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HOTEL LIST 3rd European Conference of the IAFL

Porto, 15-18 October 2012 Section 1 Hotels

The Faculty of Law is ideally situated in the city centre, very near Participants are expected to book their own hotels, as the throbbing leisure district and a short walk to the Faculty of accommodation is not included in the registration. Arts and to the business district, and ideally located close to Upon reservation you should inform the hotel that you are several hotels and restaurants. Although the University of Porto attending the 3rd European Conference of the IAFL and they offers several accommodation possibilities within a short will offer the special rate that they negotiated with the local distance of the Faculty, including a very limited number of organising committee. The offer however is subject to availability, inexpensive single bedrooms and en-suite rooms in halls of since some of these hotels, hostels and budget hotels have a residence for doctoral students and academic visitors, small number of rooms. unfortunately these are insufficient to conference participants.

However, there is a wide offer of off-campus possibilities, from bed-and-breakfasts and budget hotels to five-star hotels. In this booklet, we suggest a wide range of accommodation possibilities, all of them offering special rates to conference participants. Most of the places that we will recommend are within a walking distance of the Faculty, but delegates will also be offered the possibility to choose other recommended places, if they find such offers to be more suitable (for instance, new high quality budget hotels have opened in the beautiful city centre).

1 Best Western Hotel Inca Praça Coronel Pacheco, 52 4050-453 Porto Phone: +351 222 084 151 Website: http://www.bestwesternhotelinca.com

This hotel is only a 3-minute walk from the Faculty of Law, and another 3 minutes from the throbbing Porto downtown. It is located not far from the City Hall, the Avenida dos Aliados and the metro stations Trindade and Aliados. Attractions near the hotel include shopping (Rua de Cedofeita and Rua de Santa Catarina), monuments (Torre dos Clérigos, Avenida dos Aliados, City Hall and Bolhão market), shows (Rivoli Theatre, Coliseu, São João national theatre) and nightlife (restaurants and bars in the Clérigos area). Hotel Inca negotiated a special rate for conference participants: EUR 54.00 per room per night when booking directly with the hotel, using the conference name as reference. The hotel has blocked a number of rooms until end of September which will be reserved on a first come first served basis.

2 Eurostars Das Artes Hotel Rua do Rosário, 160-164 Porto Phone: +351 222 071 250 Website: http://www.eurostarsdasartes.com/PT/hotel.html

The Eurostars Das Artes Hotel is located in the city centre, not far from the Faculty of Law. It comprises two buildings, one historical and another modern, with a sky-blue tiled façade welcoming its guests. The hotel is surrounded by museums and the most prestigious art galleries in Porto. The Livraria Lello, which is considered one of the most beautiful bookshops in the work, the Municipal Library Almeida Garrett and the majestic gardens of the Crystal Palace, the Soares dos Reis Museum and the Casa da Musica, the Rivoli Theatre or the Carlos Alberto Theatre are all within a short walking distance from the hotel. The Ribeira district, named Unesco World Heritage site, is also within a 10-minute walk. Galerias de Paris, the most exciting nightlife in Porto, is also just around the corner. The hotel displays a series of art exhibitions, as a result of the agreements with the Trindade Art Gallery.

The hotel offers a discount of 10% over the best daily rates available. To take advantage of this offer, click http:// www.eurostarshotels.com/eurostars-das-artes.html? id_referer=LINGFOR&utm_source=negociadas&utm_campaign=LI NGFOR or use the code LINGFOR on the hotel website.

3 Grande Hotel de Paris Rua da Fábrica, 27/29 4050-247 Porto Phone: +351 222 073 140 Website: http://www.hotelparis.pt

Advertised as the oldest hotel in Porto, dated 1877, Grande HOtel de Paris is ideally located in the heart of Porto, World Heritage, among the rejuvenated areas of trade, culture and throbbing city nightlife. It is situated near many popular landmarks such as the Torre dos Clérigos, Praça da Ribeira district and the Port wine cellars. Only at a 30-minute distance from the airport, the hotel can also be easily reached by train and metro; the São Bento railway station and the metro station Aliados/São Bento are a stone’s throw away, providing easy access to all parts of the city. Grande Hotel de Paris negotiated a special rate for conference participants: 5% discount over the following standard rates: Single room EUR 60.00 Double room EUR 65.00

The rooms should be booked via the hotel website, and conference delegates should quote the conference name in the notes field to benefit from the discount. Offer subject to availability.

