The school will take place in the Hotel Villa del Mare, I-85041 Acquafredda di Maratea (PZ), (Basilicata - Italy). Phone: +39 0973 878007. Fax: +39 0973 878102. Email: info@hotelvilladelmare.com

The hotel is located in a beautiful position in front of the sea with a swimming pool, a lift to its private beach, cinema-club and many other facilities.

You can click here, here or here to see some pictures, and - if you can read the Italian language - here to have some tourist information over the region.

The town of Maratea is 6 km away from the hotel. It is an ancient city on the Gulf of Policastro, founded about the Greek period. It is the only portion of Lucania on the Tyrrhenian sea, situated in one of the most beautiful parts of the Italian southern coast.

Please, keep in mind that the school will start on Sunday morning and finish Friday morning, 30th August before noon. It is expected that you will arrive on Saturday 24th August and the school fee which is for 6 nights includes the accomodation for the night of Saturday 24th.

• By plane

  The most convenient airport to land at is the one of Napoli (Naples) http://www.gesac.it. The airport is very close to the city, and from there you can take a bus to the train station of Napoli "Piazza Garibaldi". Further information can be found at http://www.gesac.it/en/index_location.html From Napoli to Sapri there are trains (almost) every hour. For the rest of the trip, refer to the section below.

• By train

  You should get the train to Sapri. Train times and the prices can be found (in several languages) at http://www.fs-on-line.com/.

  The hotel's minibus will be outside Sapri's railway station to meet all (InterCity) and (EuroStar) trains on Saturday August 24th between 14:30 and 22:00. If you travel on some other kind of train (e.g., "Regional" or "InterRegional"), please call the hotel when you arrive: dial 0973 878007, telling them who you are. If come by train on any day other than the 24th, then you should take a taxi outside Sapri's railway station: the trip to the hotel will cost 16 Euros. Your return transfer from the hotel to Sapri's railway station on the 30th of August will be arranged at the School.

• By car

  You should arrive from the highway connecting Salerno and Reggio Calabria. From the highway, you should take the exit of LAGONEGRO NORD-MARATEA. From there, you should take the route 585 heading south until the indication SAPRI E COSTA DI MARATEA NORD. Once in Sapri, head south on the road along the coast. The hotel is located on that road, about 8 km from Sapri itself.