Travel Information


The Canary Islands are rather remote from continental Europe, however their connection by air is extremely good. Tenerife is regularly connected to 16 foreign airports. Several times a day there are connections to the major Spanish cities, and there are direct charter flights to more than 112 foreign cities! The flight time from Madrid to Tenerife is approximately 2 hours 30 minutes.

Tenerife has two airports, one in the north Tenerife Norte (TFN), also know as Los Rodeos, and the other in the south, Tenerife Sur (TFS), also known as Reina Sofia. The airport code to search for connections to both airports is TCI. We recommend using the North Airport, as this is much closer to the conference venue.

In most cases Madrid Airport Barajas will be used as transfer when coming from non-European countries. There are daily flights connecting worldwide locations and Madrid. Madrid-Tenerife is operated by IBERIA or other Spanish regular airlines (Spanair, Air Europe) and cost 300,51€ or less, but highly dependant on early booking and special offers. There are also daily connections operated through Barcelona for similar prices.

Given the abundant number of charter flights to Tenerife from all over Europe, connections through any other major European airport can be considered.

TFN is only connected to Spanish cities by scheduled flight, although there are now some regular charters to Germany, Austria and Switzerland, whereas TFS is a national as well as an international airport. Both have god connections for ground transportation.

In case of difficulty with a direct flight you may consider flying to Las Palmas (on the neighboring island of Gran Canaria) and crossing to Tenerife North on the frequent Air Shuttle (a 20 minute hop).

Puerto de la Cruz lies 30 km from TFN and 90 Km from TFS with a motorway link covering the full journey to both airports.

IBERIA: Assistant to the XVIII Biennial Symposium of the IERASG.

For domestic flights (Spain) from any point to destination Tenerife and return: 25% discount on full fares in Business class - 30% discount on full fares in Tourist class. For European flights from any point to final destination Tenerife and return: 25% discount on full fares in Bussines class, Tourist class and eurobudget. For intercontinental flights from any point to final destination Tenerife and return: 25% discount on IATA fares: Business class, Tourist class and Excursion fares (1º level), without conditions according to availability. Offer applicable to closed flights, IBERIA tickets will be valid as from two days beforehand and two days afterwards for domestic and European flights. For intercontinental flights, tickets will be valid for one week before and after. Emission tickets at:


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VIAJES MENCEY
Verdugo y Massieu, 1
38320 La Cuesta - La Laguna - Tenerife
Canary Islands - Spain

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