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Welcome to Italy for the 2012 Congress in Verona!

The historic Italian city of Verona is fully prepared to host the EFPM's 18th Congress

ROMA- Verona, the second roman town in Italy with fantastic wonderful amphitheatre, Arena, famous in the world for lyric opera inside any summer.

Verona have a big tradition like town of sport and big sensibility for ethics and fair play: the Italian Committee work there by long time with success.

In Verona are all the right elements to plane and realize our XVIII Congress and like Shakespeare we will go there to meet Giulietta and Romeo.

22 of October 2012 will be like Special Day of Karol Wojtyla, our special testimonial and Day National and International Day of Fair Play. From 24 to 26 of October will be the Congress and Saturday 27 October will celebrate the EFPM Assembly.

Verona

Verona is a city in Veneto, northern Italy, one of the seven provincial capitals in the region. It is one of the main tourist destinations in north-eastern Italy, thanks to its artistic heritage, several annual fairs, shows and operas, such as the lyrical season in the Arena, the ancient amphitheatre built by the Romans.

Verona owes its historical and economical importance to its geographical location, in a loop of the Adige River near Lake Garda. Because of this position, the areas saw regular floodings until 1956, when the Mori-Torbole tunnel was constructed, providing 500 cubic meters of discharge from the Adige river to Lake Garda when there was danger of flooding. The tunnel reduced the risk of flooding from once every seventy years to once every two centuries.

Verona is a city (pop. ~250,000) in north-eastern Italy's Veneto region most famous as the setting for Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. Though close to the more popular tourist destination of Venice, many people consider Verona a more relaxed and pleasant place to visit. There are many tourists, but the number of tourists per square meter is lower.

By plane

• Catullo Airport Verona's closest airport, 12 km from the city.

• Budget airlines fly from Brussels (Charleroi), London-Gatwick, London-Stansted, Paris-Beauvais, Madrid, Alghero, Palermo, Trapani and Brindisi to Catullo Airport of Verona.

• Buses will take you from Verona Airport direct to Verona railway station. It costs 5E, and you can buy the ticket directly from the bus driver.

Airlines also fly to Venice's Marco Polo and budget airlines to Treviso's Al Angeli

By car

• If you have a rental car the trip to Verona isn't difficult: take the A4 towards Padova (Padua) and follow all the way to Verona (approx 150km).

By train

You can reach Verona Porta Nuova station by train from Milan (1 hour and 22 mins by EuroCity train (EC), 1 hour and 50 mins by RegionaleVeloce (RV), from Venice (1 hour and 10 mins by EuroCity (EC), 1 hour and 22 mins by RegionaleVeloce (RV), 2 hours and 10 mins by Regionale (R)), from Bologna (49 mins by TAV, 1 hour and 28 mins by RegionaleVeloce (RV), or from Munich (5 hours and 30 mins by EuroCity). Be aware that local trains (Regionali) also stop at a minor station, Verona Porta Vescovo.

Get around

City bus schedules are difficult to obtain on-line and also currently not available on maps.google.com. The 11, 12 or 13 bus will get you from the train station (Stazione Porta Nuova) to the Arena (Piazza Bra).