Conference Place and Venue
Conference Venue - Malenovice
Malenovice is a magical village situated at the bottom
of the Lysá hora mountain - the highest mountain in Beskydy - just 40km far
from Ostrava - the third largest city in the Czech Republic. Visiting this region
will provide you with a unique opportunity to enjoy walking trips in a beautiful nature.
The conference will take place in
Hotel and Conference Center Malenovice. For
visiting the website of the hotel follow the link
www.malenovice.com.
Travel Information:
The Organizing committee will be helpful with the transport
of participants from the Frýdlant nad Ostravicí railway station by shuttling cars.
If the transport capacity allows then based on a previous contact a transport from the Ostrava
airport or the Ostrava main railway station may be assured as well.
To Frýdlant nad Ostravicí by train
Ostrava lies on the main railroad and therefore another possibility how to get
to Ostrava is to take a train. There is a frequent train connection to/from Prague, which usually
takes about 3 hours.
We suggest to buy a ticket to
Ostrava hlavní nádraží
(Ostrava main station), from where there is a regular direct connection to
Frýdlant nad Ostravicí which takes about 50 minutes.
For particular connections, visit the
IDOS web page.
To Malenovice by car
The last possibility how to reach the conference venue is to use a car.
If you travel from Prague, use a highway (speed limit 130 kmph) number D1, which goes to Brno,
Olomouc and Lipník nad Bečvou. Then continue on an ordinary 1st class road (speed limit 90 kmph)
through Hranice na Moravě, Nový Jičín and Příbor to Frýdek-Místek, where you have to turn to the direction
Frýdlant nad Ostravicí. Malenovice is a village neighbouring with Frýdlant nad Ostravicí.
If you travel from south then join the highway D1 at any point and continue as described above.
From Warsaw, we suggest to take a highway through Czestochowa, Bielsko-Biala, Czieszyn-Český Těšín and
from Český Těšín take a route to Frýdek-Místek. For getting to the venue from Slovakia
we suggest either to go through Čadca and Třinec to Frýdek-Místek and then as above or through
Makov and then Ostravice. Some information about Czech highways including maps
can be found
here.
GPS: 49°34'25.92"N, 18°24'44.42"E
To close airports
Ostrava
Leoš Janáček airport has a
regular flight connection with London.
For airports which much higher density of flights, we suggest to check connections to Prague and to Katowice.
These airports have rich list of direct connections including the biggest hubs so, you should basically be able to get ther from anywhere.
Prague offers a direct train to Ostrava many times each day. Katowice airprot are connected by
LeoExpress buses to Ostrava directly from the airport.
To see the map on server www.mapy.cz follow this link.