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>Connections:
>AIR
>Genoa has an international airport (GOA) with flights from London
>Gatwick and Stanstead, as well as Paris, Rome, Zurich etc. Genoa
>Airport has a cheap Airbus link to the main station (Genova Piazza
>Principe). Note that tickets for rail and buses have to be bought
>before boarding. Stamp your ticket before boarding a train if you
>don't want to pay a heavy fine. When boarding a bus, stamp your
>ticket as soon as you get on the bus. Naturally, you should always
>keep careful watch over your belongings.
>Nice (France)  also has an international airport, connected by bus
>several times a day to Genoa.
>Pisa (about 2 HRS by rail from Rapallo) has good and cheap
>international flights.
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>RAIL
>There are frequent and cheap train services from Genoa to Rapallo
>(on the Genoa-La Spezia-Pisa-Rome line).
>For schedules see http://www.trenitalia.com/home/it/index.html
>To board the faster Inter City (and Eurostar) trains you must have a
>stamped IC (or Eurostar) ticket.
>Fares: Genoa-Rapallo Euro 2.10, Genoa-Rapallo IC Euro 4.03. The ride
>takes one hour or less.
>Rapallo is amply connected by IC train with Milan, Pisa, and Rome.
>Some IC Connections:
>Milano Centrale dpt. 14.10-Rapallo arr. 16.19.
>Zurich dpt. 11.09-Milano Centrale dpt. 16.10-Rapallo arr. 18.19
>Make sure you validate your tickets by stamping them before boarding
>your train. Cheaper fares are sometimes available on IC and Eurostar
>trains if you make your reservation beforehand on line.
>
>WARNING
>There is nothing short of mayhem in Rapallo on 3 July ("Festa della
>Madonna di Montallegro"), so if you come by car make sure you arrive
>no later than 4 PM. The city will be completely jammed from 8 PM
>until after midnight. A traditional religious procession makes its
>way through the town from about 7PM, starting from the main church.
>The floating lights are usually displayed at about 9 PM. Fireworks
>start at about 10 PM at the old Castle on the waterfront.
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>HOTELS
>Conference participants are being offered special rates.  Rapallo is
>very busy in July (especially on 3 July, for the fireworks), so make
>your reservations as soon as possible. Address, phone, and e-mail of
>these and other hotels are available at www.apttigullio.liguria.it
>For Rapallo in particular see
>http://www.apttigullio.liguria.it/eng/localita/rapallo/rapallo.htm
>Participants are responsible for their own bookings.
>
>(Note on Telephone Calls. To call or fax Rapallo from the U.S. dial:
>011-39-0185 plus the five or six digits of individual numbers. When
>dialing anywhere in Italy (including Rapallo) use area code
>0185+number.
>Prices indicated below are in Euros per room per night, B&B. Write
>"Convegno Ezra Pound" when faxing your reservation. All hotels are
>downtown, except Bristol (on the Zoagli road, a beautiful 20 minute
>walk), Excelsior and Eurotel (which are just west of town center,
>over the marina). Participants with cars should stay in Eurotel,
>Bristol, or Excelsior, which have ample parking facilities.
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