Travel and Accommodation

Traveling to Zürich by plane

Zürich airport (ZRH) is not far from the center of Zürich city and is well served by public transport.
Zürich can also be reached by train or bus from Basel-Mulhouse-Freiburg (BSL) airport in about 1.5 hrs.

Traveling to Zürich by train

Zürich is easily accessible by rail from many of the major cities throughout Europe. Information on travel to Zürich by rail can be found at Swiss rail. Information on rail travel to Zürich is also available on the website of rail companies from neighbouring European countries.

Accommodation information

Hotel Coronado

The Hotel Coronado is probably the most conveniently located hotel for the conference as it is just across the park from Irchel Campus. (The location of this hotel is given by the blue marker in the map below).

To get to the Hotel Coronado from Zürich Airport, you can take tram 10 to the hotel. The journey takes about 20 minutes to the stop Milchbuck (green marker in the map below). The hotel is right across from the Milchbuck stop.

To get to the Hotel Coronado from Zürich main train station, you should exit to the right, take tram 10 in the direction Flughafen, get off at stop Milchbuck and the hotel is right across the street.

Sorell Hotel Rex

Sorell Hotel Rex      This hotel is located more towards the city center. To get to the conference from this hotel, from stop Ottikerstrasse near the hotel take tram 7 in the direction Bahnhof Stettbach, get off at stop Milchbuck and then walk through the park to Irchel Campus. (The location of the map below and Milchbuck is the green marker in the map below).

To get to the Hotel Sorell Hotel Rex from Zürich Airport, you can take tram 10 to stop central and then take tram 7 in the direction Bahnhof Stettbach, get off at stop Ottikerstrasse which is about 50 meters from the hotel.

To get to the Hotel Sorell Hotel Rex from Zürich main train station, you should exit to the right, take tram 7 in the direction Bahnhof Stettbach, get off at stop Ottikerstrasse which is about 50 meters from the hotel.

Location of conference

AUTOMATA 2016 will be hosted at the University of Zürich on Irchel Campus in room Y13 M12. The below map shows how to get from Milchbuck tram stop (green marker) to the conference venue (yellow marker) by walking through Irchel park. The blue marker is the Hotel Coronado.

22nd International Workshop on Cellular Automata and Discrete Complex Systems