Accomodation
The E.Majorana Centre will provide accommodation for participants either in its living quarters or in the Erice hotels.
All reservations will be made by the E.Majorana Centre.
Please duly fill in and return as soon as possible the Reservation Form.
Lodging
The E. Majorana Centre provides single or double room accomodation in the living quarters of the three Institutes (Rabi Institute-San Rocco, Wigner Institute-San Domenico and Blackett Institute-San Francesco). Depending on the number of participants, accomodation can be also provided in various Erice hotels selected by the E.Majorana Centre.
The single/double room option should be specified in the Reservation Form.
Meals
Breakfast is provided daily at the Rabi Institute-San Rocco (from about 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.). If you stay in one of the Erice hotels your breakfast will be provided by your hotel.
Coffee, tea and snacks are available at the lecture halls at coffee breaks later in the day, and in San Rocco, around the clock.
For lunch and dinner, a choice of meals is arranged at a few local restaurants selected by the E.Majorana Centre. You sign for your meal, but pay for your beverages. Service is included in the price of the meal.
Local Transportation
Transportation by bus or car from/to the airport (railway station, harbour) to/from Erice, on arrival/departure day, is provided by the E.Majorana Centre. The drive to Erice takes about one hour.
The information concerning your arrival and departure should be provided in advance to the E.Majorana Centre Secretariat.
How to reach ERICE
By road, there are two possibilities:
1) Drive along the Autostrada del Sole via Milan-Bologna-Florence-Rome-Naples-Villa San Giovanni (Reggio Calabria), then take a ferry-boat from Villa San Giovanni to Messina and drive on to Erice (350 Km from Messina).
2) Take the ferry-boat either from Genoa or from Naples to Palermo and then drive on to Erice (100 Km from Palermo); the places on the ferry-boat should be booked in advance.
By train: via Milan-Rome, you can reach Palermo or Trapani directly.
By air: the best way to reach Erice is by plane, landing either in Palermo (or in Trapani) airport.
If you are coming by airplane from outside EU, please notice that luggage checked through to Palermo (or Trapani) goes through customs there.
Packing for ERICE
Summer weather in Erice is usually hot at noon and pleasantly cool in the evening. Sometimes mists make it quite chilly. Try to pack with all this in mind. A pullover sweater is recommended. Be sure to bring rubber-soled shoes. The picturesque cobbled streets of Erice are slippery as well as uneven.
Erice Food
Some recommendations: the strong Italian coffee (caffe/cappuccino), tuna-fish (tonno), sword-fish (pescespada), squids (calamari) and
seafood in general, cous-cous with fish soup, eggplants (melanzane), and various delicious fresh fruits.
Erice Shops
Many shops give up 10% discount to people from the E.Majorana Centre. Local specialties include coral jewelry, brightly decorated pottery, a variety of sweet almond pastries, and woven rugs, shawls, or handbags. Most stores are closed from about one to four in the afternoon. The bank is open only until 1:00 p.m. on weekdays; it is closed on Saturday and Sunday.
Sightseeing in Erice
Everything in Erice is within walking distance. Buses also go regularly to Trapani, which has a beach and a railway station as well as boats to the Aegadian (Egadi) Islands. Either your travel agent at home, or the Secretariat of the E.Majorana Centre (at the Rabi Institute-San Rocco) after you arrive in Erice, can help you rent a car if you wish. A car is essential if you wish to make day trips to Palermo, Selinunte, Agrigento, etc., or spend afternoons at the beautiful beach of San Vito Lo Capo. Be forwarned, however, of the difficulties of having a car here. Erice streets are very narrow, with few places to park. The road down to the mountain is narrow, steep, and twisting.
The Ettore Majorana Centre Institutes and Lecture Halls
The Ettore Majorana International Centre for Scientific Culture takes its inspiration from the outstanding Italian physicist, after whom the Centre was named. Born in Sicily in 1906, his breadth of vision and the excellence of his contributions to theoretical nuclear physics moved Enrico Fermi to the following comment: There are many categories of scientists, people of second and third rank, who do their best, but do not go very far. There are also people of first-class rank, who make great discoveries, fundamental for the development of science. But then there are the geniuses, like Galilei and Newton. Well, Ettore Majorana was one of them.
Embracing 110 Schools, covering all branches of science, the Centre is situated in the old pre-mediaeval city of Erice where three restored monasteries (one of which was the residence of the Viceroy of Sicily during the XIV and XV centuries) provide an appropriate setting for high intellectual endeavour. These monasteries are now named after great scientists and strong supporters of the Ettore Majorana Centre.
The San Francesco Monastery (former Viceroy's residence) is now the Eugene P. Wigner Institute with the Enrico Fermi Lecture Hall. The San Domenico Monastery is now the Patrick M.S. Blackett Institute with the Paul A.M. Dirac Lecture Hall. The San Rocco Monastery is now the Isidor I. Rabi Institute with the Richard P. Feynman Lecture Hall, the Directorate and the main Secretariat of the Centre.
There are living quarters in all three Institutes for people attending the Courses of the Centre.The Erice Station of the World Laboratory Seismological Network is located in the Rabi Institute. The Daniel Chalonge and the Paul A.M. Dirac Museums are situated at the Blackett Institute.
Facilities
Various facilities are available for all participants: basic stationary, fax and photocopy services;
computers and printers: a computer cluster is installed at the E.Majorana Centre (in San Rocco) connected to the network, where temporary accounts for participants can be obtained.
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