel has been renovated in 1999 and has a
small swimming pool that is really popular among the participants as a mean to
relax between the Workshop and the night free activities. Hotel Isla Mallorca: Plaza Almirante Churruca no. 5,
07014 Palma de Mallorca Phone: Intl+971281200 / 971730840 Fax: Intl+971456503. Internet: www.islamallorca.com.
The hotel is
conveniently located. Within 5 min. walking distance there is the Paseo
Maritimo (the sea side) the largest and most popular area of Palma for dinner
and entertainment, and at about 15. min walk of La Lonja, an area of the city
with many restaurants of all prices, live music places, pubs, etc. From there,
you will just need five more minutes to reach the 13-century Cathedral at the
heart of the Old Ville (Arab Baths, City old defense wall, etc.)
Unless the
Workshop secretariat receives other instructions from the participants, we will
arrange for them reservations for the nights of June 20 (Sunday) until Saturday
26. Therefore, even if the official activities of the Workshop end by Sat. 26
around noon, people can arrange their trips back home with some flexibility,
given that they have the room at their disposal, and as a part of the tuition
fees, on Saturday night. This also allows the organizers to have programmed a
non-official paella party on the beach for this day at around 2 p.m.
If you want to get a City map with the hotel location etc. please click
the following link to get a .pdf file with the map [PDF]: the map will print better
than you can see it on your computer screen. On the map you will notice some
red page logos: double click on them to read information behind the logos.
Airport
The airport of Palma de Mallorca is the busiest Spanish airport during
the summer, with peaks of more than 120.000 passengers per day. It is probably
larger than you expect for an island, but consider that while the Island of
Mallorca itself has around 500.000 inhabitants (around 300.000 in its capital,
Palma) it receives more than 12 million visitants per year.
The fastest way to
get from the airport to the hotel is by taxi. The fare should cost you about 20
Euros and the trip takes about 15 min. Alternatively, there is bus no. 1 (also
marked as "Aeroport-Ciutat") leaving the airport and arriving to its
final stop at Plaza de España, in Palma downtown. This bus has a frequency of
15 min and the one-way fare price is 1,80 Euros. There at Plaza de España you
should take bus number 5 until Andrea Doria (fare 1,10 Euros) to get to the
hotel, or a taxi (fare <10 Euros).