Dear TC6 colleagues
In preparation for the upcoming TC6 meeting, I would like to provide some information and logistics.
The meeting will take place on Friday and Saturday, May 14 and 15, at the Old University building of the University of Athens in Plaka (Old Athens), below the Acropolis. I will send more info about the building in due time. Its address is: Tholou 5, Plaka, Athens.
I expect that several of you may already be in Athens for the Networking2004 conference. The conference site is http://www.ece.ntua.gr/networking2004/ , where also hotel and other useful information may be found.
Those who select the Networking2004 hotel (Park Hotel) or a hotel close by, will have to go to the TC6 meeting location by taxi (taxis are inexpensive in Athens, less than 5 Euros for the ride), or walk to Victoria Station ( Number 3 in Map 4 ), and take METRO LINE1 "Kifissia-Peiraias" in the direction to Peiraias. You get off at Monastiraki Station ( Number 3 in Map1 ) and walk as marked on the map (Map 1) towards the TC6 Meeting Venue ( Tholou 5), 10 minutes walk. Before the week of the meeting I may send more updated info if needed.
If you are coming just for the TC6 meeting and do not have a reason to be close to the Networking2004 location, you may choose to stay in any other hotel located in Plaka (closest), or Acropolis, or Syntagma Square areas. Some of these hotels are listed below, but you may find others as well. You may find URLs for them by visiting http://www.athens.greece-hotelsonline.com/index.html
Divani Palace Acropolis Hotel Athens is upscale, AMALIA Hotel is across the Botanical Garden of Athens and 15-20 minutes walk.
If you have specific desires or you have difficulty finding a hotel, please let me know and I will try to find something close to your needs.
I would also appreciate sending me a note indicating whether you are coming to the meeting or not.
Best regards
Ioannis
ps. I attach 4 maps for you to get a sense of the chaotic city-plan of Athens and the places you will move around.
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HOTELS in PLAKA, ACROPOLIS and SYNTAGMA SQUARE areas
Amalia Athens Hotel 10,Amalias st Athens Greece http://www.amalia.gr/athens/
Adrian Hotel Athens 74 , Adrianou st, Plaka Athens Greece
Best Western Athens Gate Hotel 10 Syngrou Avenue, Athens 117 43 Greece
Electra Palace Hotel Athens 18 N Nikodimou Street, 10557 Athens Greece
Electra Hotel Athens 5 Ermou Street Athens 10563 Greece
Achilleas Hotel Athens 21 Lekka Street GR 10562 Athens Greece
Arethusa Hotel Athens 6-8, Mitropoleos & 12, Nikis Strs, 105 63 Athens Greece
Cypria Hotel Athens 5 Diomias Street Syntagma Square Athens 105 57 Greece
Plaka Hotel Athens 7 Kapnikareas & Mitropoleos str. 10556 Athens Greece
Divani Palace Acropolis Hotel Athens 19-25 Parthenonos P.C 117-42 Athens Greece
---------------------------------------------------- Ioannis Stavrakakis, Professor Communication Networks Lab (CNL) Department of Informatics & Telecommunications, University of Athens Panepistimiopolis, Ilissia, 157-84, Athens, Greece. Tel: 30-210-7275343 / Fax: 30-210-7275333 / Email: ioannis@di.uoa.gr Home Page: http://www.di.uoa.gr/%7Eioannis/