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SoHe 2023 - Fourth Meeting of the Italian Solar and Heliospheric Community

October 25th-27th 2023

Department of Physics & Astronomy

University of Florence, Arcetri (Florence), Italy

Location & Travel

The conference will be hosted by Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Florence, in Aula A of the historycal Garbasso Building located on the hill of Arcetri in Florence (the same building hosts the Galileo Galilei Institute).
The main entrance to the Arcetri site is at the gate located in Largo Enrico Fermi 2, Florence To reach the Garbasso building you should walk or drive up for only 100m, just untill the top of the big old stairs that you will find when the street starts turnig. Please don't go too uphill to the Observatory, although beautiful, that is a long walk to the wrong place, you'd better stop at the Department!

From the airport, a direct tram T2 brings you right to the central train station.
From the central station, to reach Largo Enrico Fermi take bus number 11 and get off in Via del Gelsomino, then walk uphill for 5-10 miinutes.

Single bus ticket, 1.50 euro, is valid for both rides if within 90 minutes. You can plan your trip by using the site of the bus company: autolinee toscane. Additional travel information can be found here: GGI link



Accommodation

We do not have the resources to book a hotel in Florence for you, all participants will have to book a hotel by themselves. There are many resources to find accommodations on the web, including, among others, Tripadvisor. Near Arcetri nice hotels are, for instance: classichotel.it, hotelvillacarlotta.it, villabetania.it. However, we tend to suggest to find accommodation in the city center, possibly in the southern part of the city on the side of the river opposite to the main touristic attractions. This is the so-called “Oltrarno” area of Florence. Based on feedback from last years participants we can propose a couple of places: hotelpittipalace.com, for a nice hotel near Ponte Vecchio, or sanfredianomansion.com, for a smaller and less expensive bed & breakfast. If you can it is a good idea to share a taxi from the hotel with other participants to reach the workshop venue in Arcetri.