Travel Information
Congress Site
Hotel Libertador, Corrientes 752, Rosario. https://www.solans.com/libertador/.
LAWOC participants will obtain a reduced accommodation rate at Libertador Hotel (availability is limited) or at any Solans hotel:
https://www.solans.com/riviera/,
https://www.solans.com/presidente/,
https://www.solans.com/republica/,
https://www.solans.com/carlton/ (Buenos Aires).
For further information or for booking your accommodation, please mail to
reservas@solans.com or to reservas1@solans.com, and let them know that you will participate in LAWOC.
Useful Information
Some prices in this page are expresed in argentinian pesos.The conversion is (about 4 pesos = 1 US dollar)
http://finance.yahoo.com/m5?a=1&s=USD&t=ARS
If you arrive in arrive in Buenos Aires, in the International Airport of Ezeiza (or Franco Pistarini), there are basically three ways to go to Rosario, described below. The organizers strongly recommend to take the first one of the three options. You should take the first option (Manuel Tienda León's buses), unless you have your own reasons to take the second or the third. More information follows.
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Take (at the airport) one bus of the company named Manuel Tienda León.
Manuel Tienda Leon is a door-to-door service and is not much more expensive than the other two alternatives. door-to-door means that you take the bus at the airport and you get off from the bus in the address you want to go in Rosario (the bus left you in your door, not in the bus station or something. You don't need to take any taxi neither to go from the airport to Buenos Aires nor to go from the bus station in Rosario to the center of the city).
We strongly recommend you to take this option, because in this way you avoid going to the center of Buenos Aires, taking taxis, etc. Is is not only faster than buses, it is also much more secure.
Manuel Tienda León has offices at the airport. You can buy your ticket when you arrive in the airport, or, if you prefer, you can do a reservation throw internet.
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Take a domestic flight from Buenos Aires to Rosario
This option seems faster than the first one, but is not so much faster, and is really much more expensive. By other hand, the domestic flights from Buenos Aires to Rosario don't departs from the airport of Ezeiza. If you want to go to Rosario by plane, you should go first to the other airport of Buenos Aires, called Aeropuerto Jorge Newbery. So the time and the cost that this option is going to consume is the sum of the three times and costs that the three parts (Ezeiza - Jorge Newbery), (Jorge Newbery - Airport of Rosario), (Airport of Rosario - Center of Rosario). The option, at the end, is not much faster than Manuel Tienda León, and the cost is really much more.
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Take a bus from Buenos Aires's bus station to Rosario's bus station
This option seems cheaper than the first one but at the end is not so much cheaper. If you consider that the cost is going to be the sum of the three costs (Ezeiza - Buenos Aires' bus Station), (Buenos Aires' bus Station - Rosario Bus Station), (Rosario Bus Station - Center of Rosario), the cost is similar to the cost of Manuel Tienda León. Manuel Tienda León is going to be really faster than this option, much more safe, and the cost is not going to be so different. So take this option only if you have any other reason to do that.
Follows a list informations/links that could be useful.
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Airport of Rosario (Islas Malvinas Airport). http://www.aeropuertorosario.com/.
Taxis from this airport to downtown cost about $40 (argentinian pesos). -
Manuel Tienda León. http://www.tiendaleon.com.ar.
Offers transportation from both airports to Rosario at $165 (argentine pesos). The ride takes about 4:30. At the bus first stop in Rosario, mini-vans redistribute passengers at no extra cost within an extended area. On the other hand, this company offers a similar transportation from Ezeiza Airport to downtown in Buenos Aires from $45. The ticket stand of the Manuel Tienda León company is the first stand after you exit customs. -
Buses companies, to go from Buenos Aires to Rosario (if you choose the third option)
- Empresa Argentina: www.empresaargentina.com.ar
- Nueva Chevallier: www.nuevachevallier.com.ar
- Other companies (to buy tickets on Retiro Terminal): El Rosarino, Rutamar, Micromar.
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Airlines (if you choose the second option)
- Aerolineas Argentinas - Austral: www.aerolineas.com.ar
- Sol Lineas Aereas: www.sol.com.ar
About Rosario
Rosario gathers a beautiful natural scenery, cultural offerings of all genres and tastes, with entertainment for young and old as well, and a rich architectural heritage. With 1,000,000 inhabitants and a modern urban development, one can tour the city within minutes and also, in a matter of minutes, one can cross to the sandbanks of the vast Alto Delta of the Paraná River (that's why in Guaraní, the original native's language, Paraná means relative of the sea). Buenos Aires and Rosario are located in the southern hemisphere, so it is winter July. Then, the weather during this month is cold, with temperatures between 4ºC and 18ºC.
Please, check this link for the Rosario Weather Forecast
Information about Rosario: www.rosarioturismo.com