Symposium/ Meetings / Touristic programmes / Tours
REGISTRATION FEE
Full conference registration: EURO 90.00. This includes: Ice Breaker Party, access to all presentations in air conditioned lecture room with technical equipment/staff, coffee/tea breaks during the symposium, a conference package with name badges, an abstract booklet, a CD containing available full papers, and a map exhibition and reception. Accompanying persons must pay a basic fee of EURO 30.00, which will entitle them to partake of the Ice Breaking Party and coffee/tea breaks, and to visit the map exhibition. For the conference dinner and other programmes offered by our travel agency, they will have to pay the full price.Lunches
(moderate price, buffet style lunch, served at the conference venue)
will be arranged by the local organizers, and Lunch Tickets
can be reserved and will be available at the Registration Desk. Please,
indicate your interets in the Registration Form.
ICE BREAKER PARTY
On
Wednesday evening (27 June,
2012) there
will be an ice-breaker party for registered participants and
accompanying persons in a local restaurant close to the symposium
hotels. The exact time and venue will be announced later.
EXHIBITION
The
opening of the map exhibition will be on
Thursday evening (28 June,
2012), followed by a reception in the
library. All participants will have free-of-charge access to a
specially organized Map Exhibition of material kept in the University
Library which is also the country’s oldest public library.
International Society for the History of the Map (ISHM) Meetings
The
International Society for the History of the
Map’s Symposium on
Saturday
morning (30 June, 2012, c. 10.a.m – 12 a.m.)
ISHM Annual General Meeting (Only
for ISHM members!) on Saturday afternoon (30 June,
2012) (c. 2.pm.- 4 p.m.)
(Registration and details for ISHM meeting are available on their
website: http://ishm.elte.hu)
CONFERENCE DINNER
You
are invited to join us and visit a unique
Hungarian restaurant on Saturday evening (30 June, 2012) in the city of
Budapest. A set meal (three-course meal, with a glass of wine and
Strudel) as well as a presentation of traditional Strudel making (with
your participation): EURO 28.00.
(Additional drinks are extra.)
DANUBE BEND / POST-SYMPOSIUM TOUR
A one day post-symposium coach tour, with a special cartographic programme, on Sunday, 1 July, 2012. Budapest - Esztergom (Danube Museum- special museum tour and map exhibition, Cathedral, Castle) - Visegrad (Royal Palace, Renaissance Dinner) - Szentendere (Artists'Town) - Budapest.Lunch: Royal Feast (three courses meal, red or white wine, refreshments, coffee inclusive). Air-conditioned, luxury coach, English-speaking guide. Planned arrival time back to Budapest approx. 6 p.m.)
Minimum number of participants: 20 persons.
EURO 65.00/person
Touristic Programmes and Tours
Programmes for Friday evening ( 29 June, 2012)
Hungarian State Opera
Programme not yet availableClassical Music
Ave
Maria- concert in the city's St. Michael church. Baroque
interior, beautiful altar from the 1700s, wonderful acoustics. A
category ticket , concert starts at 7 p.m.- EURO 30/person
Budapest Folklore + Dinner & Cruise
Dinner
on a Danube boat (buffet style dinner) + Rajkó Folklore Group's
programme Show starts at 20:00, dinner from on boat at 22:00
Whole evening program. Starts with the Hungarian folk dance performance and continues with the Dinner & Cruise. Through the performed dances you can get a broad view of the music, dance and costume heritage of Hungary and the Hungarian inhabited areas. Every concert starts at 20.00, and consists of two parts, 40-45 minutes each, plus an intermission.After the folklore performance, a host or hostess will escort you to the pier. The cruise starts at 22:00, but always waits for the guests from the theatre. On the ship, you can feel Budapest's romantic atmosphere surrounded by the friendly lights of the Danube capital and enjoy a warm and excellent buffet-dinner, which is prepared by Hungary’s only one Gault Millau rated chef, Klöter Gregor-Grex. We will take you on a 1,5-hour-long cruise on one of our air-conditioned ships. In the romantic candlelight atmosphere you can enjoy the wonderful view of Budapest swimming in light. After dinner you can also admire the panorama from the open upper deck of the ship.
– EUR: 52,-/personDinner on a Danube boat only (buffet style dinner, living music). Begins at 19:00 or 22:00 – EUR 36,-/person
Folklore programme (only) in Palace Danube:-EUR 23,-/person (at 20:00)
Tours
Grand City Tour Budapest
Jewish Budapest
Jewish
Budapest – We drive along the
Danube – visit of the world’s second largest Synagogue, the
Dohány street
SynagogueJewish Museum (interior visits) – Jewish Garden
– Tree of Life – Temple of Heroes – Possibility for
lunch in the kosher
restaurant – tour ends at the restaurant. No tour during holidays
and on special occasions. Duration: 3 Hours Available: 1.April
– 31.October, Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun: 10:00 a.m. Price: EUR 21,-/
personVisit of the Opera House
The Hungarian State Opera
House is a
neo-Renaissance opera house located in central Pest, (a part of
Budapest), on
Andrássy út. Designed by Miklós Ybl, a major
figure of 19th century Hungarian
architecture.
Although in size and capacity
it is not among the greatest, in beauty and the quality of acoustics
the Budapest
Opera House is considered to be amongst the first few opera houses in
the
world. The auditorium holds 1261 seats. It is horseshoe shaped and -
according
to measurements done in the 1970s by a group of international engineers
- has
the 3rd best acoustics in Europe after La Scala in Milan and the Palais
Garnier
in Paris. Guided
tour in the building in six languages (English, German, Spanish,
French,
Italian and Hungarian) is possible every day from 15:00 and 16:00.
Duration of
the program: ca 40 minutes.
Excursion
to Gödöllő -
Visit to the former Summer-Residence of
Queen Elisabeth (Sissi) in Gödöllő (the second
largest baroque
chateau of the world) – interior visit. Return to Budapest
– Tour ends at the city centre.
