| Logistics
Conference
venue:
Ministry of Environment of the Republic of Latvia
25 Peldu iela, LV-1494
RIGA, LATVIA
www.vidm.gov.lv
Hotels:
We
arranged block bookings in the following hotels. Please make
your own reservation using the password given. Please mind
the booking deadlines.
Hotel
Konventa Seta***
9/11 Kaleju iela, Riga, 1050 Latvia
Phone: +371 7 087 501
Fax: +371 7 087 515
email: reservation@konventa.lv
A block booking
of 20 single rooms (for a special price of EUR 68,-/night;
breakfast included) and 10 junior suites for single use (for
a special price of EUR 80,-/night; breakfast included) has
been made at the hotel from 27 September to 30 September and
- for those who need to stay longer in Riga - to 1
October. The participants are kindly requested to
make their own reservations directly to the hotel by fax or
email until September 18, 2006 at the latest, mentioning reservation
number: SWIFT 223937- 8.
The hotel accepts
all credit cards.
Radi
un Draugi***
1/3 Marstalu
iela, Riga, 1050 Latvia
phone: +371
7 820200
fax: +371-7 820202
email: radi.reservations@draugi.lv
A block booking
of 8 rooms (for a special price of EUR 46 LVL /night; breakfast
included) has been made at the hotel from 27 September to
29 September. There are no rooms from 29 to 30 September.
The participants are kindly requested to make their
own reservations directly to the hotel by fax or email until
September 18, 2006 at the latest, mentioning SWIFT-WFD
7507-7514/2006code1806.
Centra
Hotel
1 Audeju
iela, Riga, 1050 Latvia
phone: +371
7 226441
fax: +371
7 503281
email: hotel@centra.lv
A block booking
of 2 single rooms (for a special price of EUR 80,-/night;
breakfast included) and 3 junior suites for single use (for
a special price of EUR 105,-/night; breakfast included) has
been made at the Hotel from 27 September to 30 September.
The participants are kindly requested to make their
own reservations directly to the hotel by fax or email until
September 18, 2006 at the latest, mentioning SWIFT-WFD 9860.
Other recommended
hotels:
Radisson
SAS Daugava
24 Kugu iela, Riga,
1048 Latvia
phone: +371 706 1111
fax: +371 706 1100
email: Info.Riga@RadissonSAS.com
Reval
Hotel Ridzene
1 Reimersa iela,
Riga, 1050 Latvia
Phone: +371 732 4433
Fax: +371 732 2600
email: ridzene@revalhotels.com
Links to other hotels:
www.inyourpocket.com/latvia/en
Travel
information:
In order to get
to the centre of Riga from the Airport, you should drive 13
km taking a bus or taxi.
The cheapest alternative is city bus
(No 22 Airport - Riga Central Railway station). There is a
bus stop in front of the Airport terminal building, straight
next the car parking area; it can be accessed through the
arrivals level.
Public bus route
No.22 will take you to the centre. The nearest bus stop to
the Hotel (please, see the map)
is located just after crossing the Daugava River. From there,
it is a 5 minutes walk to the hotel. Frequency is 20-30 minutes
and journey time to the city centre is 30 minutes. The fare
is LVL 0,20.
The Hotel Konventa Seta offers the
transfer from Riga Airport to Hotel (price LVL 10, -). We
suggest using it, as there are restrictions for Taxi driving
in Old Town, where the Hotel is located. Please, contact the
Hotel, if you would like to have a transfer.
The Riga city taxi stop is located
in front of the Airport terminal building. Taxi sales counter
is situated in the arrivals greeting area. A journey to the
city centre takes about 15 minutes and the cost for a ride
to the centre is about LVL 8, -. (More expensive rate for
late evening and night time, less expensive for daytime.)
Latvian Bank
rate: 1 EUR = 0,7028 LVL
Contact
person for logistics:
Ms. Baiba Zasa
Latvian Environment, Geology and Meteorology Agency
Division of Information Exchange
165, Maskavas Str., LV-1019 Riga, LATVIA
tel.: +371 7 032 013
fax: +371 7 145 154
e-mail: baiba.zasa@lvgma.gov.lv
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