General information for foreign students GUIDE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS OFFICE UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA 2 General information for foreign students GENERAL INFORMATION FOR FOREING STUDENTS 1. General information about the University of Almería. Almería is located in the south of Spain. It is located in the coast and it has good weather during all the year. The landscape varies: There are coast, mountains and desert. The region has a rich cultural heritage as a result of the history in building topography, some of them in ruin. The name of Almería derivative from the Arabia words Al-miraya that means “the mirror of the sea”. Almería starts developing their Spanish root when the Catholics kings arrived; Fernando and Isabel got the power in 1498 and it appeared Granada’s kingdom. The University of Almería is a public university in 1993. Nowadays, there are 700 professors and more than 15.000 students. The campus is situated 70 km from Almería in Cape Gata-Nijar Street (close to the natural park). 1.1 How to arrive to Almería university Universidad de Almería Carretera Sacramento s/n La Cañada de San Urbano 04120 Almería Access map of Almería University: By car: Information about Almería airport http://www.aena.es/csee/Satellite?pagename=Home Interesting links: http://www.ual.es/per sonal/fguillen/gmaps/ 1 General information for foreign students By bus: - Surbus (Urban bus) See “anexo” 4 + Information: http://www.surbus.com/ 1.2. University of Almería, Spain. Building. Access map. Situation of building and services on campus. http://www.ual.es/personal/fguillen/gmaps/ DRAFT OF ALMERÍA UNIVERSITY 2 General information for foreign students 1.3 Library The university library promotes the access and diffusion of informative resources. It collaborates in the generation of student knowledge. The library offer loaning and consultation of bibliography sources, for all students registered in the University of Almería. It is also available to use desktop computer with net connexion and loaning of laptops with Wi-fi. It is necessary to present the accreditation requested by the librarian. The regulation of loan can be seen in the following link: Link: http://www.ual.es/Universidad/Biblioteca/turcana/reglamento.pdf (acrobat reader needed) Phone: +34 950 01 57 70 Fax: +34 950 01 40 52 E-mail: [email protected] Timetable: http://web.ual.es/web/pInicio.jsp?id=7442 What’s offered? loading use of spaces and equipment in the library Laptop loading Wi-fi connexion 74 desktop with internet uses formation bibliography formation bibliography acquisition +Iinformation: http://web.ual.es/web/pCatalogoServicios.jsp?id=7442 1.4 Meals and coffees shops University restaurant is self-service: Menu: 4,75 €. 10 voucher of meal: 46 € 20 voucher of meal. 87 € • Main course, it can be choose: Meal using spoon: Potaje, Guisillo,… Pasta (Lasaña, Espaguetis..), rice,… 3 General information for foreign students On Thurday, there is Paella and on Friday there is Migas; on one of the dishes to be choose. • 2nd course, it can be choose: Meat or fish with potatoes or vegetables • dessert course: home made, yogurt, fruit, ice cream • It is included bread, drink and salad (or tomato juice in summer). Snacks bars Snacks bar of humanities building has service in the table: Menu 4,75 € • Starter to choose: Pasta Spoon dish: Cazuela, lentejas,… Consomé (or tomatoe juice in summer) Salad There is Paella all Wednesdays. • 2nd dish, to choose: Fish: Needle,. Meat: Loin, Fried dish,.. With vegetable or potatoes • Dessert: home-made, yogurt, ice cream, fruit or coffee. • Bread and drink. Central coffee bar building: Mixes dishes, sandwiches and tapas. CIDU coffee bar: Tapas and sandwiches. Romera: Mixed dishes, sandwiches and tapas. 