Travel Information
BY PLANE
The “Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport” is located 11km (7 miles) North from Porto centre and it has frequent flights (regular and low cost airlines) to the main cities in Europe, as well as South and North America.
BY TRAIN
There are three international connections daily to Paris via Madrid and several fast trains daily to Lisbon. Porto is served by the “Porto – Campanhã” and “Porto – São Bento” train stations. From here to the Venue you must take a taxi, a bus or Metro. For updated information on timetables, lines and services, please go to: www.cp.pt
BY TAXI
There are taxi ranks at the airport, train stations and at various locations in the city centre. The phone number of the taxi call centre in Porto is (+351) 225 073 900. A taxi from the airport to the city centre costs approximately 30 €.
BY METRO
Surface Subway (Metro) line is a fast connection between the airport, the city centre and the main hotels in Porto, with regular services every 20 minutes.
Line E (Violet) connects Airport Station to Estádio do Dragão Station, and, therefore, to all metro's network (and to the Porto city centre). Pólo Universitário Station (Yellow line) is the nearest station to the Congress Venue (50 m). You can buy the “Andante” (occasional title) in a shop located at the airport’s arrivals zone. You can also buy the “Andante Tour”, an unlimited and intermodal title valid for 1 or 3 days. For more information, please visit: www.metrodoporto.pt