Arrival at the airport At the moment of your arrival at

Arrival at the airport
At the moment of your arrival at Carrasco International Airport (Montevideo), there will
be a person appointed by the Organizing Committee to welcome you. Either if you are
going directly to the Hotel San Rafael in Punta del Este or if you are spending one or
more nights in Montevideo, the person receiving you will give you precise instructions on
how to proceed with your trip.
Anyway, below you will find all the information necessary to go from the airport to Hotel
San Rafael in Punta del Este.
If any problem arises, contact any of the following:
• Matilde Martínez, cell phone number 099435239.
For those staying in Montevideo
If you are arriving before December 7th and you are planning to spend one or more nights
in Montevideo, we recommend the following hotels:
• Cala di Volpe Boutique Hotel, www.hotelcaladivolpe.com.uy. Single: US$90,
double: US$100 (for Standard rooms), breakfast included. (Superior suites
US$160, Corner suites US$160, Executive suites $180, either singles or doubles.)
• Hotel Ermitage, www.ermitagemontevideo.com. Single: US$70/80 depending on
the view, double: US$80/90 depending on the view, breakfast included.
We will be glad to make your reservation; to this end please write an e-mail to
coloquiofum@cmat.edu.uy. If you would rather make your reservation directly, please
indicate that you are visiting Centro de Matemática, Facultad de Ciencias to get the
special rates mentioned above.
If for any reason we fail to meet you at the airport, you can take a taxi directly to the
hotel. Buy a ticket at the airport. The prize is fixed, and it is 650 Uruguayan pesos
(approximately 22 Euros or 130 Argentinian pesos).
On December 7th, a minibus will be available to take you from your hotel in Montevideo
to the hotel in Punta del Este.
For those going directly to Punta del Este
If you plan to go directly from Carrasco International Airport to the hotel in Punta del
Este, a person appointed by the Organizing Committee will meet you at the airport.
If for any reason there is nobody to welcome you at the airport, you can do any of the
following:
•
Go to Punta del Este by bus.
1. COT buses run from Carrasco International Airport to Punta del Este
every hour or less. Buy your ticket either at the COT agency at the airport
or on the bus. (You will need Uruguayan currency. Currency exchange
and ATM are available at the airport.)
2. The bus ride will take approximately one hour and a half. The bus will
leave you at the bus terminal in Punta del Este, where you can get a taxi
and go to Hotel San Rafael (no more references are needed).
3. The whole trip (bus + local taxi) will cost approximately 300 Uruguayan
pesos, which are roughly equivalent to 10 Euros or 60 Argentinian pesos.
•
Go to Punta del Este by taxi.
To take a taxi directly from the airport to Hotel San Rafael in Punta del Este, buy
a ticket at the airport. The prize is fixed and it is 3900 Uruguayan pesos
(approximately 132 Euros or 780 Argentinian pesos).