Main venue
ETOPIA Center for Art and Technology
How to get to Zaragoza
You have a couple of options for getting to Zaragoza. You can either fly directly to Zaragoza if the flight schedules work for you, or you can fly to Madrid or Barcelona and then take the high-speed train to Zaragoza (which takes about 1.5 hours) or the bus (which takes about 3.5 hours). There are 35 daily connections on the Barcelona-Zaragoza-Madrid route.
Please find below the website where you can book your train tickets.:
If you prefer to travel by bus, please check ALSA website.
For more information, please check Zaragoza Tourist Office website.
Accommodation
Zaragoza offers a diverse selection of hotels where you are sure to find the accommodation you are looking for.
The Zaragoza team has selected 5 hotels in the city center that are well connected to the venue and site visits. Additionally, there are 2 hotels available close to the venue.
HOTEL CLOSE TO THE VENUE:
Eurostars Zaragoza and Zentral Ave Hotel are 2-minute walk away from ETOPIA.
HOTELS IN THE CITY CENTRE:
If you're staying at a hotel in the city center, the most convenient way to reach the venue is by taking a taxi. The journey should take around 8 minutes and cost approximately 8 euros. Sharing the ride with your colleagues would make it more sustainable.
You can easily take a taxi from any of the selected hotels to ETOPIA, the venue of the Cooperation Platform. You can ask for a taxi at the reception of your hotel or head to the nearest taxi stand.
All the hotels are situated around Plaza del Pilar in the old town. It's convenient to reach "El Tubo" for an informal dinner on 27 October and Aura Restaurant for a formal dinner on 28 October as both locations are within walking distance.
Social events
Informal reception on 27 November
The Zaragoza Tourist Office is offering all attendees the opportunity to participate in a walking tour of the old town. During the tour, you will discover Zaragoza’s main historical sites, its heritage, and the main streets known for tapas. The tour will conclude on Tubo Street, where attendees can enjoy tapas and the informal dinner will begin.
The Tourist Office will organise a Tapas night tour in Zaragoza’s old town. We will offer a ticket that can be purchased at the first tapas bar, allowing participants to visit 4-5 bars included in the tour. More information will follow shortly.
Dinner on 28 November
We will enjoy a breathtaking view of the Basilica of El Pilar and the Ebro river from Aura restaurant. The restaurant is within a 10 to 15-minute walk from the selected hotels in the city center.
Contacts
Eurocities team:
- Sinead Mullins, email: sinead.mullins@eurocities.eu
- Aizhan Mamyrkhanova, email: aizhan.mamyrkhanova@eurocities.eu
Zaragoza team:
- Lorena Calvo Cons, email: lcalvo@zaragoza.es
- Juan Pradas De Jaime, email: juanpradas@zaragoza.es