Important notes

GPS coordinates:

Hotel ECHO, Bratislava 48° 9’ 33.05” N, 17° 8’ 29.53” E
Smolenice Castle 48° 30’ 50.30” N, 17° 25’ 57.99” E

The buses with participants will leave Bratislava to Smolenice morning on June 3, 2012 at 09.30. For those unable to arrive to Bratislava on June 3 before the bus departure accommodation will be available in a hotel. The meeting point for all participants will be in front of the hotel: Hotel ECHO, Prešovská 39, Bratislava. Please, contact organizers for details.

As the Smolenice Castle has limited accommodation capacity (80 participants), the “first come-first serve” method will be used.

Registration in Smolenice Castle will start at 10.30 am. The workshop will end on Thursday, June 7, 2012 after breakfast. The planned departure from Smolenice Castle to Bratislava is at 10.00.

The first day of the workshop, on June 3, there will be a Welcome Party with an opportunity to visit the castle wine degustation to taste local white and red wines. During the free day on June 5 (Tuesday) two alternative programs (for free) are prepared: 1. Trip to the highest peak of the Small Carpathians “Zaruby” with the possibility to visit the Devil’s Glen, Occasional Waterfall, Hlboča Valley and Molpir (Celtic settlement, 6th century BC); 2. Excursion to the well-known ceramics manufacture Majolica in Modra and visit the Driny Stalactite Cave.

There is a free internet connection in the castle via Wifi (2,4 Ghz).

Bus transportation from Vienna airport (Flughafen Wien, Platform No.7) to Bratislava main bus station (Bratislava AS)