How to get to Alcalá de Henares
By Train
Starting at Barajas airport, Madrid, you can take the underground (‘metro’) to Nuevos Ministerios station.
From there, you can catch a suburban train service (Cercanías). There are three train services to Alcalá. The journey lasts 45 minutes and trains leave Nuevos Ministerios station every ten minutes or less.
Alcalá can also be reached from Chamartín and Atocha train station.
Trains start running at 5:00 am from Charmartin Station. The last train leaves Chamartín station at 11:36 pm.
Trains start running at 5:14 am from Atocha. The last train leaves Atocha station at 11:50 pm.
In the opposite direction, trains from Alcalá to Madrid start running at 5:09 am, with the last train leaving at 11:26 pm.
Price:
One way: €2.70
Bonotren (10 journey): €20.50
By Bus
Buses leave from the Avenida de América bus station. Take bus service no. 223, 227 and 229. Buses leave about every 10 minutes, although there are less buses at night.
The journey takes around 30-35 minutes (depending on traffic conditions).
By Car
Take the N-II road in the direction of Zaragoza and Barcelona. If traffic conditions are good, it should take you 25 minutes to reach Alcalá (30 kilometres from Madrid). There are a number of exits which take you into the city, but the easiest route taking you directly to the city centre is via the first exit, signposted Loeches-Alcalá.
Guest reception office
Once you have found your way to Alcalá de Henares, you should go to the Guest Reception Point (Oficina de Recepción de Invitados), where you can register and pick up your passes and other documents:
Callejón de Santa María la Rica, 3
(Antiguo Hospital de Santa María la Rica)
902 10 36 19
91 883 37 58 ( 1 to 13 of february)
encuentroteatralia@ariadnapc.com
Places where the specteacles will take place
Corral de Comedias
Plaza Cervantes, 15
91 877 19 50
Teatro Universitario La Galera
C/ Santo Tomás de Aquino
91 885 41 22
Teatro Cervantes
C/ Cervantes, s/n
91 882 24 97
Sala Arlequino
C/ Pintor Picasso, 7
91 881 66 73
Hotels
Hotel Partner Cisneros
Paseo de Pastrana, 32
Tel: 91 888 25 11
Fax: 91 883 19 95
www.hotelcisneros.com
Rafael Forum Alcalá
C/ Bulgaria, nº 2.
Tel.
+34 91 291 85 00
Fax.
+34 91 291 85 50
forumalcala@rafaelhoteles.com
www.rafaelhoteles.com
Meals
The meals will be at the
La Esquina Complutense - El Cenador at Vía Complutense 33,
Tel: 91 877 03 12 /91 882 73 90
Links
Transport
www.renfe.es/cercanias/madrid
www.metromadrid.es
Metro / Tube Madrid
www.topografia.upm.es/E/Escuela/Ubicacion/Metro
Tourism Alcalá
www.lacallemayor.net
www.alcalaturismo.com
www.turismoalcala.com
Teatralia wish you a nice stay in Alcalá de Henares!