EPOG Meeting

National Technical University
Athens, 23-24 April 2004

Dear colleagues,
As was decided in our last meeting in Vienna, the spring 2004 EPOG meeting will be held in Athens and more specifically in the premises of the National Technical University.

Please find below all relevant information that will help you find your way in Athens:
1. Reaching Athens from the airport

2. ATHENS METRO

3. Suggested Hotels

4. National Technical University Campus

5. EPOG Meeting

6. For accompanying persons (...and not only)

REACHING ATHENS FROM THE AIRPORT:

1) by taxi. It will cost you around €20,00-25,00 depending on the trafic.
2) by bus and METRO. You can take bus No E94,E95, just outside the Arrivals hall.
Ticket price: €2,90

ATHENS METRO MAP (click on the map to enlarge. Once in the map, click again to enlarge more)
Tickets for the METRO (unique €0,70 for a single journey including change of line) can be purchased at every METRO station, either from a ticket office or from automatic machines (which can give change back if you don't have the exact coins). Validate your ticket before entering the train.

Suggested Hotels

PLEASE, NOTE THAT YOU HAVE TO SPECIFY YOU ARE ATTENDING A CONFERENCE AT THE NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN ORDER TO GET THE PRICES APPEARING

"ILISSIA", 25, Michalakopoulou, 115 28 Ilissia, Athens, Tel: +30 2107244053,
www.bestwestern.com
Nearest Metro Station: Evangelismos (5 min walk).
€73,00 single, €85,00 double -breakfast included.

"PRESIDENT", 43, Kifissias Ave., 115 23 Athens, Tel: +30 2106989000,
www.president.gr
Nearest Metro Station: Panormou (10 min walk).
€75,00 single, €85,00 double -breakfast included.

"ADONIS", 3, Kodrou Str. and Voulis Str., 105 58, Athens, Tel: +30 2103249737.
Nearest Metro Station: SYNTAGMA (7 min walk).
€47,00 single, €64,00 double -breakfast included.
(For 3 nights the prices go to €44 and €61 respectively)

NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY CAMPUS (http://www.ntua.gr/en_index.htm)
(click map to enlarge)

The nearest to the campus METRO station is KATEHAKI (click here to see map around this station).
Bus No 140 makes a stop near the METRO exit (see again the map). It is a 5-7min journey and you get off at the MAIN ENTRANCE of the campus (see the map of the campus), just after the first right turn of the bus.
There is also bus No 242 which makes a cyclic trip CAMPUS-CATEHAKI METRO STATION and covers the whole Campus (the stop at Catehaki is the same as for Bus 140).

EPOG Meeting
The meeting on Friday 23rd, will be held on the ground floor of the Multimedia/ Library Building (the highest building in the campus, see map). On Saturday 24, we will use the Senate Room in the Administrator Building (2nd level). The Rooms, as well as the paths in the campus to reach these two points, will be marked with the sign (click to enlarge).

Friday, 23rd
The best way to come to the University Campus is to use at first the METRO and reach the KATEHAKI station. Then use Bus No 242 -the bus stop is opposite the Metro station (see again map). Please buy the bus tickets at the METRO Station ticket office, specifying that you are asking for bus tickets (€0.45). The Bus No 242 time table is:
08:45, 09:15, 09:45, 10:15, 10:45, 11:30, 12:00, 12:45, 13:15, 13:45, 14:15
The Bus gets inside and covers the University Campus. Get off at the Administation Building and ask for the Library Building (see again map of the campus).
Nick Tracas will be waiting for you at the exit of the KATEHAKI METRO station at 08:30 in order to catch the 08:45 Bus.

Lunch
We are going to have lunch in the University cafeteria.

