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Annual Conference and General Assembly of Association of European Border Regions

11th – 14th September 2014 Rzeszów Poland

GENERAL INFORMATION Rzeszów is the biggest city in south-east Poland with a population of 184 147 in 2014. It is located on both sides of the Wisłok River, in the heartland of the Sandomierska Valley. The city, which was granted a town charter in 1354, has been the capital of the Subcarpathian Voivodeship since 1999, and is also the seat of Rzeszów County.

Rzeszów has an international airport and the Lower Carpathians Science and Technology

Park focused on the industry of new technologies. The city has large state universities, namely

the University of Rzeszów (12 departments) and Rzeszów University of Technology and

several private inter alia: School of Information Technology and Management, which is one

of the largest private universities in the country.

The city has three honorary consulates - Germany, Slovakia and Ukraine.

Rzeszów is a place with well developed communication routes (Dresden - Kiev, Białystok -

Kosice). The distance between the city of Rzeszów from the border with Slovakia and

Ukraine is about 100 km.

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TRAVELLING TO RZESZÓW Rzeszów has a brand new airport - “Rzeszów - Jasionka" Airport: www.rzeszowairport.pl/en

The Rzeszow - Jasionka Airport is located 10 km north from the centre of Rzeszów:

• Private car Efficient access to various parts of the country is possible due to the location of the airport

close to two major state roads:

No. 9: Rzeszów – Warsaw, No. 19: Rzeszów – Lublin Completion of the A4 motorway segment and S19 expressway will improve the road

connection of the airport and different parts of the province and the country.

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Public Transport in Rzeszów provides convenient bus connection by a special L bus to and

from the city centre. Full schedule can be obtained at the airport tourist information.

Passenger and luggage ticket prices:

- normal – 3,60zł (ca. 0,86 €)

- statutory – 1,80zł (ca. 0,43 €)

- Local government – 2,50zł (ca. 0,60 €)

Tickets can be purchased from the bus driver.

Current schedule: www.mpk.rzeszow.pl

Inter-Commune Car Communication provides bus services to and from the centre by ‘yellow

line' No. 224.

• Taxi Individual transport to and from the Airport is provided by three transport corporations.

When choosing the carrier, please pay attention to the proper identification of the vehicle:

- a sticker with information about the price per 1 km

- a license and vehicle registration numbers

- marking with TAXI sign. A round-the-clock taxi rank is in front of the New Passenger Terminal.

The average price to the centre of Rzeszów is about 50PLN/11EUR

You can make payments by credit card.

Recommended Corporations:

STPL Rzeszów – Jasionka +48 534 110 110

SUPER TAXI 800 400 400, +48 17 19 622

RADIO TAXI +48 17 19 191

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• Rent a car

For the duration of your stay, travellers can rent a car at one of the customer service points

located at the O Level of the Passenger Terminal.

RECOMMENDED HOTELS IN RZESZÓW

HOTEL PREZYDENCKI

Hotel Prezydencki****

Podwisłocze 48 Street

35-309 Rzeszów

tel.: 17 860 65 00

fax. 17 860 65 16

e-mail: recepcja@hoteleprezydenckie.pl

http://hoteleprezydenckie.pl

price

number of rooms

single room*** 200PLN/ 47EUR

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double room*** 250PLN/ 59EUR

40

double room**** 300PLN/ 71EUR

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apartment*** 400PLN/ 95EUR

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apartment**** 450PLN/ 107EUR

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All of 97 Prezydencki hotel rooms distinguish diverse color and conventional design. Each of

room is air-conditioned and has an access to the wireless Internet. Hotel Guests are able to

enjoy their meal in three stylish restaurants: Presidential Restaurant, Orchid Restaurant and La

Passione Restaurant. In hotel you can also find wide catalogue of SPA and beauty parlor

service, gym and sauna. Convenient location gives Guests the possibility to reach strategic

points of Rzeszów city.

Guests are able to enjoy their spare time in entertainment and shopping center – Millenium

Hall placed near the Prezydencki Hotel. Acceptable payment by cash, credit card and bank

transfer.

Hotel day starts at 14:00 and ends at 12:00 the next day.

AEBR Executive Committee meeting,

General Assembly and AEBR Annual

Conference will be held in Prezydencki

Hotel.

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HOTEL RZESZÓW

Hotel Rzeszów****

Al. J. Piłsudskiego 44

35-001 Rzeszów

tel.: +48 17 777 10 10

fax.: +48 17 777 10 13

e-mail: recepcja@hotelrzeszow.com.pl www.hotelrzeszow.com.pl

Hotel Rzeszów offers a choice of 137 beds in spacious, elegant rooms and suites. Each has a

private bathroom, wireless internet, air conditioning, minibar, safe, work desk and coffee and

tea. The rooms offer panoramic views of Rzeszów. Acceptable payment by cash, credit card

and bank transfer. It is also a large recreational complex. Institute of SPA and fitness club is a

place where you can actively relax and take care of yourself. Experienced staff and the best

treatments will make guests feel like celebrities.

The hotel's location in the Gallery Rzeszów is the perfect excuse to complement your

wardrobe with the latest global collections and original creations of famous Polish designers.

Hotel day starts at 14:00 and ends at 12:00 the next day.

The conference participants should arrange their own accommodation booking no later than August 31th 2014. To get the promotional price of accommodation participant of the Conference of the Association of European Border Regions should use the reference code: „AEBR Conference”.

