The NGSCES2013 conference will be hosted by:
Fondazione Mediaterraneo, Convento dell’Annunziata, Via Portobello, 16039 Sestri Levante, Italy. Google maps
Important: if you need any help and support in setting up your travel to Sestri Levante (e.g. connections from/to Milan airports), please contact us at: organizers2013@conference.ngsces.org
Sestri Levante
On a thin land strip of an enchanting peninsula with rich mediterranean vegetation, Sestri Levante faces the Gulf of Tigullio eastwards and offers the most typical expression of the Ligurian landscape.
It is also known as “the city of the two seas” for the historical built up area extends as far as a peninsula separating two gulfs.
The “Baia del Silenzio”, eastwards, faced by the historical area buildings and, facing west, the “Baia delle Favole” so named by Hans Christian Andersen, to whom it is dedicated the annual literary award, where also lies the touristic port of Sestri Levante.
Besides the Romanesque church of San Nicolò, the historical area rich of 15th century buildings with the typical slate doorways, Sestri offers an important picture-gallery – the Galleria Rizzi – that keeps precious paintings of the 17th and 18th century, and several villas of the same age perfectly preserved.
How to get to the Fondazione Mediaterraneo:
FROM THE RAILWAY STATION:
Go straight on up to the end of Via Roma, turn left up to Piazza St. Antonio. Turn right in the direction of the seaside and then go straight on up to the promenade, turn left and go straight on up to Piazza Matteotti, in front of a big white church. Leave it on your right and go on the way to the “Baia del Silenzio”. Here you can find Fondazione Mediaterraneo. Google maps
FROM THE HIGHWAY A12:
Go straight on up to the end of Via Fascie, and then to Piazza St. Antonio, turn around the roundabout and take the way to the sea (Via XX Settembre). Turn left and go straight on the promenade up to Piazza Matteotti, in front of a big white church. Leave it on your right and go on the way to the “Baia del Silenzio”. Here you can find Fondazione Mediaterraneo.