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: 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:

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:

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).

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