1.9 Accommodation Share apartments with other students: They are private flats. The room price normally goes round 180 and 250 €/ month. It is not included electricity and gas expenses. Flats are always accommodates with kitchen, living room and bathroom. Accommodation service: Through the Information Centre and University Documentation (CIDU). http://web.ual.es/web/pServicio.jsp?id=2665&idServicio=10447 Interesting address: Young Hostel, Albergue Juvenil c/ Isla de Fuenteventura, s/n 04007 Almería Phone: 950 269788 Fax: 950 271744 Link: http://www.hihostels.com/dba/hostel051011.es.htm 4 General information for foreign students Residencia Universitaria femenina Compañía de Almería c/ San Leonardo 4 Phone: 950 231404 Colegio de las Hermanas Inmaculadas C/ Infanta,2 04001 Almería Phone: 950 238188 2. Daily life in Almería 2.1. Cost of life. Cost of life in Almería is not so high in comparison with other European cities. Urban bus: 0,90 euros Cinema: 5 € (special price on Wednesday = 3,5€) Share flat: 180-250 € Coffee: 1-1,2 € Food: 8-12 € (menu) 2.2. Aperture timetable. Supermarket: Carrefour, Alcampo, Urende,.. - From 10 to 22 hours. Shops and other supermarket - From 9 to 2 and from 5 to 8 hours. Publics entity: post office, sanity, – From 9:00 to 2:00 hours. Bank: Caixa, Cajamar, It depends of the day of the week and banks, but generally - from 8:00 to 2:00 hours. 2.3. Costum • Siesta consist in sleep after eat the dinner. • Tapeo It is typical to drink beer with tapas; all is included in the price. People usually company the tapas with rations as an informal dinner. It consists in warm and cold delicious dishes. • Gastronomy A custom of the warm urban areas is to eat Migas when it rains and it’s cold weather. In Almería they are made with hard wheat semolina farina. It is complementate with “tropezones”: radish, herring or fish, black pudding, chorizo, fried pepper and small portions of fried loin of pork. • Meal timetable: Breakfast is taken Fromm the first hour of the morning to 12:00. 5 General information for foreign students Dinner occurs from 1:00 to 4:00 in the afternoon. Lunch is taken between 8:00 and 11:00 in the evening. • Popular parties. They are typical of the villages, towns and the capital of the province. There are activities such as popular dancing, eating paella, bull fighting, children plays and competitions, attractions for children and adults and open air bar to eat tapas. Parties of every town of Almería province is in this link: http://almeria.fiestas.net/?mode=towns 2.4. Leisure http://www.almeriacultura.com/web05/index.html http://www.guiadelocio.com/almeria/ http://www.portalmeria.com/Grita/index.asp http://www.indalia.es/ Library and study rooms - Almeria provincial library C/ Hermanos Machado s/n 04004 Almería Phone/Fax: +34 950 175568 / +34 950 175584 Winter timetable Monday to friday Saturday 9 a 21 h. 9 a 14 h. Summer timetable (16th of June - 15th of September) 9 a 21 h. Close - Study room C/ Gerona Cinema AGUADULCE: MULTICINEMA CHAPLIN ( 5 ROOMS ) Address: Avenida Carlos III, s/n Information phone: 34-950.34.21.11 ALMERIA: MONUMENTAL CINEMA ( 10 ROOMS ) Address: Avenida Mediterráneo , s/n Information phone: 34-950.14.49.08 6 General information for foreign students ALMERIA: CERVANTES THEATRE ( 1 ROOM ) Address : Avenida Poeta Villaespesa, 1 Information phone: 34-950.23.70.93 EL EJIDO: COPO MULTICINEMA ( 10 ROOMS ) Address: Carretera de Almerimar, s/n Information phone: 34-950.48.97.79 ROQUETAS DE MAR:YELMO CINEPLEX GRAN PLAZA Address: Carretera Alicun, s/n Information phone: 34-902.22.09.22 3. Entry permission and visa The European Union students only need a passport or identity card. +information: http://www.mir.es For those students who need visa: +information: http://www.mir.es/SGACAVT/modelos/extranjeria/modelos_extranje/ 4. Health 4.1. Medical insurance European sanitary card: The European Sanitary Card is valid for all European citizens who move round the European economic space, that is, the European Union, Norway, Iceland and Swiss. Each member state is responsible of the production and distribution of the European card in their territory. The valid period is determinate by the institution of expiration. When arriving to Spain, students should go to the closer medical centre and fill the application to register temporally in social security. It is first needed to have accommodation. A doctor will be appointed to the student. So, when the student needs medical assistance, there will have the same assistance as a Spanish citizen. For no EU students, they need their own sanitary card. First days, they should go to one of the closer sanitary centres of their temporal home (6th section) and ask. In these centre, there are specialized people who solve all questions. 