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About the conference location and how to get there
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The conference takes place in
the Cultural Center José Marti in the very heart of Central
Mexico City. The conference center is in walking distance from
the Zocalo, the Main Square of the city, and is conveniently
located just in front of the metro station Hidalgo, almost at
the corner of Reforma Avenue, surrounded by several impressive
colonial buildings and churches. The Central Park of the city,
La Alameda Central, which was laid out in the 16th century, is
located just in front of José Marti. At the opposite side of
the Alameda Central, you will find the impressive National
Theater of Mexico City, the Palacio de Bellas Artes. |
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How
to get to the conference by public transportation
Metro Station HIDALGO
(Línea 3: Indios
Verdes - Universidad)
(Linea 2: Tasqueña - Cuatro
Caminos) |
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| José Marti is easy to reach
from all areas of Mexico City by metro. Participants using the
metro are recommended to take the subway (metro) to
station "Hidalgo". This station is served by the green
line (Linea 3: Indios Verdes - Universidad) that crosses the
entire city from the North to the South as well as the blue line (Linea
2: Tasqueña - Cuatro Caminos) that also serves the stations
"Zocalo" and "Allende" in the downtown
area.
The price for a metro ticket is
2.00 pesos (approximately 20 US cents or 15 Euro-cents) regardless of
distance or number of transfers within the metro system. The metro runs
continuously between 5 o'clock in the morning until midnight with frequent
departures ( a new train arrives approximately every 90 seconds) so there
are no metro schedules or time tables. The metro may be very crowded
at peak hours, but it is definitely the most efficient way of
getting around in the city.
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| Signs of this kind
indicate the location of the metro stations all over
Mexico City. The upper sign is an artistic
interpretation of the letter "M" and is used
everywhere in the city to symbolize the metro. Below
follows another sign with the symbol of the individual
station. The sign above is the symbol of metro station
Hidalgo, and is located just in front of José Marti
where the conference takes place. Behind it is the
stairway that leads down to the metro station.
If you live in hotels
in the downtown area, you can easily walk from almost
anywhere in the center to José Marti. If you are at the
Zocalo, you can walk straight down one of the streets
Madero or Cinco (5) de Mayo that connect the Main Square
with la Alameda Central, and Bellas Artes.
If you live in Zona
Rosa, you can take the pink line from metro station
"Insurgentes" in direction Pantitlan. Two
stations later you can change to the green line and go
two further stations in direction "Indios Verdes"
and you will already be in metro station Hidalgo. |
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| The metro
station Hidalgo has 10 different exits. To find the
exit, you must follow the signs on the platform and in
the station with "salida" (exit). To reach
José Marti you should use the exits with the signs
"Alameda Central", "Reforma" and
"Balderas". |
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| From Zona Rosa, you can also
take a microbus on the Reforma Avenue, that will take you from
Zona Rosa to metro Hidalgo in less than 15 minutes. There are
several microbus lines going up and down Reforma Avenue day and
night. On signs in the windows, the different destinations are
indicated, but all of these busses, will pass by metro station
Hidalgo. From Zona Rosa, the microbus fare will be 2.50
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| This is the main
entrance of the Centro Cultural José Marti, viewed
directly from the exit of the metro station Hidalgo. The
main auditorium where most of the regular panel sessions
will take place during Aids in Culture III is the first
door to the rights after you have entered this
entrance. |
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| If you turn around, you
will see the towers of the church of the 16th century
hospital San Hipolito. |
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