Venue

Piacenza is a small city (100,000 inhabitants) with a  key position in the Italian Food Valley. The university is the largest private university in Europe.The Agricultural Faculty was founded in 1952 with a traditional small campus environment that acquired soon an international reputation in agriculture and economics and today leader in the agri-food sector.

For more information please visit:

http://www.unicatt.it

http://turismo.provincia.piacenza.it/en.html

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How to reach us

The XV Symposium in Pesticide Chemistry will be held at:

 

Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Via Emilia Parmense 84, 29122 Piacenza

 

See the following instructions to know how to reach us:

By Plane

Milano Malpensa, Milano Linate, Bergamo Orio al Serio are the nearest airports to Piacenza.

By Train

You can reach Piacenza station through railway lines from Milano to Bologna, and from Torino to Piacenza.

See here for train timetables: http://www.trenitalia.com/

Once you are at Piacenza station you can reach the University by bus (line 2 to San Lazzaro/Università, line 3 or 7 to Capitolo, for more info about bus timetables see (www.setaweb.it/azienda/index.php?azienda=pc)

Taxi service is available, here you can find some useful phone numbers:

• Taxi – Railway Station: +39 0523.323853
• Radiotaxi: +39 0523.591919
• Taxi – Piazza Cavalli: +39 0523.322236
• Taxi – Viale Dante: +39 0523.754722
• Taxi – Ospedale: +39 0523.32218

By Auto

• Motorway A1 (MILANO-BOLOGNA): exit Piacenza Sud
• Motorway A21 (TORINO-PIACENZA-BRESCIA): exit Piacenza Sud

Proceed straight from both following directions to Piacenza, turn left at the second roundabout and proceed till Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore.

Hotel recommended

Hotel	Address	Telephone	Fax	Email address
Park Hotel Le Valli ****	Strada Valnure 7, 29122 Piacenza	+39.0523.712600	+39.0523.453024	meeting@parkhotelpiacenza.it
MH Hote ****	Strada Caorsana 127/d, 29122 Piacenza	+39.0523.606288	+39.0523.613037	info@piacenzafiera@magiahotels.it
Hotel Le Ruote ****	Via Emilia Parmense 204, 29010 Roveleto di Cadeo (PC)	+39.0523.500427	+39.0523.509334	direttore@hotelleruote.it
Hotel Ovest ****	Via Primo Maggio 82, 29121 Piacenza	+39.0523.712222	+39.0523.711301	info@hotelovest.it
Hotel Nord ****	Via Primo Maggio, 326862 Guardamiglio (LO)	+39.0377.51223	+39.0377.519349	info@hotelnord.it
Hotel City ***	Via Emilia Parmense 54, 29122 Piacenza	+39.0523.579752	+39.0523.579784	info@hotelcitypc.it
Idea Hotel Piacenza ***	Via Emilia Pavese 114/a, 29121 Piacenza	+39.0523.493811	+39.02.49522251	manager.piacenza@ideahotel.it
Hotel Savi ***	P.zza Tre Martiri 9/10, 29010 Pontenure (Piacenza)	+39.0523.510743	+39.0523.510773	info@hotelsavi.it
Euro Hotel ***	Via Cristoforo Colombo29/f, 29122 Piacenza	+39.0523.606011	+39.0523.606013	info@hoteleuropiacenza.it

Max price agreed

This is the price for the participant to the Symposium. Whe you book give a reference to “convenzione università cattolica”.