Regional Sport and Exhibition Centre „Podpromie” in Rzeszów,

Place where ALPINE-CARPATHIAN

COOPERATION FORUM

will be held.

Regionalne Centrum Sportowo-

Widowiskowe "Podpromie"

im. Jana Strzelczyka

Podpromie 10 Street

35-045 Rzeszów

tel/fax.: 017 853 68 68

price number of rooms

single room**** 200PLN/47EUR 137

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Below a map showing the location of selected hotels and hall "Podpromie"

PROPOSALS FOR FREE TIME

Old town market place

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Multimedia fountain Aleja Lubomirskich 35-959 Rzeszów

Recommended restaurants at the market place:

Restaurant in Hotel Bristol

Rynek 20-23 35-064 Rzeszów,

hotel restaurant

Restaurant in Hotel Ambasadorski

Rynek 13, Rzeszów

hotel restaurant

Restaurant in Hotel GRAND

ul. Księdza Feliksa Dymnickiego 1

35-060 Rzeszów

hotel restaurant

Stary Browar Rzeszowski

ul. Rynek 20-23 35-064 Rzeszów,

pub, micro brewery

Szynk Rzeszowski

Rynek 35-064 Rzeszów,

tavern

Czarny kot

ul. Mickiewicza 4

restaurant

Irish Pub

3 Maja 8 35-030 Rzeszów,

pub

Restauracja Grzesznicy - Les Sinards

3 Maja 7 35-030 Rzeszów

restaurant

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Shopping Centres

Millenium Hall www.milleniumhall.pl

Address:

Aleja majora Wacława Kopisto

35-315 Rzeszów

Opening hours:10:00–21:00

Galeria Rzeszów www.galeria-rzeszow.pl

Address:

Al. Piłsudskiego 44, 35-001 Rzeszów

Opening hours � 09:00–21:00

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TOURIST DESTINATIONS IN THE REGION

In the area of Podkarpackie Province is located Łańcut Castle (17 km from Rzeszów).

The history of Łańcut stretches back to the early Middle Ages, founded as a town in 1349

under King Casmir the Great. The major landowning families in Łańcut were, successively,

the Pilecki’s, Stadnicki’s, Lubomirski’s and the Potocki’s. Łańcut Castle is one of the most

beautiful aristocratic residences in Poland, famous for its excellent interiors and

extraordinarily interesting collection of horse-drawn carriages. The palace complex is

surrounded by an old and picturesque park in the English style filled with pavilions and farm

buildings, all part of the former the daily life of the castle. Castle can be visited with a guide

in languages: English, German, French and Russian.

The Carpathian Mountains or Carpathians are a range of mountains

forming an arc roughly 1,500 km (932 mi) long across Central and Eastern Europe, making

them the second-longest mountain range in Europe. In the region of Rzeszów, the threshold of

the Carpathian Mountains is significantly reduced with the consequence that the youngest

geological formations entered already into the mountain area forming the so-called Gulf of

Rzeszów. One of the activities of the Association of the Carpathian Euroregion Poland is

to focus on comprehensive help with finding social and economic partners in the area of the

Carpathian Mountains, help with the preparation of territorial projects and mediation with

contatcs with the public authorities and business suport institutions in this area. In this year,

the new and the main action of the Association of the Carpathian Euroregion Poland will be

to introduce a new brand - The Carpathian Brand into the market. It will be an economic

quality mark of the Carpathians. We are going to promote the brand in the Carpathian

foothills, across Europe and all over the world to encourage tourists to visit us by showing the

beauty and potential of the Carpathian Mountains.

Bieszczady- a mountain range that runs from the extreme south-east of

Poland through Ukraine and Slovakia. It forms the western part of the Eastern Beskids

(Beskidy Wschodnie), and is more generally part of the Outer Eastern Carpathians.

The mountain range is situated between the Łupków Pass (640 m) and the Vyshkovskyi

Pass (933 m)

One of the attractions of the Subcarpathian region is Solina- a village in Lesko County,

Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-east Poland (107 km from Rzeszów). Lake Solina is an

artificial lake in the Bieszczady Mountains region. It is the best known tourist attraction of the

region, with waterside villages like Solina, Myczkowce and Polańczyk catering to watersports

enthusiasts. The lake's great depth, water clarity, and mountainous scenery makes it a very

popular destination for boaters. Because of these qualities the lake has been nicknamed the

"Bieszczady Sea".

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Another attraction worth to see on the occasion of the visit to Rzeszów is Krasiczyn

Castle, located only 10 km from the historic Przemyśl and 80 km from Rzeszów, close to

motorway 98.One of the most beautiful pearls of the Renaissance and Mannerism architecture

in Poland, the Krasiczyn Castle, was constructed at the turn of the 17th century by Stanisław

Krasicki. The vast panorama of the Bieszczady Mountains encourages for hiking, biking or

horse riding.

The Rural Architecture Museum of Sanok (89 km from Rzeszów) is one of

the biggest open air museums in Poland. It was established in 1958 by Aleksander Rybicki

and contains 200 buildings, which have been relocated from different areas of Sanok Land

(Low Beskids, Pogórze Bukowskie, Doły Jasielsko-Sanockie). The Sanok museum shows

19th and early 20th century life in this area of Poland. Museum can be visited with a guide in

languages: English, German, French and Russian.