Venue
The meeting will take place at Centro de Astrofisica. There will be internet facilities in the meeting room.

Travel
The modern international Airport in Porto has connections to most European destinations.

To travel between Porto airport and the town you have 2 options.
One option is to use the Metro. Metro's airport station is located in front of the arrivals zone. The metro station nearest the workshop venue is "Casa da Música", which is on the same line (violet line) as the airport. The journey time is 25 minutes, and there is a train every 20 minutes, from 6am to 1am. Its costs around 2 Euro.

Note that the Metro works on an open system (no barriers that will open upon presentation of a ticket) but controls are frequent. You need to be in possession of a validated ticket (tickets are validated before entering the train), otherwise you will be fined. For further details, see the Metro webpage.

Another option is to take a taxi. This is more expensive (25-30 Euro) and depending on the time of the day may in fact be slower than the Metro.

Accomodation
For the accommodation we recommend the following hotels. They are all within walking distance of the meeting venue.

Hotel Tuela Porto (***)
Rua Arq. Marques da Silva, 200
4150-483 Porto
T. +351 226 004 747
F. +351 226 003 709
>> See the hotel website

Fénix Porto (****)
Rua Gonçalo Sampaio, 82
1269-133 Porto
T. +351 226 071 800
F. +351 226 071 810
>> See the hotel website

Ipanema Porto (****)
Rua do Campo Alegre, 156/172
4150-169 Porto
T. +351 226 075 059
F. +351 226 063 339
>> See the hotel website

Please contact Elsa Silva to proceed with hotel reservation, indicating which hotel you prefer and your arrival and departure dates.
We encourage you to book the hotel at you earliest convenience.

Maps
A map of the local area can be found here. More detailed instructions, including Google maps and travel directions, are also available.

Useful Links

• Porto airport
• Metro do Porto
• Porto Bus Network
• Weather Forecasts
• Porto Tourism
  

For more details on the ESPRESSO please consult the ESPRESSO website.