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YAGN 2017

Welcome to YAGN17 - CEFCA, October 23-25

Young Astronomers on Galactic Nuclei (YAGN) is an annual series of informal meetings of Ph.D. students and postdocs working on supermassive black holes and active galactic nuclei in general, with the aim of promoting exchanges of ideas and new collaborations amongst young scientists.

YAGN15 was held at the Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca (Italy) on October 29-30, 2015.

YAGN16 was held at the Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (France) on November 17-18, 2016.

The third event of the series, YAGN17, will be held at the Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón (Spain) on October 23-25, 2017.

SOC: Silvia Bonoli (Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón), Pedro R. Capelo (Universität Zürich), and Massimo Dotti (Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca)

YAGN17 Programme

YAGN17 scientific programme can be found here (Last update: 2017/10/20 17:25).

YAGN17 Venue

All events will be held in the Centro de Estudios de Física del Cosmos de Aragón (CEFCA).

YAGN17 Accommodation

Hotel Information

We have reached an agreement with a few hotels which are both conveniently located in the city centre and close to CEFCA headquarters. The recommended hotels (below) have wi-fi. Please, contact the hotels and make reservations yourself.

1. GRAN HOTEL BOTÁNICOS****

  • Double room – single use: 75 € /night
  • Double room: 85 €/night
  • Included: Breakfast, IVA/TAX
  • Use Ref. – Encuentro científico CEFCA
  • (0034) 978 623 957 | www.granhotelbotanicos.com | info@granhotelbotanicos.com
  • In order to make the reservation, full name, contact mobile phone, e-mail address, credit card number and credit card expiration date will be required.
  • Cancellation policy: free of charge 48H before the arrival date.

2. HOTEL TORICO PLAZA***

  • Double room – single use: 55 € /night
  • Double room: 60 €/night
  • Triple room: 80 €/night
  • Included: Breakfast, IVA/TAX
  • Use Ref. – Encuentro científico CEFCA
  • (0034) 978 608 655 | www.hoteltoricoplaza.com | reservas@bacohoteles.com
  • In order to make the reservation, full name, contact mobile phone, e-mail address, credit card number and credit card expiration date will be required.
  • Cancellation policy: free of charge 24H before the arrival date.

3. HOTEL MUDAYYAN***

  • Double room – single use: 45 € /night
  • Double room: 55 €/night
  • Included: IVA/TAX

With breakfast

  • Double room – single use: 50 € /night
  • Double room: 65 €/night
  • Included: Breakfast, IVA/TAX
  • Use Ref. – Encuentro científico CEFCA
  • (0034) 978 623 042 | www.elmudayyan.com | info@elmudayyan.com
  • In order to make the reservation, full name, contact mobile phone, e-mail address, credit card number and credit card expiration date will be required.
  • Cancellation policy: free of charge 48H before the arrival date

Of course, many other possibilities exist for your accomodation in Teruel. Please check the Teruel Versión Original website, and do not hesitate to contact us if you need any further assistance.

YAGN17 Transportation & Travel Information

Teruel is located as a central point between important cities such as Madrid (300 km), Barcelona (409 km), Valencia (140 km) or Zaragoza (180 km).

By Road

North: From Zaragoza you must converge to the Mudéjar A-23 highway, take the Center exit of Teruel.

Center: The most common road is Madrid-Zaragoza, that takes to the Mudéjar A-23 highway. Take the Center exit of Teruel.

East: From Valencia/Levant (east of Spain) you must converge to the Mudéjar A-23 highway and take the South exit of Teruel.

By train

The journey between Madrid and Teruel can be made by train. From the AVE station Madrid-Puerta de Atocha there are over 20 trains to Zaragoza destination diary. There you can take one of the trains which reach to Teruel from there. You can search for the schedules and reservations in the official website of Renfe.

General information to the customer 902 320 320 


Shopping Online Information 902 109 420 


Customer Service www.renfe.com/empresa/atencion_cliente.html

By Bus

Teruel bus station (website) | Ronda de Ambeles, s/n 44001 Teruel (España) | Tel. 978 610 789 | 24h Information: 671 304 178


Zaragoza-Teruel. Company: TEZASA | Tel. +34 978 601 014 / +34 976 276 179 | www.grupo-jimenez.com | Ticket office: from 07:00am to 02:00pm.; from 04:00pm. to 07:30pm.

Madrid-Teruel. Company: SAMAR | Tel. +34 978 603 450 / +34 914 684 839 | www.samar.es | Ticket office: from 7:00am. to 2:00pm.; from 4:00pm. to 7:30pm

Barcelona-Teruel. Company: HIFE | 24 h Information Tel.: +34 902 119 814 | www.hife.es | Ticket office: In the self-sale stand in front of ticket office number 7 or in the bus. Hours of opening: 24 hours in the self-sale stand or through website www.hife.es.

By Plane

The nearest to Teruel international airports are:

  • Madrid-Barajas.
  • Barcelona-El Prat.
  • Valencia.

Car rental:

In Madrid-Barajas:

  • In T1 Terminal -Floor 0, and in T4 Terminal -Floor -1 you can find an office of each one of this companies: 

    • AVIS (www.avis.es). Reservations Phone Number: 902 180 854
    • EUROPCAR (www.europcar.es). Reservations Phone Number: 902 105 055

    • HERTZ (www.hertz.es). General information and bookings telephone number: 902 402 405

    • NATIONAL ATESA (www.atesa.es). General information and bookings telephone number: 902 100 101

    • SIXT (www.sixt.es). General information and bookings telephone number: 902 491 616

In Madrid-Atocha train station:

  • AVIS. Tel. 915 300 168

  • EUROPCAR. Tel. 915 300 169

YAGN17 Registration

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