Public Transportation in Cagliari

All bus tickets must be purchased in advance (from a newspaper stand, from the ticket boot in Piazza Matteotti, or from the bar in Piazza Carlo Alberto near the Architecture Building) and stamped inside the bus. In emergency cases the driver will sell tickets (at twice the price), but he is under no obligation to do so if he is running late or does not have change. There exist tickets for 12 rides (at a 10 percent discount) and weekly bus passes (It.: settimanale) for 9.30 euros.

From Piazza Yenne it is 10 minutes by foot. Look for the staircase (It.: scalette) starting in the corner of the square, next to Hotel Aurora. Climb the staircase, take a right to reach the Elefant's Tower (It.: Torre dell'Elefante). On your right there is Viale dell'Università with as the first building the Rettorato, where the opening ceremony is held (in the Eighteenth Century Lecture Room [It.: Sala del Settecento] one floor up). Normally, you pass the gate underneath the Elefant's Tower and go straight into Via Corte d'Appello. After a few short blocks, you will see the Architecture Building on your right-hand side.

Map of the Castello area

Alternatively, there is a public transportation minibus No. 7 (It.: pullmannino N.7) every 15 minutes which leaves from Piazza Yenne (in front of the pharmacy at the corner of Via Mannu), follows Largo Felice, Via Roma e Via Regina Margherita (and hence passes by Hotel Regina Margherita), and then enters the Castello along the Museum Citadel (It.: Cittadella dei Musei), Piazza dell'Indipendenza (where there is a bus stop), Via Lamarmora, the Elefants' Tower (It.: Torre dell'Elefante), and the Lions' Gate (It.: Porta dei Leoni), and then returns to Piazza Yenne along Via Regina Margherita, Via Roma, and Largo Felice. The bus stop for the conference site is Piazza Carlo Alberto (in front of the cathedrale in Via Lamarmora) and for the Rettorato the next stop at the Lions' Gate. The stop for the museums (an archaeological museum [the best museum of the three], a late Middle Ages plus Renaissance art museum, and a one room oriental art depot) is Piazza dell'Indipendenza from where one easily reaches the conference site. At the end of Via Corte d'Appello, at 50 meters from the conference site, is the museum which houses what has been the Jewish Ghetto (It.: ghetto degli ebrei) until about 200 years ago.

Public transportation links to/from the hotels:

• Hotel Italia: From the hotel it is a 10 minutes walk to the conference site. It is 2 blocks from Piazza Yenne.
• Hotel Calamosca: From the hotel, walk 10 minutes to Piazza San Bartolomeo and take (trolley) bus 5 (or use minibus No. 11 leaving the square in front of Hotel Calamosca every 30 minutes and change to one of the buses 5, PQ, or PF once reaching Viale Diaz); leave the bus in Via Roma at the Rinascente Department Store, and walk along Largo Felice to Piazza Yenne. To reach the hotel, take bus 5 in Via Roma near the Rinascente Department Store until the end of the line in Piazza San Bartolomeo and walk 10 minutes towards the beach (or take minibus No. 11 from Piazza San Bartolomeo, every 30 minutes). On Sunday one can take the (normal) bus 5/11 directly to/from the square in front of the hotel without having to walk to/from Piazza San Bartolomeo or to take minibus No. 11.
• Residence Ulivi e Palme: The hotel is situated halfways between two consecutive stops of bus 1 on Via Castiglione. From the hotel, take bus 1 on the same side of the street as the hotel and leave the bus in Piazza Yenne. To return to the hotel, take bus 1 in front of Banca di Napoli on the corner of Largo Felice and Via Mameli, and get off at the second or third stop on Via Castiglione.
• La Terrazza Sarhotel: From the hotel it is a 10 minutes walk to the conference site. It is half a block from Piazza Yenne. Since this hotel does not serve breakfast, it is good to know that there is a bar between the hotel and Piazza Yenne.
• Hotel Aurora: Climb the staircase outside the hotel entrance. From there it is a few blocks to the conference site. Since this hotel does not serve breakfast, there is various bars in and outside Piazza Yenne to have breakfast.
• Hotel Sardegna: Take bus 9 (each 15-20 minutes) across the street to arrive in Piazza Matteotti. From there it is a 10 minutes walk to the conference site. Alternatively, walk for 10 minutes to Piazza S.Michele, take bus 1 in the direction of Downtown Cagliari (each 9 minutes), and get off at the Banca di Napoli bus stop at the corner of Via Mameli and Largo Felice. From there it is a 10 minutes walk to the conference site.

Public transportation links to/from the Poetto beach:

• Hotel Italia, Hotel Aurora, La Terrazza Sarhotel: From Piazza Matteotti take one of the buses PQ and PF (together an every 17 minutes service) or P, PN or 3/P (express buses running in the summer).
• Residence Ulivi e Palme: From Piazza Giovanni XXIII, which can be reached by foot or using bus 1 along Via Castiglione, take express bus 3/P.
• Hotel Sardegna: Walk to Piazza S.Michele and take express bus 9/P.
• Hotel Calamosca: Since there is a beach alongside the hotel, going to Poetto Beach does not make sense. However, to go there, from Piazza San Bartolomeo one takes trolley bus 5 (on Sunday, bus 5/11 directly from the square in front of Hotel Calamosca). Once reaching Viale Diaz, one gets off, crosses the street and takes one of the buses PQ or PF to Poetto. Every 30 minutes one can take minibus No. 11 directly from Hotel Calamosca, get off once reaching Viale Diaz, cross the street and take one of the buses PQ or PF to Poetto Beach.