IOLTW 2000, Informations

6th IEEE International On-Line Testing Workshop
Information

HOTEL RESERVATION:
The 6^th IEEE International On-Line Testing Workshop will be held at the Nixe Palace Hotel where a block of rooms has been reserved at a special rate. Alternatively, hotel accommodation can also be booked at the Gran UTO Palace Hotel. July is high season in Mallorca and rooms can not be guaranteed after June 7th. The reservation request is guaranteed by a two-day advanced payment through credit card or money transfer.

Nixe Palace Hotel
Avinguda J. Miró, 269
Cala Major
0715 Palma de Mallorca
Tel: +34 971 700 888 Gran Hotel Uto Palace
Avinguda J. Miró, 303
San Agustin
0715 Palma de Mallorca
Tel: +34 971 401 211

TRAVEL INFORMATION:
You can arrive to Palma de Mallorca only by plane or by ship. Ship trip is 3-4 hours using the Fast Ferry (by Transmediterranea or by Buquebus companies) or about 8 hours using the conventional Ferry. These travel durations are both from Barcelona or from Valencia. If you prefer flying, Palma is a very common destination of all major companies, specially in summer, and is about half an hour from Barcelona or one hour from Madrid. The national company Iberia is the official transport company of the On-Line Testing Workshop, so you can benefit of special fares: 25% discount for all domestic flights and other discounts for international flights. In order to take advantage of this offer, you should reserve your ticket through:
Marga Barrera (Reference "IEEE")
Avda. 16 de Julio, 73
07009 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Tel: +34 971 766 460
Fax: +34 971 766 570
E-mail: M. Barrera

The 6^th IEEE International On-Line Testing Workshop will be held at the Nixe Palace Hotel. This hotel is placed in Cala Major, a district of Palma beside the Mediterranean sea. It can be easily reached whichever the means of transport you choose:

By taxi: the hotel is 10 mn far away from the city center and 15 mn from the airport.
There are two regular bus lines from the hotel to the city center: N.3 and N.21.

WORKSHOP LOCATION:
Mallorca, the largest of the five Balearic Archipelago islands, is a natural bridge between Menorca and Ibiza. It has a whole extension of 3,640 km2, limited by 500 km of coast. Throughout its whole history, several cultures have modelled a unique heritage that will offer the visitor nearly all the different aspects of the Latin world. The almost mythical landscapes of the island were inhabited in turn by Carthaginians, Romans and Arabs, providing an exotic mixing of architecture, gastronomy and culture. Landscapes show a notorious variety: the sharpen mountains of the Tramuntana heavily contrast with the vast central plain, soft hills of the llevant and the marvellous succession of cliffs, coves, bays, and sandy beaches which shape one of the most frequented coasts of the whole Mediterranean sea.
More information about Mallorca should be found in the Web site.

SOCIAL EVENT:
The workshop social program will begin with a visit to Son Marroig, a palace located on the Tramuntana Mountains where Archiduch Luis Salvador lived during the last years of 19th century. After enjoying the wonderful landscape of the Mediterranean sea, the trip will continue with a visit to Sa Cartoixa, a monastery located in Valldemossa, a picturesque village placed also in the Tramuntana Mountains. The famous pianist Frederich Chopin and the writer George Sand spent two months in Sa Cartoixa and the rooms where they lived can be visited. Following this, the attendees will be invited to participate in a relaxing dinner in the restaurant Ses Cases de Sa Font Seca.
Buses will leave the Hotel Nixe Palace at 16:00 and return there after dinner.