Getting to Braga
From Porto Airport
Your destination airport is the Oporto International Airport (Airport Fancisco Sá Carneiro). The airport is located 50 Km
from Braga and it is served by all major European airlines.
TAP Air Portugal is sponsoring ETAPS and provides a special price
reduction to ETAPS participants. You can find information here.
|
There are several ways to go from the Oporto
Airport to Braga:
Taxi
Taking a taxi is the simplest and the fastest way (45 min). The
distance between the Oporto airport and Braga is about 50km by
road. The cost of traveling from the airport to the Braga city center
should be around EUR 50.00.
Metro+Train
The cheapest way:
- Take the metro to Oporto Railway Station "Campanhã". Line E (Violet) goes to
"Estadio do Dragão". Exit at Campanhã. The metro ticket should cost
you around EUR 2.00.
- Take a train from the Campanhã train station to Braga. The
train ticket should cost you about EUR 2.00. In general the earliest
train to Braga leaves from Porto-Campanhã station at 6:21; the last
train leaves at 22:36. Be sure to check since timetables are different
on weekends. (timetable)
Web pages:
Rental Car
The following car hire companies have offices at the Oporto
International Airport: Budget, Avis, Europcar, Hertz, National/Alamo and
SIXT. See the airport
webpage for details (location, contacts. etc).
From Lisbon Airport
As an alternative you can fly to Lisbon International Airport and from there take a train to Braga.
To get from the airport to the "Gare do Oriente" train station, you may use bus n. 44, or else get on a taxi (5 minute ride).
Three daily trains depart from Gare do Oriente directly to Braga, at 8.04, 14.04, and 19.04. Direct trains to braga cost around 30 €.
Alternatively you can take a train to Porto Campanhã station (departure every hour from 6.04 to 21.04, except at 12.04) and from there take a train to Braga.
For more information see the following links:
Shuttle Information
A shuttle service will be run during ETAPS. On weekends, shuttles will
leave towards the university campus at Gualtar, from the following
places:
- Train station (S1 in the map, close to the WS Braga SPRU-Student Residence and Hotel da Estação)
- Hotel Turismo (S2 in the
map, close to all hotels in
the city centre)
- Bom Jesus (Hotel do Elevador)
On weekdays, the shuttle service will run from Bom Jesus only, towards
the main conference venue (Theatro Circo). A timetable is given below.
Day | Time | From | To |
Friday, March 23
| 8:30 | H. Turismo | University Campus |
18:30 | University Campus | City Center
| Saturday, March 24
| 8:15 | Train Station | University Campus |
8:15 | H. Turismo | University Campus
| 8:15 | Bom Jesus | University Campus
| 18:45 | University Campus | City Center
| Sunday, March 25
| 8:15 | Train Station | University Campus |
8:15 | H. Turismo | University Campus
| 8:15 | Bom Jesus | University Campus
| 18:45 | University Campus | City Center
| 18:45 | University Campus | Bom Jesus (Worshops Dinner)
| 23:00 | Bom Jesus | City Center
| Monday, March 26
| 8:15 | Bom Jesus | Theatro Circo |
22:00 | Theatro Circo | Bom Jesus
| Tuesday, March 27
| 8:15 | Bom Jesus | Theatro Circo |
23:00 | Theatro Circo | Bom Jesus
| Wednesday, March 28
| 8:15 | Bom Jesus | Theatro Circo |
19:00 | Theatro Circo | Banquet
| Thursday, March 29
| 8:15 | Bom Jesus | Theatro Circo |
22:00 | Theatro Circo | Bom Jesus
| Friday, March 30
| 8:15 | Bom Jesus | Theatro Circo |
22:00 | Theatro Circo | Bom Jesus
| Saturday, March 31
| 8:15 | Train Station | University Campus |
8:15 | H. Turismo | University Campus
| 8:15 | Bom Jesus | University Campus
| 18:45 | University Campus | City Center
| 18:45 | University Campus | Pousada Bouro (Worshops Dinner)
| Sunday, April 1
| 8:15 | H. Turismo | University Campus |
18:45 | University Campus | City Center
|
Please note the following:
- An organisation representative will be present when the shuttle
leaves.
- If you miss the shuttle, please find the way to your destination
by your own means. It's quite straightforward to find the conference
places or hotels by bus or taxi.
Download Information on your PDA
Local information (such as maps, list of restaurants, etc) is
available as an application for WindowsCE PDAs. You can download it here (1.8 MB).
The archive
contains the following CABs: "CityHelpETAPS-250561-ARM.ARM.CAB"
(installs the application), "CityHelpETAPS-200703-ARM-Braga.ARM.CAB"
(Installs maps without pictures),
"CityHelpETAPS-200703-ARM-Braga-foto.ARM.CAB" (Installs maps with
pictures).
(Sorry, the application is no longer available for download).
ETAPS 2007 |
Top |
HTML 4.01 |
Last Update: 2007-03-19