Conference Hotel

Hotel "Bayerischer Hof"

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How to get to Munich

By air:

Munich airport is, after Frankfurt, the major hub in Germany with direct flights to many destinations in the world (airport code MUC).

The distance from the airport to the city centre is about 35 km. The most convenient way to get from the airport to your hotel is by taxi, which costs about 55 Euro and takes about 45 minutes.

To get to Munich main train station you can take the airport-shuttle (a one-way ticket costs 10 Euro), which departs every 20 minutes from the central area, Terminal 1/Area A and Terminal 2. It takes 40 minutes.

Alternatively you can take the trams S1 (destination Ostbahnhof) or S8 (destination Pasing/Geltendorf), which depart every 20 minutes from the airport and take about 40 minutes to the main train station. A one-way ticket costs 8,80 Euro. Please note that the S1 offers a direct connection from the airport to the conference venue. Participants who have booked accommodation at the conference venue should not get off at the main train station but stay on the train until the "Marienplatz" station.

How to get from the main train station to the recommended hotels and the conference venue is described below.

By train:

Munich main train station has several connections to all major cities in Germany and to many European countries, e.g. Switzerland, Austria, Italy, Czech Republic and France. >From the main train station you can reach the hotels and the conference venue (Bayerischer Hof) as follows:

pfeilBayerischer Hof (Promenadeplatz 2-6, 80333 Munich)
You can take any of the "S-Bahn" lines heading towards Ostbahnhof. After about 5 minutes get off at the "Marienplatz" station and take the "Weinstrasse" exit. Follow the "Weinstrasse" until you come to "Maffeistrasse", which you will recognize by the tram tracks running along it. Now follow the tracks to the left, until they take you to the main entrance of the "Bayerischer Hof". Another possibility is to take the "Tram" 19 (destination: "St.-Veit-Straße"). Get off the train at "Theatinerstraße" and follow the "Maffeistraße" until you can see the conference venue on your right hand side. All in all it takes about 10 minutes to get from the main train station to the conference venue.

pfeilLe Méridien (Bayerstraße 41, 80335 Munich)
Le Meridien is located directly opposite the main train station (south exit/Bayerstraße).

pfeilMaritim (Goethestraße 7, 80336 Munich)
This hotel is only 5 minutes walk from the main train station. Take the south exit (Bayerstraße), cross Bayerstraße, turn right and take the first left (Goethestraße). After 100 m you will arrive at the Maritim Hotel.

pfeilConrad Hotel (Schillerstraße 10, 80336 Munich)
This hotel is only a few minutes walk from the main train station. Take the south exit (Bayerstraße), cross Bayerstraße, turn left and take the second right (Schillerstraße). After 150 m you will arrive at the Conrad Hotel de Ville.

The exact location of the hotels can be seen from the following map.

How to get from the hotels to the conference venue

The conference venue is centrally located.

It can easily be reached by public transport. There are several possibilities to get to the conference venue from the main train station. These are described above. (nach obenBayerischer Hof). The main train station is 5 minutes walk from all the conference hotels (Le Méridien, Maritim, Conrad Hotel de Ville).

If you prefer to walk to the conference venue, it will take about 15 minutes from all the conference hotels.

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