4 Hotel Malaposta notes field to benefit from the discount. Offer subject to Rua da Conceição, 80 availability. 4050-214 Porto Phone: +351 223 391 920 Website: http://www.hotelmalaposta.com

Hotel Malaposta is a small renovated hotel, perfectly integrated into the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Porto’s downtown, where you can find countless ways to experience the city. The hotel, located right in the heart of Porto, is hospitable and the prices are inviting. Trindade Metro Station is 400 meters away, and a 30 minutes journey from Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport (Porto Airport). Avenida dos Aliados and S. Bento railway station are a 10-minute walk. The World Heritage center, home of the Ribeira district and the Douro river are within a 15/20-minute walk. The Jardim da Cordoaria, with Juan Muñoz's sculptures, and Lello, one of the most beautiful bookshops in the world, are a 3-minute walk and the ever-busy pedestrian shopping street Santa Catarina are a 5-minute walk. Hotel Malaposta negotiated a special rate for conference participants: 5% discount over the following standard rates: Single room: EUR 45.00 Double room: EUR 50.00

The rooms should be booked via the hotel website, and conference delegates should quote the conference name in the

5 Pão de Açúcar Hotel Prices are per room and per night, and include breakfasts and Rua do Almada, 262 taxes. All rooms are equipped with private bathroom, TV 4050-032 Porto (international channels), telephone, WiFi Internet access, air Phone: +351 222 002 425 conditioning and hair dryer. Rooms should be booked directly Website: http://www.residencialpaodeacucar.com/ with the hotel.

The Pão de Açúcar Hotel is a family run hotel located right in the heart of the city centre. This hotel advertises itself as offering an excellent service, a vintage decor and a unique collection of old toys that the guests can enjoy during their stay. The hotel is an 8- minute walk from the Faculty of Law, and the Porto City Hall is just around the corner. The shopping area of Santa Catarina and Café Majestic (the oldest café in Porto) are a stone’s throw away. Café Guarany is on the opposite corner. It is also near some of the most popular city attractions, such as the Torre dos Clérigos, Praça da Ribeira district and the Port wine cellars. It is only a 30- minute distance from the airport (by metro), and the São Bento railway station and the metro station Aliados/São Bento are a a 2- minute walk, providing easy access to all parts of the city.

Pão de Açúcar Hotel offers the following special rates to conference participants: Single room: EUR 60,00 (standard rate: EUR 70,00) Double room: EUR 68,00 (standard rate: EUR 100,00) Triple room: EUR 85,00 (standard rate: EUR 120,00) Family room (occupancy of 4 people): EUR 135,00 (standard rate: EUR 150,00)

6 Section 2 Hostels & Budget Hotels

Oporto Fado Hostel hydromassage and free luggage storage. Rua de Álvares Cabral, 213 Special rates for conference participants: Private double rooms: 4050-040 Porto EUR 12.50; Family rooms for 4 people: EUR 10.00; Family room Phone: +351 910 635 555 for 5 people: EUR 10.00; Family room for 6 people: EUR 10.00; Website: http://www.oportofadohostel.com Bed in unisex dorm: EUR 10.00. Prices are per person. All rooms with shared WC. To book This hotel is located near Lapa metro station, only a 5-minute contact residencialmarfi[email protected] walk from the Faculty of Law, and another 5 minutes from the throbbing Porto downtown. It is located not far from the City Hall, the Avenida dos Aliados and the metro stations Trindade and Aliados. Attractions near the hotel include shopping (Rua de Cedofeita and Rua de Santa Catarina), monuments (Torre dos Clérigos, Avenida dos Aliados, Porto City Hall and Bolhão market), shows (Rivoli Theatre, Coliseu, São João national theatre) and nightlife (restaurants and bars in the Clérigos area). Facilities available at Oporto Fado Hostel include a self- contained kitchen (equipped with microwave, toaster, refrigerator, kettle, sandwich toaster), back yard (perfect to sit in the sun or to have a few drinks before heading out to sample Oporto's nightlife just a stone’s throw away), common room complete with open access computer, wi-fi and cable television (all free of charge),

