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To facilitate your travel, the organizing committee is making every effort to facilitate your travel arrangements to Brno, Czech Republic. As you plan your travel, please check this page for latest updates. This page provides/will provide the following information:

1. Excursions
2. Visa Information
3. Venue
4. Travel Information
5. Accommodation
6. The Sights of Brno
7. Others (currency, plug, weather, and so on)

Excursions

• PRAGUE - Friday, April 3

  Departure 6:30 AM from Brno
  Visiting Prague castle from 10 - 12 am with a tour guide (visiting castle includes: the old royal palace, history of Prague Castle, paintings of Prague Castle, St. George Basilica, national gallery, Mihulka Powder Tower, Golden Lane and Rosenberg Palace.
  Moving to Carl's bridge, Old town square and Wenceslas Square
  individual free time
  arrival back to Brno around 8 PM
  Price: 2050 CZK
  lunch is not included. Price for lunch: 300 CZK (approx. 13 USD)
  in more detail

  

• VIENNA - Monday, March 30

  

  Departure 7:30 AM from Brno
  Visiting Schönbrunn Palace as the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers, located in Hietzing, Vienna. The 1,441-room Rococo palace is one of the most important architectural, cultural, and historic monuments in the country. Since the mid-1950s it has been a major tourist attraction.
  City tour with the tour guide (st Stephen's cathedral, Hofburg, Albertina, Sacher, Opera, and many other famous sightseeings)
  individual free time
  arrival back to Brno around 8 PM
  Price: 1770 CZK
  lunch is not included, needs to be discussed with the agency.
  in more detail

• How to Book

  Payment via Direct bank transfer
  

  1. Transfer money to:
     Receiver: "Bontour"
     IBAN: CZ79 0300 0000 0000 0289 3922
     BIC/SWIFT: CEKOCZPP
     Amount: Amount of your order.
     Reason (purpose) of payment: "Name of the City" trip ("date of the trip")
  2. Payment will arrive in 1-3 days and your order will be confirmed.

  - Minimum required attendance is 15 people per trip. In case of cancellation, travel agency will refund the exact price of the trip itself, not including wire transfer fees.
  - It is possible to make the payment via Transferwise or Currencyfair.
  - You may be asked to provide your name & bank account information to the travel agency.
  - The deadline to book a reservation is 3 weeks prior to each trip.
  - If you have any questions about excursions, please email Katerina Klatilova at kklatilo@redhat.com

Visa Information

• ACM Visa Support Letter

  The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) does not issue formal invitation letters for visas to attend ACM sponsored conferences. However, ACM can issue a visa support letter. For visa support letters, please send all requests to the Office of SIG Services at supportletters@acm.org. Please be sure to include all of the following information in your original email:

  1. Your name as it appears on your passport
  2. Your current postal mailing address
  3. The name of the conference (ACM SAC )
  4. Your Registration Confirmation number
  5. If you have any papers accepted for the conference, please provide the title and indicate whether you are the ‘sole author’ or a ‘co- author’

  All this information is necessary, and omitting any of it will delay the issuing of the support letter. Visa support letters are answered in the order they are received. You will receive a PDF letter by email within the 4-5 business days. Please note that ACM does not fax visa support letters. The PDF serves as a signed electronic version of the original letter which will be mailed to your current mailing address. If you do not receive the letter by post mail on time for your visa appointment, please print out your PDF letter and take it with you.

  Please plan accordingly.

Venue

Travel Information

• flight International Accessibility

  

• airport_shuttle Airport to the City

  • Prague Airport (PRG)
    Get directions - some busses are not going directly from the airport to Brno, there may be a need to change a bus
    Bue/Train: Flixbus, Leo Express, RegioJet, ČD (train)
  • Vienna Airport (VIE)
    Get directions
    Bus: Flixbus, Leo Express, RegioJet
  • Brno airport (BRQ)
    Get directions
    Bus E76 to get to the city centre (takes 17 minutes)
  • You may use Google Map Transit to get directions

• directions_bus Local Transportation

  Public transportation in Brno is provided by DPMB which maintains trams, trolley-buses and buses that criss-cross the city. At night all public transportation is provided by night buses that cover almost the entire city. If you want to use public transportation, you must buy a ticket before you board the tram, trolleybus or bus. You need to purchase a two-zone ticket for zones 100+101 for any trip in the city of Brno. Single journey tickets can be bought from machines (coins only at most stops, credit cards accepted at major stops like the train station) at many stops. You may also purchase tickets with cash in Tabak stores. You need to validate the single journey ticket in the yellow validation machine when you enter the tram, trolleybus or bus. Instructions describing how to pay for transportation in Brno can be found here.

  SMS tickets
  The DPMB also offers SMS tickets. This service is only available for Czech SIM cards. To use the service, send SMS to number 90206 with a code:

  length	approx cost in Euro	Czech price	Code
  20 minutes	0.78 €	20 CZK	BRNO20
  75 minutes	1.13 €	29 CZK	BRNO
  24 hours	3.84 €	99 CZK	BRNOD

  After sending the message, you will receive a ticket via SMS within a few minutes. You should not enter the tram, trolleybus, or bus before your receive the SMS, so plan ahead. If you do not have a Czech SIM card, you can use the mobile app, Sejf, which is available in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

  Brno public transport tickets - valid for tram, trolley, bus and partly for train:
  If you are staying in Brno for several days, consider buying a 5-day ticket which costs 250 CZK. There are several places where you can buy this ticket, but the easiest one is at the main railway station. You can buy it at any counter (look for the international counters because they are more likely to speak English). When you first use your ticket, be sure to validate it. You only have to validate your ticket one time, not on each trip.

  length	approx cost in Euro	Czech price
  5 days ticket	9.78 €	250 CZK
  1 day ticket	3.50 €	90 CZK
  60 minutes	0.97 €	25 CZK

  - complete list of travel coupons valid in Brno – here

  Brno local transport timetable

  • On-line: Brno Jizdnirady (in English) (Timetables)
  • Mobile App: Brno Jizdni rady iOS or Android (also in English)

  Taxi
  We recommend downloading and using the following app if you plan to use taxis while in Brno.

  • Liftago
  It is also possible to reserve a taxi using your mobile phone, but usually you will need to be able to speak Czech.

Accommodation

SAC2020 HOTELS on Google Map
• Best Western Premier Hotel International (Venue)
  when booking use the code "SAC2020"
• Barceló hotel
  when booking use the code "SAC2020"
  4 min walk
• Grandezza hotel
  6 min walk
• Royal Ricc
  6 min walk

The Sights of Brno

Best Things to do in Brno

Špilberk castle

Old Town Hall

Petrov - Church sv. Petra a Pavla

Brno Underground

Villa Tugenhad

Others

• - attach_money The Czech Republic uses its own currency, the Czech koruna.

  - power In the Czech Republic the power plugs and sockets are of type E. The standard voltage is 230 V and the standard frequency is 50 Hz. Click HERE for more details.

  - wb_sunny The average temperature in Brno in April is a little cool at 9 °C (48.2 °F). Afternoons can be mild with average high temperatures reaching 14.4 °C (57.9 °F). Click HERE for more details.