VENUE &
GENERAL INFORMATION

ICheaP-7 jointly with PRES'05 will be held at

NAXOS BEACH RESORT Giardini di Naxos (Messina) Italy via Recanati, 26 http://www.atahotels.it/default.htm

from Sunday, May 15 th to Wednesady, 18th, 2004

Mid way between Messina and Catania, on the riviera of Taormina (about 6 Kms away), the Resort is reachable in about 50 minutes from the Catania Fontanarossa airport (about 50 Km).

Surrounded by a magnificent natural park of citrus fruits and olives, at the foot of Taormina, this venue has a truly superb natural frame, provided on one side by Mount Etna and on the other by a truly bewitching view over Taormina and, opposite, by the captivating blue Sicilian sea.

MAIN SIGHTSEEING Taormina - Km 6 Alcantara Gorges - Km 15 Etna Volcano - Km 25 Islands of Vulcano and Lipari - 2 hours Siracusa - Km 120 Roman Villa of Piazza Armerina - Km 130 Greek Temples of Selinunte and Agrigentio - Km 200

The weather on the eastern coast of Sicily in the middle of May is usually mild. The average temperature is 24°C with a maximum day temperature of 27°C and a minimum night temperature of 18°C. The seawater temperature is about 19°C.

	how to get to Giardini Naxos