7 Marfim Guest House Rua de Álvares Cabral, 221 4050-040 Porto Phone: +351 910 635 555

The Marfim Guest House is managed by the same team as the Oporto Fado Hotel, and is located not far from it. It is within a very short walking distance from the Faculty of Law and the throbbing Porto downtown. The City Hall, the Avenida dos Aliados and the metro stations Lapa, Trindade and Aliados are very close. Attractions near the hotel include shopping (Rua de Cedofeita and Rua de Santa Catarina), monuments (Torre dos Clérigos, Avenida dos Aliados, Porto City Hall and Bolhão market), shows (Rivoli Theatre, Coliseu, São João national theatre) and nightlife (restaurants and bars in the Clérigos area). Special rates for conference participants: Private double room: EUR 13.50; Triple room: EUR 13.00; Family room for 4 people: EUR 12.00; Family room for 6 people: EUR 11.00. Prices are per person. All rooms are equipped with en-suite bathroom. To book contact residencialmarfi[email protected] mentioning the 3rd European Conference of the IAFL.

8 Family & Fun Praça da Republica, 101 4050-032 Porto Phone: +351 910 635 555

The Family & Fun hostel, just like Marfim Guest House, is managed by the same team as the Oporto Fado Hotel, and is located not far from the other two hostels of the same chain. It is within a very short walking distance from the Faculty of Law and the throbbing Porto downtown. The City Hall, the Avenida dos Aliados and the metro stations Lapa, Trindade and Aliados are very close. Attractions near the hotel include shopping (Rua de Cedofeita and Rua de Santa Catarina), monuments (Torre dos Clérigos, Avenida dos Aliados, Porto City Hall and Bolhão market), shows (Rivoli Theatre, Coliseu, São João national theatre) and nightlife (restaurants and bars in the Clérigos area). Special rates for conference participants: Family rooms for 6 or 8 people: EUR 10.00. Prices are per person. All rooms are equipped with en-suite bathroom. To book contact residencialmarfi[email protected] mentioning the 3rd European Conference of the IAFL.

9 CasaDoConto arts&residence Casa do Conto offers conference participants a discount of 15% Rua da Boavista 703 over the regular price of their suites (subject to availability). 4050-110 Porto Bookings should be made directly. To benefit from the discount, Phone: +351 22 206 03 40 please announce that you’re coming for the conference. Website: www.casadoconto.com

The artsandresidence Casa do Conto (House of Tales) is a charming building in the emerging Cedofeita area in central Porto, within a 3-minute walk from the Faculty of Law. It results from a restoration project to convert a 19th-century bourgeois home to host demanding and discerning guests in an atmosphere of striking cultural imagery. It is an innovative project which could only have been possible in the urban setting of a city. The hostel advertises that, in its elegant setting, a customised service to match every profile is always provided in order to offer guests an unforgettable experience of the city of Porto. Casa do Conto offers a set of services as standard, enabling guests to enjoy a unique and welcoming environment. The house boasts a reception with waiting area, lounge with fireplace, library, dining room with patio and garden with fruit trees. All areas are fitted with air conditioning, LCD TV, cable TV, DVD, free wireless internet, telephone and safe. Guests may also make use of fax and photocopying services, and use the computer available in the library. The major Portuguese and international newspapers and magazines are provided daily.

