ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI (AUTh) Dear students,

welcome to the ATHENS-session at the Faculty of Engineering of the AUTh. Please read carefully all the information below.

Arrival date: We expect your arrival on Saturday, March 16, 20191.

The Welcome-Meeting and Registration at the AUTh starts on: Sunday, March 17 at 10:00 at the Faculty of Engineering of the AUTh (after the registration, a guided visit to the Archaeological Museum and a city tour are also planned).

Meeting point: The main entrance hall of the Faculty of Engineering (https://goo.gl/maps/5azuXTZvapM2).

Registration: Please have your student ID with you for your registration. Registrations fees include in cash: 20€ for the EDA (compulsory) and 18€ for the meals (optional)

Courses start on Monday March 18, 2019.

Instructions on how to get to the classroom, will be given at the Registration meeting

Meeting point for the Saturday, March 23 trip to Pella and Vergina: at 08:00 in front of the main entrance of the Faculty of Engineering (https://goo.gl/maps/5azuXTZvapM2).

End Date: Saturday afternoon, March 23, 2019

Accommodation: Arrangements have been made for the period Saturday the 16th of March to the morning of Sunday the 24th (8 nights) with two hotels located near the University. All students that require accommodation should contact one of these hotels on their own, indicating that they are members of the ATHENS Network.

Students are also free to arrange accommodation elsewhere, according to their will.

Booking in these two hotels requires a deposit corresponding to one night or a valid credit card number (will not be charged).

Option 1: Hotel ABC (3*) (Aggelaki st., 41, Thessaloniki 54632) – 500 m from the Faculty of Engineering

52 € per night for a single bed room

68 € per night for a double bed room

85 € per night for a three bed room

Prices do not include Room Tax (amounts to 1.5 € per night per room and is paid separately)

All options include breakfast. The hotel offers free Wi-Fi access.

Tel. 0030 2310265421

Site: www.hotelabc.gr

Email. info@hotelabc.gr

1 Please note that since some of your Schools have courses on Friday evening and because of the long trip to Thessaloniki, we have to start on Sunday March 17 and finish on Saturday March 23.

Option 2: Kinissi Palace Hotel (4*) (Egnatia st. 41, Thessaloniki 54630) –1900 m from the Faculty of Engineering (Bus Routes available)

45 € per night for a single bed room

55 € per night for a double bed room

No three bed rooms are available.

Prices do not include Room Tax (amounts to 3 € per night per room and is paid separately)

All options include breakfast. The hotel offers free Wi-Fi access.

Tel. 0030 2310508081

Site: www.kinissipalace.gr

Email: info@hotelabc.gr

Meals: Lunch breaks are offered between courses on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and

Friday. A buffet will be available for students. The menu will alternate each day with various

available options. The complete menu will be available at registration upon arrival. The cost

for the four (4) days is 18€ per student. Students should indicate whether they wish to have

lunch at the buffet at registration upon arrival. Lunch fees will have to be paid upon

registration in cash, together with the EDA participation fee.

The Faculty of Engineering also has a cafeteria that will be open to students.

A meal in a standard city restaurant costs about 10€.

European Dimension Activities (EDA)

Sunday 17-March-2019:

Guided visit to the Archaeological Museum. Guided sightseeing-tour of Thessaloniki including the Castle, the Roman Agora and the old Byzantine Churches. The Early Christian and Byzantine monuments of Thessaloniki have been declared as a UNESCO world heritage site in 1988.

Tours (including welcome meeting and registration) will last approximately from 10:00 to 14:00.

Saturday 23-3-2019:

Bus trip and guided visit of the archaeological sites and museums of Pella and Aiges (Vergina). The trip will last approximately from 8:00 to 15:00.

For free entrance to museums and sites students must show their student ID card (only applicable for EU Student ID cards, other students pay half-price tickets).

Full and half-price entrance tickets for the archaeological sites and museums are as follows:

Pella: 8€ / 4€

Aiges (Vergina): 12€ /6€

Archaeological Museum: 8€ / 4€

The total cost for the EDA is 20 € per student and will have to be paid upon registration

in cash.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vergina)

(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pella)

Pella Vergina

INFORMATION CONCERNING TRANSPORT

Local Transportation

Regular bus tickets cost 1.0 € and are valid for one hour. Bus tickets from and to the airport

cost 2 €. A taxi from the airport to the hotel costs 20 € (25 € at night hours).

How to reach the 2 hotels from the airport

There is a bus from the airport, Nr. X1 (N1 from midnight to 05:00 in the morning-every 30

minutes during the night). In the direction from the airport to the hotel the route passes a few

blocks away, from both hotels. Both hotels are on EGNATIA street. For ABC hotel the nearest

stop is KAMARA, while for Kinissi Palace the nearest stop is KOLOMVOU. Alternatively, you

may take a taxi.

Please note that no insurance is provided by AUTh (contact your local insurance company

for a travel insurance).

Contact

Prof. Christos Pyrgidis

pyrgidis@civil.auth.gr

Tel. +30 2310 995795, Fax. +30 2310 995789, Mobile +30 6977593659

Assist. Prof. Dimitris Pitilakis

dpitilakis@civil.auth.gr

Tel. +30 2310-994357, Mobile +30 6972 723203

For more information please visit: https://www.eng.auth.gr/en/research/international-partnerships/athens-programme.html

Videos

Have a look at the following videos about AUTh and the city of Thessaloniki:

1. An “official” one https://www.auth.gr/en/passing-the-knowledge-baton

2. An older “official” one

https://www.dropbox.com/s/awe6qpa54yhpf1t/Film_Presentation_of_Aristotle_University.mkv

2. The Erasmus office’s promotional video https://eurep.auth.gr/en/media

3. A promotional video of the 40th annual conference of the European Society for Engineering

Education (2012) https://www.dropbox.com/s/rnrhix06vh962vq/sefi2012authThessaloniki.mp4?dl=0

See you in Thessaloniki, Good Luck

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