Bologna (Emilian and Romagnol: Bulåggna) is the capital and largest city of Emilia-Romagna in Northern Italy. It has about 400,000 inhabitants.
Bologna is served by an international airport which is located to the North West of the city (BLQ) linked with a train station and public transport on the north of the city while the conference is being held in the Department of History, Culture and Civilization, Piazza San Giovanni in Monte 2 to the South East of the Centre.
The central train station can be reached by public transport from the airport via Train, Bus and private hire Taxi.
The train station is also served by trains from other major cities in Italy.
The ETS 2024 meeting is not taking place in a specific hotel so there is no specific conference hotel.
There is a discount to all accommodation via the Bologna Touristic Office (Booking Bologna Welcome.com) for bookings between the 15-18 September 2024:
A discount of 10% can be given on accommodation for the meeting by booking through the Bologna site and applying the code:
"ETS24"
Please note that there is expected to be tennis tournament that weekend just before in Bologna so please be aware of this when thinking about booking.
Students looking for cheaper accommodation can contact Prof Annalisa Zaccaroni at the University of Bologna (Director of Master in Large Marine Vertebrates Sciences, Department Veterinary Medical Sciences University of Bologna)