10 Rivoli Cinema Hostel Serralves museum and its beautiful gardens, or go to a concert in R. Dr. Magalhães Lemos, 83 Casa da Música, visit the F.C. Porto stadium, or have a drink in 4000-332 Porto one of the many bars in Ribeira. Nightlife is around the hostel: you Phone: +351 220 174 634 just have to choose between cafes, nightclubs, discos or bars Website: http://www.rivolicinemahostel.com where you can meet Erasmus students and locals.

Rivoli Cinema Hostel is the first Cinema themed Hostel in Rivoli Cinema Hostel offers conference participants a discount of Portugal, where you can find 13 rooms each one about a different 15% over the regular price of their rooms (subject to availability); film. You can find movies by Tim Burton, Tarantino, Ridley Scott, prices include breakfast: Double room: EUR 40.00 / night; Family Almodovar, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Godard, Manoel de Oliveira, room for 4 people: EUR 18.00 per person / night. Bookings , Alejandro González Iñárritu, Michael Radford, Mira should be made directly. To benefit from the discount, please Nair, , , Jonathan Demme and announce that you’re coming for the conference. . The Rivoli Cinema Hostel has 12 rooms available (twin or double beds and 4 bedrooms), 6 shared toilets and 6 shared showers, a fully equipped kitchen, 1 lounge area where you can relax, have a drink, read books and play games, and an outside 180 m2 space where you can listen to music, barbecue, sunbath, party, or just chat with the others guests. The hostel offers free WiFi Internet, as well as free maps, tourist info and guides. The hostel is located in the Porto historical center, right off one of the most important city squares, Avenida dos Aliados. It is also near monuments, restaurants, cafes, terraces, shops, supermarkets, shopping centres, the Coliseu, cinemas, theatres and art galleries.

The hotel has excellent connections with the metro, bus, train, taxis and tram. From here you can easily visit the most important landmarks in the city like the Port wine cellars, the Clérigos tower,

11 Serviced Apartments Boavista Palace apartment and EUR 75.00 for a T1+1 apartment. For bookings of Rua Dr. Emílio Peres, 74 5/6 nights, the daily rate is EUR 60.00 for a T1 apartment and (off Avenida da Boavista, 2) EUR 65.00 for a T1+1 apartment. Bookings of over 7 nights can 4050-007 Porto benefit from a rate of EUR 50.00 and EUR 55.00 for T1 and T1+1 Phone: +351 224 055 846 apartments, respectively. These rates are for apartment, for a Website: http://www.hn-serviced-apartments.com double bed, and single or double occupancy. Extra beds are subject to an extra charge of EUR 15.00 per night. A maximum The serviced apartments are an innovative housing concept in occupancy of 4 applies to T1 apartments (two double beds); for Porto, about a 5-minute walk from the Faculty of Law. The T1+1 apartments, maximum occupancy is 5 people (two double apartments are already furnished and equipped, including a beds and one single bed). Free private parking for one car per homework space and a storage space. They aim to host not only booking is offered (worth EUR 5.00/night). Bookings can be made executives, company employees and freelance professionals that by sending an email to Catarina Ribeiro (email address are moving to Porto, but also single people, young people and [email protected]) or Mariana Raposo (email address families that are seeking a medium to long term rental solution. [email protected]), or by phone (+351 224 055 846). The The serviced apartments are located on the main avenue of the reception is open 24/7. To benefit from this special offer, please city of Porto and benefit from a central location, in an urban area quote the name of the conference upon booking your flat. known as the ‘business district’. The location also facilitates the discovery of the historical and cultural charm of the city. Situated at the start of the Avenida da Boavista, right next to the famous circle which characterises this exclusive area, this magnificent development has excellent accessibility; the Sá Carneiro Airport is only 15 minutes away, and the Carolina Michaelis is just a 5- minute walk.

Boavista Palace offers conference participants a discount of 5 Euro over the regular price of their rooms (subject to availability). For bookings of 3/4 nights, the daily rate is EUR 70.00 for a T1

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