CAUP Location
A map of the local area of CAUP, in Porto, can be found here.
To travel between Porto airport and CAUP you have 2 options:
1- One option is to use the Metro. Metro's airport station is located just in front of the arrivals zone. The metro station nearest the CAUP 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. It costs around 2 EUR.
You can take a taxi from the station "Casa da Música" to CAUP or you can walk (around 10 min), please see the journey here.
2- Another option is to take a taxi directly from the airport to CAUP. This is more expensive (25-30 EUR) and depending on the time of the day may in fact be slower than the Metro. Please tell the driver to go to the "Planetário do Porto" which is located in the same building as CAUP.
Travel from Porto to Ponte de Lima
A bus will take the participants from Porto to Ponte de Lima on Tuesday, 15th, after the welcome cocktail (see programme). A second bus will take the participants from Ponte de Lima to Porto on Friday, 18th at the end of the meeting. The exact time will be defined later. When planning your trip back, if you plan to use the conference bus, you should consider the arrival to Porto Airport no earlier than 16h00.
Limited alternative transportation is available to the conference venue (from Porto).
There are two bus companies doing this connections: A.V. Minho and Rede Nacional de Expressos.
A.V. Minho
This company has one daily bus.
Porto -> Ponte Lima – 18h-19h45
Ponte Lima -> Porto – 6h-8h
Alternative shedules are avaible with A.V. Minho, involving changing connection at Viana do Castelo.
Rede Expressos
This company has one daily bus each way. Prices are ~10 EUR for each trip, and can be bought on-line.
Porto -> Ponte Lima - 17h-19h
Ponte Lima -> Porto - 8h30-10h40
Metro - pratical information