The City of Darmstadt
Located at the gates
of the "Odenwald" forest and at the bottom of a wine-growing region,
the city of Darmstadt is well-known for its art style of the late
19th century, "art nouveau" and represents today a prominent cultural
centre.
Information on the City
of Darmstadt and surrounding areas can be found at the following
links:
Getting to
the conference
Please
note that there are two Maritim hotels in Darmstadt. The
conference sessions will be held in the Maritim
Rhein-Main hotel. Please do not confuse this with the Maritim Konferenzhotel
(this is only a few hundred metres away). Unless stated otherwise,
whenever we refer to "Maritim hotel" we will be refering
to the
Maritim Rhein-Main hotel.
Frankfurt-Main airport
Darmstadt
is only 25 minutes by shuttle bus from Frankfurt-Main (FRA)
airport, the second busiest passenger airport in Europe.
There is a
shuttle bus running directly from the airport (Terminal 1,
Arrivals level B, Bus stop 14, "HEAG Airliner") to
the conference hotel
(Maritim Hotel) and then to Luisenplatz, the centre of Darmstadt.
The
cost is 6.70 euros one-way. For those staying at the Maritim
hotel
this fee can be reimbursed by the hotel, please give your
bus ticket
to hotel reception when you check in. Tickets for your return
journey to Frankfurt airport can be obtained from Hotel reception.
The timetable and departure point for the shuttle bus can be
found
found here.
For those
arriving from Frankfurt-Hahn airport (HHN), the easiest way
to the conference is to catch a shuttle bus to Frankfurt-Main
(FRA)
airport (Note that this shuttle bus runs from Hahn to Frankfurt-Main
airport and then continues to Frankfurt city). The timetable
for this
bus is available here.
From Frankfurt-Main airport follow the instructions listed above
to
get to Darmstadt.
Moving around in Darmstadt
For
those not staying at the Maritim hotel, from Luisenplatz you
can
take a 20-30 minute walk west straight along Rheinstrasse, or
catch any
of the following
-
K
bus headed to Kleyerstraße
and get off at FTZ (100 metres from
hotel)
-
Number 9 tram
headed to Griesheim and get off at Mozartturm
(directly outside the hotel)
-
West-bound D,F,H
buses or 3 tram and get off at Hauptbahnhof (5
minute walk)
Complete
information about public transport can be found here (in
German). There is a map of Darmstadt available here (click
on "Stadtplan",
requires Java), or
from here.
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