Dinner
Restaurant: "STROFI", Address: 25 R. Gali & Propyleon, METRO: "Acropolis",
Time: 20:00 , (see map from the METRO station to the restaurant).
Nick Tracas will be at 19:45 at the exit of the ACROPOLIS Metro station (there are two exits, choose the "Makriyanni-D. Areopagitou" one) and we walk (10 min) to the restaurant.
MENU:
3 starters (tzatziki, eggpant salad, fried courgette)
Greek salad
Main dish: Chicken souvlaki (served with baked potatoes) OR
                Cooked beef with red sauce ( served with baked potatoes)
House wine, soft drinks
Dessert

Saturday, 24th
The University mini-bus will be waiting for you at 8:45 in the bus stop opposite the CATEHAKI METRO Station and it will bring you to the Administration building where the Saturday meeting will take place (Senate Room).
At the end of the meeting, the mini-bus will drop us at CATEHAKI Metro Station in order to reach Acropolis (by METRO) and have a guided tour for about 2 hours. Accompanying persons could meet us at the ACROPOLIS METRO Station (get out from the METRO Station from the "Makriyanni-D. Areopagitou" exit) at 1:00pm.

For accompanying persons (...and not only)

Museums you can visit:
1. Benaki Museum
1, Koumbari str & Vas. Sofias av.
106 74 Athens
Metro stations: Syntagma or Evangelismos
tel: +30 210 367 1000
www.benaki.gr
Opening hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday: 9:00 - 17:00
Thursday: 9:00 - 24:00
Sunday: 9:00 - 15:00
Tuesday: closed
Admission: €6,00

The Benaki Museum ranks among the great benefactions which have enriched the material assets of the Greek state. At the same time, it is the oldest museum in Greece, which functions as a Foundation under Private Law. Through its extensive collections covering several different cultural fields, as well as its more general range of activities which serve more than one social need, the Benaki Museum is perhaps the sole instance of a complex structure within the wider network of museum foundations in Greece.

2. Cycladic Museum
4, Neophytou Douka Str.
106 74 Athens
Metro stations: Syntagma or Evangelismos
tel: +30 210 72 28 321
www.cycladic-m.gr
Opening Hours:
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 10:00-16:00
Saturday: 10:00 - 15:00
Tuesday and Sunday: closed
Admission: €3,50

The Museum of Cycladic Art is devoted to the study and promotion of ancient Greek art. It was founded in 1986 in order to house the collection of Cycladic and Ancient Greek art belonging to Nicholas and Dolly Goulandris. Starting in the early sixties, and with a permit by the Greek State, the couple collected Greek antiquities, with special interest in the prehistoric art from the Cycladic islands.

3. Frissiras Museum
3 & 7 Monis Asteriou Str. (at the junction of Kydathineon St.)
Plaka, Athens
Metro stations: Syntagma or Acropolis or Monastiraki
tel: +30 210 3234678 - 30 210 3316027
www.frissirasmuseum.com
Opening Hours:
Wednesday - Thursday: 11:00 - 19:00
Friday , Saturday and Sunday: 11:00 - 17:00
Monday and Tuesday: closed
Admission: €6,00

The Frissiras Museum is the only Museum for Contemporary European Painting in Greece. It is housed in Plaka, in two adjacent neoclassical buildings brought up to the latest museum specifications, and operates as a nonprofit private entity. The collections comprise sections of paintings, drawings, sculptures and engravings by major European artists in constructive dialogue with their Greek counterparts, and attempt to trace the trends and record the figures of the anthropocentric European painting after World War II. Among the exhibits of the Museum are works by Hockney, Auerbach, Blake, Rustin, Pat Andrea, Dado, Segui, Rego, Velickovic, Arroyo, Adami, Diamantopoulos, Moralis, Ìavroidis, Theofylaktopoulos, Botsoglou, Dikos Vyzantios, Christoforou and the younger Kirby, Howson, Corpet, Martinelli, Smith, Pasieka, Marrey, Schauwecker, Lappas, Missouras, Manzavinos, Sacaillian, Daskaliakis, Bitsikas... It is noted that the collection comprises over 3000 works.
From 18/3/2004 to 30/6/2004, the Frissiras Museum presents the exhibition "A Century of Belgian Painting - From Felicien Rops to Jan Fabre", an overview of Belgian painting from the end of the 19th century up to our days.

The Archeological Museum, unfortunately, is closed due to renovation works.

You can also visit Acropolis Museum which is situated inside Acropolis.

Contact:
email: ntrac@central.ntua.gr
tel. office: +30 210 772 3047
mobile: +30 697 7299651