Travel and accommodation

Travel to Ithaca

If you plan to fly here, there is a small airport in Ithaca, Tompkins County Airport, and the conference hotel offers a complimentary 24-hour airport shuttle. In some cases it might be substantially cheaper and more convenient to fly to the Syracuse airport. There is a local shuttle services to Ithaca that takes approximately 75 minutes and costs $110 (round-trip).

If you fly into Syracuse, send Katerina detailed information about your flight (including airline used, flight number, point of departure, and arrival time), and she'll arrange for the transportation with the shuttle service from the Syracuse airport to the hotel in Ithaca, and back.

There is also bus connection between Manhattan and Ithaca Downtown/Cornell campus, by Cornell bus, Greyhound Lines or Coach USA Shortline. It takes approximately 5 hours to get to Ithaca by bus. The Cornell bus provides a substantially higher standard of service, with comfortable seats and wireless access, and arrives at Sage Hall on the Cornell campus, a few minutes' walk from the Physical Sciences Building. The other buses arrive at the Ithaca bus terminal, from which you could take the free shuttle service of the Holiday Inn.

For those who prefer to drive, Ithaca is within driving distance from a number of metropolitan areas: New York City (about 5 hours); Boston (6 hours); Baltimore (6 hours); Montreal (7 hours); Philadelphia (5 hours). You can find driving directions to the hotel here.

From the hotel to the conference venue

The workshop hotel is the

Holiday Inn Ithaca Downtown Hotel
222 South Cayuga Street • Ithaca, New York 14850
Phone: (607) 272-1000 • Fax: (607) 277-1275
http://www.hiithaca.com/index.php

The hotel has a complimentary shuttle to and from the Holiday Inn. However, the shuttle will not be able to accomodate everybody. There is very convenient public transportation. The bus number 10 leaves every 6 minutes two blocks from the hotel and takes 10 minutes to the Goldwin Smith Hall stop which is directly in front of the new Physical Science building (PSB). Bus number 30 leaves in the morning every 15 minutes (starting on the hour) just 200m from the hotel and reaches the Rockefeller Hall stop right in front of the PSB building in less than 10 minutes. The bus fare is $1.50 and exact change is required. For further information please see the TCAT homepage.

Finally, the walk between the hotel and the Physical Sciences Building can be pleasant and scenic, but be advised that when going uphill it could take 40 minutes, depending on your aerobic capacity. Returning to the hotel involves a comfortable 25 minute walk.