7 General information for foreign students 4.2. Hospitals and medical centres in Almería HOSPITALS Nueva Musa s/n CLINICA MEDITERRANEO 950-621-063 Ctra. Del mami km1 950-217-100 HOSP. VIRGEN DEL MAR SAS-HOSP. TORRECARDENAS Torrecardenas s/n 950-016-000 SAS –HOSP. ALTA RESOLUCION EL TOYO C/ La botica s/n 950-158-015 SAS –HOSP. CRUZ ROJA Ctre. Ronda 196 950-017-400 MEDICAL CENTRES IN ALMERÍA CIUDAD JARDÍN Plaza. España, 1 950-258-220 PLAZA DE TOROS Conde Villamonte s/n 950-261-677 CRUZ DE CARAVACA Quinta avenida s/n 950-270-590 CASA DEL MAR Ctra. Málaga, 39 950-235.185 EL PUCHE 5. Avda. Mare Nostrum s/n 950-220-362 VIRGEN DEL MAR Ctra. Ronda, 226 950-235-667 ALMERIA CENTRO San Leonardo, 7 950-280-276 LA CAÑADA Cristóbal Urrea, s/n 950-292-841 NUEVA ANDALUCÍA Av. Mediterraneo s/n 950-622-404 Importan telephone numbers Ambulances, fire brigade, police, civil protection: 112 All emergencies: 112 Sea rescue: 900 202 202 24houres toxologic attention:: 915 620 420 Civil guard: 062 Nacional police: 091 Taxi: Tele Taxi Almería: 950 251111 Radio Taxi: 950 226161 8 General information for foreign students 6. Almería 6.1. Weather The average of sunny days per year is 320, Almería and the Almería coast has the best weather of Spain. Nowadays, Almería is like a desert, it only rains a few days during the winter. It’s a perfect localization during all the year. The summer temperature usually is higher than 30 degrees. It’s a warm weather but it’s close to the sea, so it is better carried out. In winter, the temperature is round 20 degrees, and normally the clouds are out. 6.2 How to arrive to Almería By plane: There is an airport in Almería situated in the outskirts. The companies that operate in the airport are: Iberia, Ibinter, Condor, Lufthansa, Air-Berlín, Air 2000, Britania, Airtours, Monarc, For arriving to the centre: • Line 20, every 40 minutes. It costs 0, 90 cents. • Taxi. Phone: 950 25 11 11. Around 7 u 8 €. By bus: Almeraya: www.almeraya.es (From Madrid) Alsa: www.alsa.es By train: www.renfe.es Phone: 950.25.11.35 ó 902.24.02.02 By car: From Granada: 170 km (1h 56 min),motorway A92 From Murcia: 225 km (2h 20 min) motorway A-7, E-15 From Malaga: 216 km (3h 10 min) E-15 By ship: At the sea station of Almería there are lines from-to those ports: - Transmediterránea www.trasmediterranea.es Almería-Melilla-Almería - Ferrimaroc www.ferrimaroc.com Almería-Nador-Almería -Limadet: Almería-Nador-Almería Phone 950 23 69 56 9 General information for foreign students 6.3. Monuments and museums Alcazaba of Almería: Built by Abderramán III, it is basically a Muslim stronghold with three precincts. The first precinct was the barracks and could be used as shelter in the case of siege; the second one included the palatines facilities and the third was ordered to be built by the Catholics kings after the Christian Reconquest. +further information: http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/museos/CMAAL/index.jsp?redirect=S2_1.jsp Jayrán´s Wall and San Cristóbal´s Hill: From the Alcazaba to the North, this wall descends through the Ravine of La Hoya and reaches San Cristóbal’s Hill, which was built in the 11th century. In this hill, you can find remainders of a Christian keep (often thought as templar). It is the best viewpoint of the city and the sea in town and it is located at the Image of Jesus’ heart, built in 1930. Jayrán’s Arabic aljibes: They were ordered to be built by this king in XI century (Taifa period). Divided in three main buildings, they were used as water supply of the whole city. Caliphal wall: Located in the corner of the Atazanas Street and Nicolás Salmerón park, this wall dates from the foundation of the city in the 10th century. It was used to close the old district of La Medina but, nowadays, it is part of the interpretation centre of Almería, both of which it is possible to sightsee and a