1st LIAISE Conference and
determining evapotranspiration CrossCut Workshop

Mar 27 - 29, 2023 | Lleida, Spain

Venue

The 1st LIAISE Conference and dET CrossCut Workshop (27–29 March, 2023), will take place at:

Parc AgroBiotech Lleida
Lugar Parc Gardeny, 23
25003 Lleida
Spain

For directions to the meeting venue, click here


Parc AgroBiotech Lleida. Courtesy of IRTA

Accommodations

Accommodations close to the meeting venue are:

Ciudad de Lleida (about 15 min walk)
C/ Unió, 8
25002 Lleida

Hotel NH Lleida Pirineus (about 15 min walk)
Gran Passeig de Ronda, 63
25006, Lleida

Parador de Lleida (about 15 min walk)
C/ Cavallers, 15
(Pedestrian Access only)
(Parking available at C/ La Palma 21-23)
25002 Lleida

Hotel Real (about 15 min walk)
Av. Blondel, 22
25002 Lleida

A complete list of hotels and other types of accommodation in Lleida can be found here.

Travel to Spain

Visa

There are different types of visas for Spain depending on your nationality and reason for visiting. Importantly, Spain is a part of the Schengen Area which means they share a visa policy and a common, external border with the other participating countries.

More information about the Schengen Visa and how to apply can be found here.

Health

Please visit the Spain Travel Health portal for the current health requirements for traveling to Spain.

Transportation

How to reach Lleida:

By Air

Barcelona-El Prat Airport and Madrid-Barajas Airport are two major international airports close to Lleida. From each airport you can either travel by train or bus to Lleida.

From Barcelona-El Prat airport to Lleida

  • by train:
    • Take the R2 Nord train from the airport railway station situated at Terminal 2 to go directly to Barcelona-Sants station. Click here for the time schedule from Barcelona-el Prat airport to Barcelona-Sants station
    • Once at Barcelona-Sants station, take an AVE or AVANT train to Lleida-Pirineus station. To consult the train schedule from Barcelona-Sants to LLeida, and buy your ticket online go to Renfe.com. Make sure to set your query to ‘one-way ticket only’
  • by bus:
    There is a direct bus connection from Barcelona-El Prat airport to Lleida with ALSA which takes about 3 hrs. To consult the bus schedule and buy your ticket online go to the ALSA website. Click in the “point of departure’ box and choose Barcelona Airport-Prat T1.

From Madrid-Barajas airport to Lleida

  • by train:
    • Take Line C1 or C10 train from Madrid Airport located at terminal 4 to Madrid-Atocha station. More information about Madrid airport Train can be found here.
    • from Madrid-Atocha station, take an AVE train to Lleida. To consult the train schedule from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha station to LLeida, and buy your ticket online go to www.renfe.com. Make sure to set your query to ‘one-way ticket only‘.

By train

Lleida Pirineus, located at Plaça de Berenguer IV, is an important railway station serving the city of Lleida in Catalonia, Spain. Click here search for (international) trains from and to Lleida.

By bus

Lleida Bus Station is located at Carrer Saracibar, 2. Click here to find bus tickets from and to Lleida, Spain.

Lleida (province)

Lleida is located in northeast Spain in the interior of the region of Catalonia. The province has some valuable Catalan Romanesque churches in the Vall de Boi, awarded the World Heritage designation by the UNESCO. Lleida is well known for its natural beauty and for being an excellent place for all sorts of mountain sports such as skiing, MTB and trekking. Areas of particular interest include the Aigüestortes y Estany de Sant Maurici National Park, its two nature reserves, and its Pyrenean and pre-Pyrenean landscapes.

Useful links for things to do and see while in Lleida are https://www.spain.info/en/region/lleida-province/ and https://www.turismedelleida.cat/en/useful-information.