Venue

Location

The meeting will be hosted at Universidad de Los Andes (UNIANDES) in Bogota, the capital city of Colombia (UTC/GMT -5 hours).

You can get to Bogota by plane or by bus. The El Dorado International Airport is located around 30 minutes from downtown by taxi, and the transportation terminal is located about 20 minutes from the city center.

Getting to UNIANDES

The Universidad de los Andes is located downtown. You can get here by taxi or by bus. You can also use Transmilenio, an efficient transport system that bypasses the traffic of the city. Using a bicycle is also a good option (Bogotá has Latin America's largest network of bicycle routes).

Power Sockets and Plugs

The standard voltage in Colombia is 110v with a frequency of 60hz, and the standard power sockets are type A and type B as shown below.

We strongly recommend to bring a universal adapter and make sure that your electronic devices allow 110 v. The adapter could be like the shown in the following pictures.

Hotels

There are several hotels relatively close to the university. The following links correspond to the nearest hotels that have an arrangement with UNIANDES, giving a preferential price for ADELA attendants.

Hotel Casa Deco. Rates in colombian pesos (COP), all taxes included: 165000 COP, single room; 200000 COP, double room.
Contact: Lina Mejía, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Hotel Continental. Rates in colombian pesos (COP), all taxes included: 239000 COP, single room; 273800, double room. Contact: Catalina Escobar, email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

To make a reservation and obtain the preferencial rates, please send an email (in English or Spanish) to the respective contact listed above and specifically mention that you are attending the event "Astronomía Dinámica en Latino-América (ADELA) 2016" at the Universidad de los Andes.

Visas

Traveling to Colombia has no restrictions, and for stays under 90 days you do not require a visa, if you come from one of the countries listed here. However, if you are not a colombian resident, you must obtain the entry and stay permit (PIP, from its spanish acronym), that will be issued by the Special Administrative Unit Migration Colombia to those foreigners that do not require a visa. For this permit, you should present at the airport (to the migratory official) the invitation letter that we will send you after your registration. For this reason you must complete carefully the information required in the registration page of the event.

Please be sure that immigration official puts on your passport the PIP-6 (see image below). At the event registry you must present your passport with this permit.

Tourism

You can find more tourism information in the following links:

Medical insurance while in Colombia:

We strongly recommend you to buy some medical insurance that will cover you against accidents or unexpected illnesses during your trip to Colombia.

Medical insurance while in Colombia

We strongly recommend you to buy some medical insurance that will cover you against accidents or unexpected illnesses during your trip to Colombia.