Pharm Meeting Chania June 2015
IHE Pharmacy f2f meeting in Chania, 18-19 June 2015
Venue of the meeting
Chania General Hospital 4th floor, Room 300.B2.17
(Google maps: https://goo.gl/UMPwGd https://goo.gl/CpQXIk )
Car Parking: free Catering for both days (coffee, tea, cookies etc) and light lunch will be available for both days of the meeting Dinner in a restaurant/tavern in the old town (evening of 18 June)
Upon your arrival to Chania Airport:
The Bus is just outside the Arrival gate of the Airport. The bus routes from Airport to Chania city center are every half an hour The price of the ticket is 2.30 euro ( http://www.e-ktel.com/en/2-uncategorised/70-pros-aerodromio )
The Taxi station is just outside the Arrival gate of the Airport The price, from Airport to City center, is about 23 euros ( http://www.chaniataxi.gr/en/pricelist/ )
Car rental
There are almost all international car-rental companies here in Chania. You can pick-up the car from the airport, or from the city center, or in front of your hotel, and drop-off it to the airport
http://www.avis.gr/greece/car-rental/Chania_car_hire.htm https://www.hertz.com/rentacar/location/CHQT50 https://www.europcar.com/ http://www.sixt.com/car-rental/greece/kreta/crete-chania-airport http://www.budget.gr/car-rental/chania-car-hire.htm
Chania city center to/from the Hospital
There are busses, every 15’-20’, and departure from the city center (Bus station) to the Hospital. The ticket costs 1.5 euro. The bus station, for the busses to hospital, is just outside of the Central bus station, next to the SAMARIA Hotel, (Google maps: https://goo.gl/HHYEUL https://goo.gl/RDqerN Chania central Bus station: https://goo.gl/jRIRp4 )
The taxi costs almost 6 euro to/from the city-center (Central market square) to/from the hospital (it’s about 10 minutes).
Info for the town of Chania
The official website of the town is: http://www.chaniatourism.com/useful-information.html
Also, you can find info to: http://www.chania.eu/index.php/en/ http://www.visitgreece.gr/en/main_cities/chania Here are some videos: http://www.chania.eu/index.php/en/explore/multimedia-en/chania-videos-en
Chania Tour Guide application: (a) For iOS, App Store on iTunes, follow the link https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/chania-tour-guide/id730860991?mt=8 (b) For Android, Play Store on Google Play, follow the link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gr.noveltech.cityguide.hania&hl=en
Please note that:
My colleagues from the Pharmacy department of the Chania Hospital and I, we will be happy to take you from - to the Airport to your hotel. Let me know your flight number, the time of arrival / departure and your hotel and we will wait for you outside the Arrival gate of the Airport.
Also, we will be happy to go / leave together to the hospital, the two days of the meeting. If you want, we can pass from your hotel at 08.30 (if the meeting is about to start at 09.00 or 09.30 (if the meeting is about to start at 10.00).
Sponsors
The two days catering is sponsored by the Pharmaceutical Society of Chania and the dinner in a Restaurant in the old city (evening of 18 June) is sponsored by the Greek Association of Hospital Pharmacists.
Looking forward to see you in Chania,
Leonidas