Lisbon 1. Transports
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LISBON EUROMOD MEETING 2-4 OCTOBER WELCOMING GUIDE 1. TRANSPORTS HINT: You may like to plan your trips through the city by visiting the website www.transporlis.sapo.pt. METRO (UNDERGROUND) Tickets and how to buy them Every station has several ticket machines, where you can use both euro coins and notes (no credit card option available). There you can buy the individual rechargeable “Viva Viagem / 7 Colinas” card (0.50€) which you may charge accordingly to your preferences: - Simple one-way ticket: 1.40€ every trip, METRO or bus (valid for an one hour max trip); - Daily ticket: 6.00€ (valid for the subsequent 24 hour period - Zapping (charge with money): 5€ / 10€ / 15€ (trips in METRO are slightly cheaper this way – 1.25€) This card is also used for buses/trams travelling. METRO (underground) network Schedule METRO is open between 6:30 am and 1:00 am. TAXI Taxis are coloured in tan or in black and green. Apart from that difference, they’re all the same and have the same fares. There are no “petit taxis”. Tipping is common (usually by rounding up the fare). Be sure the taximeter is visible and turned on. BUSES and TRAMS Buses and trams cover all the city and are many times integrated with the METRO network. You can use the same rechargeable card you bought for the METRO. You shall look for the yellow or orange buses (“Carris” company). Take special care of your belongings, as pickpocketing is frequent, especially in lines oftenly used by tourists (like tram line no. 28E). There is a special bus, the AEROBUS, that connects the town centre with the airport between 7am and 11pm, every 20 minutes. Fare costs 3.5 euros and it covers Cais do Sodré, Praça do Comércio, Rossio, Restauradores, Av. Liberdade, Marquês de Pombal, Av. Fontes Pereira de Melo, Picoas, Saldanha, Av. República, Campo Pequeno, Entrecampos and Airport. 1 2. DIRECTIONS AROUND THE HOTEL How to get to the nearest bus stop and nearest METRO station: 1. Exit left at the hotel and take the first turn left again (Travessa da Fábrica das Sedas). 2. Follow the street until the end, reaching Rua São Filipe Nery where you should turn right. 3. Descend the street until you reach Largo do Rato (a big square) 4. There you’ll find the METRO station entrance (look for the M signs in front, slightly to the left). There you will also find the bus stop, right in the middle of the square, on the right side of that central road. To go to ISEG (the meeting site) you’ll have to take the 706 (bound to Cais do Sodré) or 727 (bound to Restelo or Belém). The 727 is also the one you’ll have to take to go to the workshop’s dinner restaurant, if you prefer to go by bus (check below for further assistance). FROM THE AIRPORT TO THE HOTEL By METRO (underground) 1. Follow the signs to the METRO station (check for M Check for a Pasta House in the left corner and the signs) – If you arrived at T2, you’ll have to take the post office (“Correios”) on the opposite one. free bus to T1. 5. Climb up the alley until the crossroad. 2. There, take the red line (the only available) to São 6. There, take the second left – Travessa da Fábrica Sebastião (last station). das Sedas. 3. Change to yellow line (direction: Rato) and keep in 7. At the first cross, turn right – Travessa da Fábrica dos until the last station). Pentes. 4. Exit to Largo do Rato (a large square) and search for 8. A few metres further you’ll find the hotel Amazónia. an alley which climbs up called Rua São Filipe Nery. By taxi You will find the taxi queue in front of the arrivals exit. Ask the taxi driver for the Hotel Amazónia. If needed, show him the address (Travessa da Fábrica dos Pentes) and tell him it is near Rato (pronounce “Rah-too”) and Jardim das Amoreiras (pronounce “Jerdim desh Amureyrash”). Be sure to have the taximeter visible, otherwise ask for it. Expect to pay around 15- 25 euros (day) or 20-30 euros (night). FROM THE HOTEL TO ISEG (THE MEETING SITE) By foot (2 km / 30 minutes) 1. Exit left at the hotel and follow the street until the end, 5. Follow Rua de São Bento all the way down [curiosity: reaching the garden. at door number 187, on the right, you’ll see the house 2. Cross the garden and exit through the marble arch. of Amália Rodrigues, the most famous Fado singer of 3. Turn left and descend the street until you reach the all time]. Largo do Rato, a large square (follow the tram lines). 