Travel / Accommodation / Local Information
Travel to Innsbruck
Innsbruck may be reached conveniently by plane [Airport Innsbruck], train [ÖBB (Austrian Railways)] or by car via Autobahn A12.
Accommodation
Booking of accommodation will be solely in the responsibility of the participants. Innsbruck is a major tourist attraction, especially in winter, hence early booking is highly recommended. No special fees with selected hotels have been arranged, due to the nowadays more convenient online-search and online-booking of hotel rooms, e.g. via the website of the City of Innsbruck or via Booking.com .
The following listing is a selection of some hotels that are centrally located in convenient distance to the conference site:
- Hotel Innsbruck**** (www.hotelinnsbruck.com)
- Best Western Hotel Goldener Adler**** (www.goldeneradler.com)
- Best Western Hotel Mondschein**** (www.mondschein.at)
- Best Western Hotel Neue Post**** (www.hotel-neue-post.at)
- The Penz Hotel**** (www.the-penz.com)
- Hotel Maximilian Stadthaus Penz**** (www.hotel-maximilian.com)
- Hotel Weisses Rössl*** (www.roessl.at)
- Weinhaus Happ*** (www.weinhaus-happ.at)
Conference Venue
The 12th Ferrocene Colloquium will take place in the main lecture hall of the Center for Chemistry and Biomedicine (CCB), Innrain 80-82, Innsbruck. Please note that there is no visitor parking available. The CCB is reached from the center of town by an approximately 20 minutes walk or by bus (line C or M, bus stop Chemieinstitut).
Winter holidays in Tyrol
For those of you who want to combine the attendance at the 12th Ferrocene Colloquium with a winter vacation, the following websites might be useful and informative:
- City of Innsbruck (www.innsbruck.info)
- Innsbruck e-paper (http://www3.innsbruck.info/epaper/english/image-catalogue/)
- Tourist information system (http://www.tiscover.com/at/winterholidays)
- Tirol Info (http://www.tirol.at/)
- Innsbrucker Nordkettenbahn (http://www.nordkette.com/en/)
- Ski resort Axamer Lizum (http://www.axamer-lizum.at/)