The breathtaking view you may enjoy during coffee breaks in S. Domenico Lecture Hall

1. Accommodation for participants consists mainly of rooms with two beds and shower and is located in the Istituto San Rocco, Via Guarnotta 26, Erice, 91016 Trapani (tel. +39 0923 869 133, fax 869 226 attention Crystallography).

As prior to the meeting there is no certainty
about the exact location of the lodging for each participant,
these are the reference data for everyone in order to be reached.

Indeed, additional rooms can also be obtained either in restored convents, such as S. Francesco and S. Domenico, or in Edelweiss, Elimo, Pineta, Ulisse camere and Hotel S.Lucia.. IMPORTANT : Lecturers and senior participants have priority in the assignment of the few single rooms available.

2. The Course fee 1,200 Euro covers board and lodging from the evening of June 3rd to the morning of June 13th, 2010. Rooms are equipped with towels and soap, and with European type outlet shaving points (220 V). Washing machines are also freely available.

3. Lecture hall. There is a large main lecture hall 10 m wide, 20 m long, 10 m high, (see linked image) with 250 seats (each seat equipped with microphone) plus three halls with 100, 80 and 60 seats respectively, and a few smaller ones.
The main hall is provided with ppt and internet connection. The Home icone on left upper corner here is the entrance to S Domenico Lecture Hall.

4. Accompanying persons will be charged 100 Euro per day per person (no advance payment is necessary but no credit cards are accepted by the local bureaucracy). This sum covers also the cost of the course excursions and social events (no formal dress required) during the meeting. Accompanying persons should read the full set of information, particularly point 7. below. Please be warned that most children do not like Erice.

5. There is a bus link between Trapani Rail Station and Erice. As you leave the train station. the bus end-stop is 100 yards on your left. The simple Italian question "Autobus per Erice ?" (pronounce as "outoboos") is normally understood by locals; the mature persons are not fluent in foreign languages. Afternoon departures to Erice are approximately every hour (every two hours on Sundays). Last bus at 17.30 (17.00 on Sundays). A telepheric cabin commutes along the mountain to the bottom, quite far from Trapani city center (i.e. the non-frequent bus or a taxi are needed)

6. Insurance. The Organizing Committee does not take any health or accident insurance for the participants in the Course, nor for accompanying members. The Organizing Committee does not assume any responsibility either in this context or for any other liability.

7. Miscellaneous news. High heeled shoes are not convenient for walking along the Erice stony streets: sturdy shoes are recommended for excursions. It is advisable to protect your feet against cuts when swimming. Due to particular time of the year, someone has in the past suffered of high pollen spring allergy. Participants and accompanying persons are warned that the quality and quantity of social life (don't expect night life in this corner of Sicily*, either in Erice or in Trapani) depend solely on their own resources and initiative. Participants' ability and skill in any sort of entertainement will be fully exploited.

* Repeatedly, someone asks "why don't you offer a visit to Palermo?"
The best answer is this message by a participant: "Thanks, Lodovico, for helping arrange our visit to Palermo. It all went smoothly except for driving in town, which was a frightening experience"