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Visa
Intending participants are requested to check that they comply with any entry visa requirements by contacting the nearest embassy or diplomatic mission of the host country (embassies). If no such representation exists in a particular country, participants should consult the Organizers about the appropiate authority to contact.

IUPAC sponsorship implies that entry visas will be granted to all bona fide chemists, provided application is made not less than six months in advance. If a visa is not granted two months before the meeting, the Organizers and the IUPAC Secretariat should be notified by the applicant.

Travel Information

Its air-traffic network features national and international flights by the companies Iberia, Spanair, Air Europa, Air France and British Airways, which operate in Lavacolla Airport (Santiago-Lugo Road, km 11. Lavacolla, no number. Telephone: 00 34 981 597 400).

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Airlines and destinations

  • Aer Lingus (Dublin)
  • Air Berlin (Palma de Mallorca)
  • Air Europa (Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Palma de Mallorca, Tenerife-South)
  • Clickair (Barcelona)
  • Iberia Airlines (Madrid)
  • Air Nostrum (Bilbao, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Sevilla, Tenerife-North, Valencia)
  • Ryanair (Hahn, Liverpool, London-Stansted, Rome-Ciampino)
  • Spanair (Barcelona, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, Madrid, Tenerife-South)
  • Vueling Airlines (Barcelona, Madrid, Málaga, Paris-Charles de Gaulle)

Its bus station (San Caetano, no number. Telephone 00 34 981 587 700) provides connections with the main Galician municipalities, and important Spanish and European cities. It also has a Renfe railway station (Rúa do Hórreo, no number. Telephone 00 34 981 59 60 50 and 00 34 902 240 202).

Its main access roads are, southbound, from A Coruña and Ferrol, via the AP-9 motorway; northbound, from Portugal, Tui, Vigo and Pontevedra, via the AP-9 motorway. You can also take the N-550 road, which runs through the city from north to south. From Madrid, the N-VI dual carriageway towards A Coruña and then the AP-9 motorway.