Local Information
** Conference Participants and Attendees will not be able to visit Los Alamos National Laboratory unless prior arrangements are made or they have a valid D.O.E. badge which has been previously issued. If you would like access to Los Alamos National Laboratory, please email a conference organizer.
Venue
The conference will be held at the La Fonda Hotel located on the historic Santa Fe, New Mexico Plaza.
A room block is available. Please make your own reservations. If you are a speaker then we will pay your lodging bill per your official invitation, but you must still book the room yourself and provide your credit card in case you have incidental expenses not covered by LANL (room service, movies, bar, etc.).
Book your rooms online at:
http://www.lafondasantafe.com/email-group.html
or call them directly at:
800-523-5002, option 1.
The conference rate for lodging is $88 per person per night plus taxes and fees. Please mention the conference to receive the proper rate.
Transportation:
Airport Map from LANL Visitor's Guide
The major airport for travelers coming to Santa Fe is Albuquerque International Airport, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, about 60 miles south of Santa Fe (50 minute drive). Albuquerque Airport (ABQ) has car rental facilities and a shuttle terminal.
Shuttle Service from Albuquerque Sunport:
Roadrunner Shuttle
(505) 424-3367
Sandia Shuttle Express
(888) 775-5696 (toll free)
www.sandiashuttle.com
Park and Ride from Los Alamos:
The Blue Route of the Park and Ride bus is an excellent way to get from the Lab to the conference and back each day. It costs $3 each way and will be virtually empty as you will be riding opposite of commuter traffic. It will pick you up from either the Los Alamos Library or the TA-3 parking front gate parking lot and drop you off at Sheritan and Palace (a few easy blocks from the conference location).
Here are the pick up times from TA-3 (The library is 10 minutes earlier):
6:55 am
7:25 am
8:10 am
8:45 am
Here are the return times from the Plaza:
2:30 pm
3:30 pm
4:05 pm
4:50 pm
About Santa Fe
The heart of downtown Santa Fe for nearly 400 years, the Plaza remains the central part of the city, hosting Indian and Spanish markets and other annual events as well as community gatherings, concerts and more.A world-renowned travel destination unparalleled in richness of history, heritage, arts and culture. You'll be nestled in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains, the foothills of the Rockies, immersed in natural beauty, with an average of 300 days of sunshine and blue sky. Come and prepare for your perfect day in Santa Fe.
See why Santa Fe has just been named one of the country's healthiest cities, best places to live and top travel destinations. Santa Fe is also one of the leading art centers in the country.
Local Attractions and Day Trips
For information about Santa Fe, visit http://santafe.org
For information about New Mexico, visit http://newmexico.org/
Local Attractions
Calendar of Events http://santafe.org/What_s_Happening_Now/index.html
El Rancho de las Golondrinas http://www.golondrinas.org/
We invite you to take a journey to the past at "The Ranch of the Swallows". This historic rancho, now a living history museum, dates from the early 1700s and was an important paraje or stopping point along the famous Camino Real, the Royal Road from Mexico City to Santa Fe, New Mexico. Experience the life of another time in a location unlike any other in America.
Georgia O'Keeffe Museum http://www.okeeffemuseum.org/visit/index.html
The Museum’s collection of over 2990 works comprises 1149 O’Keeffe paintings, drawings, and sculpture, including promised gifts and extended loans. The Georgia O'Keeffe Museum is the largest single repository of O'Keeffe's work in the world. Throughout the year, visitors can see a changing selection of at least 50 of these works. In addition, the Museum presents special exhibitions that are either devoted entirely to O’Keeffe’s work or combine examples of her art with works by her American modernist contemporaries. Over 140 artists have been exhibited at the Museum including Frank Stella, Jackson Pollack, Andy Warhol and Arthur Dove.
Museum of Spanish Colonial Art http://www.spanishcolonial.org/
The Spanish Colonial Arts Society collections were initiated in 1928. Today with 3,000 objects, the collections are the most comprehensive compilation of Spanish Colonial art of their kind. Dating from the Middle Ages to the New Millennium, the collections span centuries in art, place and time. Among the various media featured are santos (painted and sculpted images of saints,) textiles, tinwork, silverwork, goldwork, ironwork, straw appliqué, ceramics, furniture, books and more.
Historic Sites
http://santafe.org/Visiting_Santa_Fe/Things_to_Do/Historic_Sites/index.html
Road Trips
http://santafe.org/Visiting_Santa_Fe/Things_to_Do/Day_Trips/
Tours
http://santafe.org/Visiting_Santa_Fe/Things_to_Do/Tours/index.html
Night Life
http://santafe.org/Visiting_Santa_Fe/Things_to_Do/Nightlife/index.html
