Accommodation
The conference organizers have reserved rooms for the conference guests in the following hotels. The number of reserved rooms is limited so make sure to make your reservations early.
Hotel Scandic Julia
Eerikinkatu 4, 20100 Turku
Telephone: +358 2 336 000
julia@scandichotels.com | webpage
single room 111 €/night
double room 131 €/night
Reservations by 12.5.2017. Use reservation code CiE2017.
Hotel Centro
Yliopistonkatu 12a, 20100 Turku
Telephone: +358 2 211 8100
centro@centrohotel.com| webpage
single room 92 €/night
Reservations by 15.5.2017. Use reservation code CiE2017.
Sokos Hotel Seurahuone
Eerikinkatu 23, 20100, Turku
Telephone: +358 2 337 301
myyntipalvelu.turku@sokoshotels.fi| webpage
single room 92 €/night
double room 102 €/night
Reservations by 14.5.2017 through www.sokoshotels.fi/en:
– choose the hotel (Seurahuone Turku)
– Use the reservation code BCIE2017
– search for available rooms
A small number of rooms have also been reserved in the following low cost lodging alternatives. For further options you can refer to the visitturku and wikitravel pages which also provide useful information about staying in Turku in general.
Guesthouse Kupittaa
Lemminkäisenkatu 36, 20520 Turku
Telephone: +358 2 233 4484
respa@majatalo.fi | webpage
single room 35 €/night
price valid until: 15.5.2017
Bed & Breakfast Tuure
Tuureporinkatu 17 C, 3rd floor, 20100 Turku
Telephone: +358 2 233 0230
tuure@netti.fi | webpage
single room 39 €/night
double room with single occupancy 45 €/night
double room with double occupancy 58 €/night/room
price valid until: 14.5.2017
How to get to Turku
By a plane
There are direct flights from from Helsinki (Finnair), Stockholm (SAS), Riga (AirBaltic), Gdansk (WizzAir). A viable option is also to fly to Helsinki-Vantaa airport and take a train or a bus from the airport to Turku (see below.)
The bus number 1 connects the Turku airport with the market square (Kauppatori) and the port, the ticket price 3€ is paid to the driver. A taxi to the city center costs approximately 20€.
By a train
There are trains from Helsinki and Tampere almost every hour, see VR’s pages for more information.
By a bus
There are several bus companies operating in Finland: Matkahuolto, Pohjolan Liikenne, OnniBus and Åbus have connections to Turku. The first two mentioned operate a line from Helsinki-Vantaa airport. Note that there is a 0 minute bus transfer in Espoo which should not be worried about — the buses wait for each other.
You may try out the aggregated seach engine www.pikavuorot.fi (finnish only). The bus tickets can be purchased from the driver but online prices might be cheaper.
By a ferry
Turku is also accessible by a ferry from Stockholm which sails through the beautiful archipelago. More information can be found at at Viking Line and Tallink Silja pages.