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Coimbra University

Arriving to Portugal either through the airport of Lisboa/Lisbon or Porto/Oporto. Although Lisboa has a lot more connections to European capitals, Oporto also offers good connections, namely to Geneva (Easyjet, TAP and Swiss all offer daily flights – up to 4 or five next May). From either airport you can use the metro (running every 5-10 min in Lisboa and every ~20 min in Porto) to the railway stations of Oriente (Lisboa; 5-10 min) or Campanhã (Porto; ~40 min), respectively. Then you take the fast trains (AP or IC) to Coimbra (1h35 to 1h50 from Lisboa or ~1h from Porto).

Trains run most of the day time about every hour, and this until about 20:00. The last train from Lisboa is an international one that leaves Oriente at 21:27 and takes to hours to Coimbra. If a number of participants are arriving late, some especial transport may have to be considered.

From the Coimbra railway station (Coimbra B) to the Hotel (Hotel Tivoli, downtown), a taxi (~5 €) should be the best option.

Metro tickets could be purchased at the respective stations (buy two trips in case you plan to use the same means for the return journey) and keep the ticket (later you can also top it up).

Trains tickets: may easily be purchased at   http://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en/buy-tickets(Advanced purchase may profit from a reasonable discount.)
Lisbon-Coimbra one way costs €32,80/€22,80 (1st/2nd class) on AP, and €24,30/€19,20 on IC
Porto-Coimbra one way costs €21,70/€16,70 (1st/2nd class) on AP, and €17,20/€13,20 on IC

Taxi transport will be provided from Hotel Tivoli to the Physics Department (40º12'28"N, 8º25'28"W)) on Friday 15th and Saturday 16th May.

About Coimbra

The City of Coimbra has its own very special mystique, the result of a past full of important events and of the memories of the many thousands of Portuguese who, dispersed around the country or abroad, remember the carefree, easygoing, hopeful years spent here in their youth as students at the University. Prehistoric remains are scant but allow us to establish an early human presence on the site of present-day Coimbra.

From the Roman period we have the cryptoporticus. This is situated under the former Bishop’s Palace, which now houses the Machado de Castro Museum, more information in turismodecoimbra.pt