EMBO YIP Meeting 2017

Hotel
Rooms are booked for you at:
Villa Toscana

Hamburger Straße 4-10
69181 Leimen | Heidelberg

Shuttle
There will be a shuttle booked for you every morning, leaving at 8:30 from Villa Toscana to EMBL.

There will be no group pick-up from the airport. Please organize your own transfer!

1. Frankfurt International Airport is the closest (about 80 km) and most convenient airport for Heidelberg.

The easiest way to get to Heidelberg from Frankfurt International airport is by train: there are two railway stations at Frankfurt Airport with routes to Heidelberg as follows:

• The long distance trains leave from the Fernbahnhof every 20-30 minutes and are the faster (55 minutes) but more expensive option (25 euro one way). It takes about an hour with one change in Mannheim central station. Taxi from Heidelberg central station to hotel will cost you around 16-18 euro and take 20-25 minutes.
• The regional trains leave from the Regionalbahnhof and are slightly cheaper (17 euro) but slower (1,5 hours). You must usually change at Frankfurt main station.

The following bus shuttle services are availbale:

• Transfer & Limousine Service GmbH
• A&S Airport Service
• Lufthansa Bus

2. Further airports around Heidelberg:

• Frankfurt Hahn Airport is a small airport west of Frankfurt International Airport. It offers cheap air fares. There are shuttle buses running to and from several cities. Travel time from and to Heidelberg is approximately two hours.
• Baden-Airpark is a small airport near Baden-Baden. It offers cheap air fares and can be reached easily by car being situated close to motorway A5 (Basel-Karlsruhe). Travel time from and to Heidelberg is approximately one hour. How to travel by train & bus from and to Baden-Airpark.
• Stuttgart Airport is an international airport. It offers cheap air fares and can be reached easily by car being situated close to the motorway A8 (Munich-Karlsruhe). Travel time from and to Heidelberg is approximately an hour and a half. How to travel by train from and to Stuttgart Airport.

Heidelberg is a university city situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany. Located about 78 km (48 mi) south of Frankfurt, Heidelberg is the fifth-largest city in the German state of Baden Würtemberg. Heidelberg is part of the densely populated Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region and is known for its institutions of higher education. The most famous of those is Heidelberg University. Founded in 1386, it is one of Europe's oldest institutions. In addition to the research centers and institutes of the university, there are numerous research institutions situated in the city of Heidelberg.

Among them are the

• European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO),
• European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL),
• the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ),
• Max Planck Institute for Medical Research,
• Max Planck Institute for Astronomy,
• Max Planck Institute for Nuclear Physics,
• Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law.