INTERNATIONAL SUMMER COURSE IN

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

 

DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO
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About Oviedo

Moving around Oviedo

 


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Oviedo Bus lines 1, 2, 4, 10, 11, 12 provide daily and weekend service from the campus (traveling along Julián Clavería, Fuertes Acevedo and Avenida del Cristo) throughout the city. You can check the schedule in the Bus web page or download a pdf map. Single tickets are bought in the bus (0.90 €), while bus passes (10 tickets, 7 €) in most newspaper kiosks and tobacconist's.

Either from the bus station or the train station, there are close stops of bus line 2 (to Facultades/Hospital). With a lot of luggage it would be more reasonable to take a taxi (it will not cost more than 6 € / $8).

 

Getting to Oviedo

Madrid is closer to Oviedo and there are more bus/train/air connections than from Barcelona.

By plane:

Asturias Airport is located 46 km from Oviedo, and provides national and international air service to and from Asturias. A bus service (about 40 min) from the airport to Oviedo bus station is available (5.25€).

Ordinary flights from Madrid take about 1 hour. The flight from Barcelona takes 75 min. Commercial airlines that serve the airport are IBERIA and SPANAIR . Domestic flight (round trip) would cost about 135 € (euro), although IBERIA has now very cheap flights Madrid-Oviedo (less than 40 € one way). Iberia belongs to "One World", as well as, i.e., American Airlines does. If you are traveling to Spain with them, you may get a much cheaper fare to Oviedo. The same applies to Spanair and Lufthansa.

By Bus:

ALSA bus company travels into downtown Oviedo from Madrid ("Estacion Sur de Autobuses"), Barcelona ("Estación del Norte") and other European cities (see the schedule at the web page).

By train:

RENFE main station is located in the center of Oviedo (address: Uría s/n).

A few trains travel into Oviedo from Madrid ("Estación Madrid-Chamartín"), Barcelona ("Estación Barcelona-Sants"), Burgos and other cities.

The trip from Madrid takes about 5 hours, and costs (one way) around 27 €.

The trip from Barcelona takes about 11 hours, and costs (one way) around 30 €.

For timetables and prices. please visit RENFE web Page.

 

Moving around Madrid

  • From the airport to Chamartin train station:

    • Line 8 (pink) till the end, change to line 4 (brown) heading Argüelles until Alonso Martinez station (after 13 stops), and then change to line 10 (dark blue) heading Fuencarral, and after 6 stops you shall get to Chamartin Railway station.

  • From the airport to Atocha train station:

    • Line 8 (pink) till the end, change to line 4 (brown) heading Argüelles until Bilbao station (after 14 stops), and then change to line 1 (light blue) heading Congosto, and after 7 stops you shall get to Atocha Railway station.

  • From the airport to Mendez Alvaro bus station:

    • Line 8 (pink) till the end, change to line 6 (grey) heading Laguna, after 7 stops you shall get to Mendez Alvaro bus station.

  • In case you have a lot of luggage, it could be better to take a taxi from the airport to any of the stations. A taxi from the airport to any of the stations could cost about 30 € .

 

Moving around Barcelona

  • The web page www.barcelonaturisme.com has info on transportation in Barcelona.
  • There is a bus (AEROBUS) connecting the city with the airport (Plaça de Catalunya).

 

Useful tips

How to make calls: 34 is the international country code for Spain. From within Spain omit 34 and dial the phone number.

International calls: To call out, first dial 00 (international code from Spain), and dial the country code and phone number.

Public telephones accept Telefónica phone cards available at authorized shops (post offices and tobaco shops "Estancos")

Direct Phone Service from Spain to USA

MCI: 900 99 00 14

ATT: 900 99 00 11

SPRINT: 900 99 00 13

 

 

Useful phone numbers

EMERGENCIES: 112 (provide access to police, firemen, etc.)

Policía (Police): 091

Policía Local (Local police): 092

Ambulancias (Ambulances): 1006

Bomberos (Fire Department): 080

Cruz Roja (Red Cross): 985 22 22 22

Urgencias Hospital Central (Hospital, ER): 985 10 80 00

 

RENFE (Railway Co. information): 985 25 02 02

ALSA (Bus Co. information): 985 96 96 96

SPANAIR (Airline Co. information): 902 13 14 15

IBERIA (Airline Co. information): 902 40 05 00

TUA (Oviedo Bus Co. information): 985 22 26 57

Radio Taxi Principado (Oviedo Cab Co.): 985 25 25 00

Radio-Taxi (Oviedo Cab Co.): 985 25 00 00

 
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