4th European Dialect Syntax Meeting

Variation in datives: a micro-comparative perspective

Donostia/San Sebastián, June 21-23, 2010

7. Useful information

7.1. TRAVEL

By air

Airport of Donostia-San Sebastian (EAS): located in Hondarribia, 22 km away from Donostia-San Sebastian and 5 km away from Irun and from the French boarder. Two daily flights from Madrid and one from Barcelona.
This is the nearest airport, although most airlines operate at Bilbao-Loiu Airport.
Direct Link.
Contact information: infoeas@e-externas.aena.es
Phone: 943 668 500

AENA (General Information on all Spanish Airlines): http://www.aena.es
AENA Information number, Spain: 943 66 85 00 / 902 40 47 04; France: +33 (0) 5 59 43 83 83

Airport of Bilbao-Loiu (BIO): situated 12 km away from Bilbao and 100 km from Donostia-San Sebastian. Most airlines operate at Bilbao Airport.
There are shuttle services between this airport and the central bus station of Donostia every 60 minutes. For more information, please consult the airport's web page.
Contact information: infobio@aena.es

Airport of Biarritz-Anglet-Bayonne: located 46 km away from Donostia-San Sebastian.
Direct Link.

Airport of Pamplona-Noain: located 80 km away from Donostia-San Sebastian and 5 km away from Pamplona.
Direct link.
Contact information: pnagabdir@aena.es

By train

All international train routes to Donostia-San Sebastian terminate at the Estacion del Norte. The Spanish public railways network is run by RENFE and connects all the regions on the Iberian peninsula.

RENFE:
Estación del Norte/Northern Station

Paseo de Francia
Links: RENFE: Spanish National Railway Network webpage.
Phone number: 902 - 24 02 02

There is also a local railway network, EUSKOTREN, which runs across the Basque Country. It may be useful if you travel from Hendaia (Hendaye) to Donostia-San Sebastian. This line is known as "Topo".

EUSKOTREN:
Direct Link.
Estación Amara/Amara Station

Plaza Easo 9
Phone number: 902 543 210

By bus

There is a bus-line Donostia-San Sebastián - Airport (Hondarribia), run by IPARBUS. Tel: 943.49.18.01 www.iparbus.com

Central Bus station:
Plaza Pio XII
20010
Phone number: +34 943469074

By car

  • N-1 / AP-1 road: Madrid-Irun
  • A-8 toll motorway: Bilbao-Irun-Francia
  • A-15 dual carriageway: Pamplona-San Sebastián

(Please bear in mind that the conference site 'Miramar Palace' does not have private parking, although there are parkings nearby. Unfortunately, parking places are limited and regulated- so free parking is unlikely to be an option)