Hotel
Group rates are available for the conference hotel. The reservation code is W3C.
- Single room: 75 EUR
- Double room: 85 EUR
- Apartment: 105 EUR
Directions/Transportation
Otopeni / Henri Coandă International Airport
Henri Coandă Intl is located north of the Bucharest metropolitan area, in the town of Otopeni, Ilfov. It is still largely known as the Otopeni Airport (Aeroportul Internaţional Bucureşti Otopeni).
Official link to Otopeni / Henri Coandă International Airport www.otp-airport.ro
Airport telephone Tel: +40 (01) 204 1000/1200
City transfer:
- The easiest way to get to the city is by taxi. The only taxi service allowed to offer transfers from the airport is Fly Taxi, all others being pirate taxi services. Up until a few years ago, there was a taxi mafia running during the night, charging €20-30 to get you to Bucharest (when normally the price would be around €10). Sometimes, this still happens, therefore, look for the authorized taxi service, do not bargain, demand that the meter is used, and look for the tariff on the meter (for extra-urban trips, current tariffs are around 2-2.2 RON/km (0.6-0.7 €/km) and the distance to any place within the city is 12-20 km). Fly Taxi's rate is 3.5 RON/km (2/2009).
- The Henri Coandă Airport is also serviced by train and busses. The train service is called Henri Coandă Expres. Train tickets can be bought inside the airport at CFR ticket counter (as of March 2009, the price of one ticket is 6 RON). The train station is, however, 2 km away from the airport, but there is a shuttle bus that transfers the passengers to it. The shuttle bus transfer IS INCLUDED in the train ticket. Once you reach the train station, there is another 30 minutes until your reach the main train station Gara de Nord . The total duration of the trip, from airport to the Gara de Nord train station is approximately 50 minutes. The train service is available between 6 AM and 11 PM.
- There are just two bus lines to the city, bus 780 which goes to the main train station Gara de Nord and bus 783 which heads to downtown; they run daily (including on weekends and holidays) from 5:15 - 5:30 AM till 11:00 PM. A one way trip with any of them costs 3.5 lei, but for the 783 bus the cheapest option available is a two-trips card which costs 7 lei. Tickets and cards can only be purchased from the booth in front of either the Arrivals or Departures terminals and not from the driver.
Bansea / Aurel Vlaicu International Airport
Bucharest "Aurel Vlaicu" Airport (IATA: BBU, ICAO: LRBS) (largely known as Băneasa Airport or Bucharest City Airport) is located in Băneasa district, Bucharest, Romania. The airport is situated only 8 km north of the Bucharest city centre and is accessible by RATB buses 131, 335 and Airport Express 783, RATB tramway 5 and taxi.
Official website: www.baneasa.biz
