Workshop
Fundamental Issues of the Standard Cosmological Model
 
21 - 27 September 2014 Cargèse

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Location

Institut d'Etudes Scientifiques de Cargèse (IESC) is located on the seashore of the island of Corsica, 50 km north of Ajaccio and 2 km south of Cargèse, a pleasant 800 inhabitants village of considerable charm and historic interest.The village contains most of the services you may require, such as a car rental agency, garages, post office, bank (with ATM machine), restaurants, shops, pharmacy and medical facilities, except for a travel agency. The institute is located within a 20 minutes walk from the village, with no public transportation, it might be wise to wear comfortable walking shoes and to have a flashlight to make the walk easier by night. If you wish to make some tourism around, be advised  that not all business accept payment by credit card. Hence, it is recommanded to come with your cash, travellers cheques or/and French cheque book.

Additional tourist informations on Cargèse and nearby

Trip to Corsica

The best way to achieve Cargèse is to joint first Ajaccio. Corsica airports can be reached either by plane from Paris, Marseille and Nice or by boat either from French coast (Marseille, Toulon, Nice) or from Italian coast (Savona, Livorno, Pionbino or Genova - Porto Torres/Sardinia). High speed boat (NGV) are available from Toulon, Nice and Livorno. Please have your return travel arrangements already booked.

Departures from

Arrival

A bus transportation service between Ajaccio airport and Cargese will be organized by the IEC on the following dates:

        Departure : Ajaccio Airport (to Cargèse)
            Sunday 21 september 2014 — 18:30 bus parking (by exiting the baggage reclaim hall, go to the exit on your left hand)
        Departure : Cargèse (to Ajaccio Airport)
            Saturday 27 september 2014 — 09:15 St. John Square (Place Saint Jean); 09h30 IESC

If these schedule is not convenient, by informing us on your arrival time sufficiently in advance, we can organize means of transportation (taxi or minibus) in view of sharing transportation costs.

Participants arriving by their own are expected at IESC on Sunday after 6:00 pm and must leave their accommodation not later than Saturday morning.

  • Buses service Ajaccio - Cargèse twice daily, except Sundays (Call Ajaccio central station tel: +33 (0)4 95 51 55 45).
  • A taxi can be booked through the Institute for around 100 euros during the week and 130 euros during the evening or public holidays.
  • Car rental at low rates is also possible through the Institute.
  • By car from Ajaccio, follow direction "Calvi par la côte" (or alternatively "Calvi").

Accommodation & Meals

In agreement with your choices in the registration form, accommodations are chosen for all participants by IESC, among those which are managed by IESC (located either at the institute or in apartments in the village) or in hotels. The apartments are fully furnished (kitchen utensils, household linen). Please specify in the registration form with who you want to share the room and/or the apartment.

Registration

Please, complete your registration form as soon as possible ( deadline : 1 September 2014 ).
If your registration is accepted you will receive a confirmation email message.

Registration fees : Your contribution to the costs involved in using the services of the institute amounts to 250 €uros.

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