Scientific Meeting in Honour of Diego de Castro
2^nd Workshop on correlated data modeling
Common ideas in Biometrics and Econometrics
Torino (Italy), 9-10 January 2004

Accommodation

The Workshop will take place in Villa Gualino, on the Torino hill (viale Settimio Severo, 63), where all participants will also be hosted. It's 3 km far from the railway station of Porta Nuova and 20 km from Caselle airport (see the map) The organizing committee is intended to host the partecipants at Villa Gualino Hotel*** (+39 011 6603555) You can ask them for booking via e-mail. Otherwise different accommodation can be found visiting the following links: www.hotels.com and www.expedia.it . Hotel Crimea is another not very far hotel.

How to reach Villa Gualino by car

If you come from Milano, follow the directions towards the city centre until you reach Corso Vittorio Emanuele II. Then driving along that way, you cross the river Po and drive on into Corso Fiume, slightly uphill. You reach Piazza Crimea at the end of Corso Fiume, keep the right, and turn right at the first traffic light, and then follow the directions for Villa Gualino.

How to reach Torino from Milano

1. From the Malpensa airport:
   you can find a direct bus from Malpensa airport to Torino at 10.30 am, 12.00 am and 3.30 pm every day. It takes about two hours to reach Torino from Malpensa. The bus arrives at the main bus Terminal in Corso Castelfidardo nearby Corso Vittorio Emanuele.

2. From the railway station:
   there is a train to Torino almost every hour.

How to reach the city centre from Torino "Caselle" airport

There's a direct bus to the city centre every 15-30 min. It takes 40 min to arrive at Via Sacchi which is very close to Corso Vittorio Emanuele II, near the Porta Nuova railway station.
If you prefer to take a taxi, it will cost you about 30-40 € to the city centre, about 35-45 € to Villa Gualino. The best connections with Turin airport are via Paris, London, Frankfurt, Munich, Bruxelles, Zürich.

How to reach Villa Gualino by bus, from the city centre

Take bus no.73 in Piazza Gran Madre, or in Corso Fiume, from where it leaves every hour. Piazza Gran Madre can be reached by buses no. 55 and 56, and trolley no. 13 (the 56 and the 13 buses also stop in front of Porta Susa railway station). In order to reach Corso Fiume you can take bus no. 52 in front of the main Torino railway station, Porta Nuova, and get off at the first stop after the bridge (when you are in Corso Fiume).
Bus tickets cannot be bought on the bus. You can buy them at all newstands and tobacco shops. If you wish to take a taxi from the city centre, it will take about 15 min and it will cost about 10 €.