6. At the end, you shall have the Assembleia da 4. When reaching Largo do Rato, slightly turn left on to República (Parliament) on your right. Start climbing Rua de São Bento (check for a the Rua Correia Garção. “Cafeteria/Leitaria/Pastelaria Brasil” green sign on 7. Cross the main street (Av. D. Carlos I) and keep one of the corners and a “Farmácia”, also a green heading in the same direction, through Rua das sign, on the other). 2 Francesinhas (you shall have a garden at your right, 9. Climb a little further (you’re almost there!), until you followed by the university new buildings). reach door number 6 at the right. You’ve at ISEG! 8. Keep following the Rua das Francesinhas until you reach a crossroad of narrow alleys, then turn right to Rua do Quelhas. Steps 1-5 Steps 5-9 By taxi Ask the taxi driver to take you to Rua do Quelhas, 6 (pronounce it like “Ruah doo Keh-llas, seish”). On the way back, you may only need to tell Hotel Amazónia (maybe complement by telling it is near Jardim das Amoreiras – “Jerdim desh Amureyrash”). By bus Get to Largo do Rato (check above: “Around the hotel”) and find the bus stop serving bus no. 706, bound to Cais do Sodré, or 727, bound to Restelo or Belém. Exit by the 3rd stop. Climb up the avenue a little, turn left (you should have the garden at your right) and follow steps 8-9 above. FROM ISEG (THE MEETING SITE) TO THE RESTAURANT By bus (direct, some 30-40 minutes) 1. Exit ISEG and follow back the steps you’ve made to road!). There take the 727, bound for Restelo or reach there until reaching the crossroads in step 7 of Belém. the Hotel-ISEG directions above (e.g., after passing 3. Exit at the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos stop (it should be the garden at your left, until you manage to see the the 21st stop, but you’ll see the big monastery when parliament). arriving there). 2. The 727 bus stop should be some metres down the 4. CCB (Centro Cultural de Belém) is a big, straight- avenue (you’ll see it when you reach the crossroad; lined building almost in front of the monastery. That’s it’s the one on that side of the road – don’t cross the where the restaurant is. 3 By tram (you’ll need to walk for some 15 minutes, but the tram’s trip will be nicer than the bus one) 1. Exit ISEG and follow back the steps you’ve made to 3. There, cross where possible to the parallel road on reach there until reaching the crossroads in step 7 of the other side, and walk right, until you find the next the Hotel-ISEG directions above (e.g., after passing bus/tram stop. You should find the bus/tram stop at the garden at your left, until you manage to see the Santos (a large square). You’ll want the stop that parliament). serves the direction you’re walking. 2. At that crossroad, turn right and go down all the 4. Take the tram 15E, bound to Algés. avenue (avenida D. Carlos I), until you reach the 5. Exit at Centro Cultural de Belém. It is a big, straight- riverside (avenida 24 de julho). lined building almost in front of the monastery and left to the tram line. That’s where the restaurant is. FROM THE HOTEL TO THE RESTAURANT By bus (direct, some 30-45 minutes) 1. Get to Largo do Rato (check above: “Around the 3. Exit at the Mosteiro dos Jerónimos stop (it should be hotel”). the 21st stop, but you’ll see the big monastery when 2. There, at Largo do Rato, find the 727 bus stop, bound arriving there). to Restelo or Belém (the station should be right in the 4. CCB (Centro Cultural de Belém) is a big, straight- middle of the square) and take that bus. lined building almost in front of the monastery. That’s where the restaurant is. By tram (almost direct) 1. Get to Largo do Rato (check above: “Around the 4. At Praça da Figueira (a square in downtown Lisbon), hotel”). find the 15E tram station (it should be on the other 2. Enter the METRO station and get to Rossio station side of the square). (use yellow line and exit train at the first station; there, 5. Take the tram 15E (no need to worry about direction, take the blue line, bound to Santa Apolónia; exit at because this is the initial stop). Rossio). 6. Exit at Centro Cultural de Belém. It is a big, straight- 3. Still inside the station, search for the arrows pointing lined building almost in front of the monastery and left to Praça da Figueira.