nearby salting factory from the Roman period, also located in this area. Arqueologyc museum: Inaugurated in 2006, it houses archaeological findings located in the county dating from the prehistoric to the Muslim period, most of which corresponding to excavations carried out by the famous archaeologist Luis Siret. Address: Carretera de Ronda, 91 04005 Phone: 950 64 98 00 Fax: 950 24 57 92 Timetable: Tuesday, from 14.30 to 20.30 hours. From Wednesday to Saturday, from 9 to 20. Sunday, from 9 to 14.30. Closed on Mondays. It is free for citizen and residents of EU. Other visitors: 1,50€ +further information: www.juntadeandalucia.es/cultura/museos/MAL Seismology museum: It the geophysical observatory of Almería. It has seismology instruments dating from 1911 and a seismogram file, informative material and a projector room. Art Centre of Almería´s Museum (ACAM): Located in a detached house of regionalist tradition in Barcelona 10 General information for foreign students square linked to the railroad station, it was built in 1927 by Guillermo Langle Rubio and houses temporary expositions of contemporary art. Timetable: From Tuesday to Saturday, from 11.00 to 14.00 h. and from 18.00 to 21.00 h. Monday, from 18.00 to 21.00 h. Sunday and holidays, from 11.00 a 14.00 h. Close: January 1st y 6th and December 25th. -Price: € Normal: 3 €. Reduced: 1,50 € (Carnet Joven card and students with proper accreditation); 1 € (for people older than 65 years with accreditation and children between 7 and 12 years). Children under 7 are not allowed in Olive Oil museum: Located in a typical house in the old part of the town, it houses an old “almazara” (an olive stone mill) where the whole process of making oil is explained; inside, it is also possible to see how the typical streets of Almería were in the 19th century. Address: Calle real, 15 County: Almería Area: Centro Phone: 950 620002 Timetable: from Monday to Friday, 10 to 13 and 17.30 to 20 h. Saturday from 10 to 13.30 h. Civil War Refuge: It was built in 1938 by the Almerian architect Guillermo Langle Rubio in order to give shelter to the citizens during the bombardments carried out by the National Band. Nowadays, it is used as a museum and memento from the events of that period where it is possible to see documents and objects of those years and also a reconstructed operating theatre used during the raids. Address: Plaza Manuel Pérez García (Near Puerta de Purchena) Timetable: From Tuesday to Sunday and holidays: Phone: 950 26 86 96 Prices: 6 € for Adults, 3 € for groups of at least 15 people. +information: http://www.refugiosdealmeria.com/ Faluca Almariya: It is a replica of a Hispanic-Muslim ship dating from the 10th – 14th century period. The museum is set in the ship warehouse where it is possible to see the importance of the relation between the Mediterranean Sea and one of the most important ports of Al-Andalus. You can find the ship at the Sportive Port (Puerto Deportivo) of the Sea club (Club de Mar). +Info: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monumentos_y_museos_de_Almer%C3%ADa#Museos 11 General information for foreign students 6.4 Tourist information: OFICINA DE TURISMO DE ALMERIA (JUNTA ANDALUCÍA) * ALMERÍA TOURIST OFFICE 950.274.355 Fax: 950.274.360 PARQUE NICOLAS SALMERON ESQ. MARTINEZ CAMPOS ALMERIA [email protected] OFICINA MUNICIPAL DE TURISMO DE ALMERIA * ALMERÍA MUNICIPAL OFFICE OF TOURISM 950.280.748 Fax: 950.281.377 AV. F. GARCIA LORCA, EDF. MIRADOR DE LA RAMBLA S/N ALMERIA OFICINA DE TURISMO DEL AEROPUERTO DE ALMERIA * ALMERÍA AIRPORT TOURIST OFFICE 950 292 918 CARRETERA DE NIJAR, KM. 9 ALMERIA [email protected] OFICINA DE TURISMO PATRONATO PROVINCIAL * PROVINCIAL TOURIST OFFICE 950 621 117 FAX: 950 267 545 PLAZA/ BENDICHO, S/N ALMERIA [email protected] OFICINA DE TURISMO CALLE REAL Y MUSEO DEL ACEITE DE OLIVA CASTILLO DE TABERNAS * REAL STREET TOURIST OFFICE AND TAVERNAS CASTLE OLIVE ‘S OIL MUSEUM TOURIST OFFICE Phone.: 950.620.002 Fax: 950.620.003 CALLE REAL, 15 ALMERIA [email protected] 12 General information for foreign students ENJOY YOUR STAY IN ALMERÍA ! 13
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