HOW to get there & accomodation

     

     

    GET TO COIMBRA'S OBSERVATORY

     

    Address: R. Observatório S/N, 3040-004 Coimbra, Portugal

     

    By Bus (Please, note the low periodicity of the buses):

    6 is the best option, to go and back to the Observatory (4 or 5 buses/hour).

    14T is another option, but take longer to go to the Observatory.

    14 might be used to come back to Coimbra center.

     

    In front of Tourism office near the river you can buy bus tickets (i.e., a card that you can charge the number of travels you wish. The minimum number of travels that you can charge is 3).

    (check the bus hours here: http://www.smtuc.pt/geral/index_horarios.php . )

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    By foot, 30 minutes walking from the Coimbra center station.

     

    You also can have a little hand from the Coimbra.MOVE-ME app !

     

     

     

     

    GET TO THE WORKSHOP ROOM

     

    Two bus stops fit equaly. The orange dashed line guides you from both bus stops to the workshop room!

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    LUNCH DETAILS

     

    Lunch will take place at Restaurante Observatório (http://www.restauranteobservatorio.pt), we just need to cross the street to get there.

    The daily menu is provided with appetizers, soup, main course, drink and coffee/tea for 11 euros per person. If you wish dessert, the fee increases of 1.5 euros per person.

    For each day you can choose the proposed portuguese main course, another main course if you don't like the proposed one, or a vegetarian option. The Restaurant proposes three typical (very good!) portuguese dishes:

    • March 26th: Bacalhau à Brás
    • March 27th: Carne de porco á Portuguesa
    • March 28th: Arroz de Pato á Antiga

    Bom Apetite!

     

     

     

     

    GET TO THE OLD UNIVERSITY

     

    Participants have to be in the 'Iron gate' (Porta ferrea) at 16h15. Please, consider that if you arrive later, it would be impossible to join the visit.

     

    From the Observatory:

    Option1: get the bus 6 at 15h36 towards center city, and stop at Arcos do Jardim (~25 min).

    Option2: by foot (~40 min)!

    Option3: taxi +351 239 499 090, if participants share a taxi, it comes to around 2 euros per person. (~15 min).

    Option4: if you have a car, please keep in mind that it might be very crowded.

     

     

     

     

    GET TO THE SOCIAL DINNER RESTAURANT

     

    From University:

    Option1: get the bus 34 at 18h50 close to the Physics department to Bairro Norton de Matos (see map).

    Option2: by foot (~30 min)!

     

    From hotels area:

    get the bus 24T near the bridge in front of Tourism office to Bairro Norton de Matos. This bus also takes you back to the hotel area (last bus at Bairro Norton de Matos 00h15)

     

     

     

     

     

    SOCIAL DINNER DETAILS

     

    Our social diner will take place at Restaurante D. Duarte II (https://www.restaurantedomduartedois.pt) at Rua Moçambique 34-r/c, 3030-062 Coimbra.

    The menu is provided with appetizers, main course, dessert, Douro region wine, soft drinks and coffee/tea for 30 euros per person. Note that the workshop offer the diner to the participants, but guests would be asked to pay their part.

     

    The main dish was chosen in advance, and an email was sent to ask the participants and guests their preferences.

     

    • Drinks: Douro Montes Ermos wine white and red (Douro is one of our best wine regions, where Port is also made.), water, soft drinks, beer.
    • Apetizers: brown crab, cheese, rissoles, samosas, olives, ...
    • Main dish: (fish) Bacalhau com batata a murro e migas (grilled cod fish with roasted patatoes) OR (meat) sliced Posta à Mirandesa (a big piece of beef northern style grilled) OR (vegetarian) to be defined.
    • Dessert: pêra bebeda ('drunked pear', the fruit is cooked in sweet wine) OR Natas do céu (creamy and cookies dessert).
    • coffee/ tea

     

    Bom Apetite!

     

     

     

     

    TRAVEL ADVICE

     

    Travel to Porto or Lisbon is roughly the same. There is no huge price differences between the 2 itineraries for a second class travel:

     

    If you fly to Porto:

    Take the metro to Estação Porto Campanhã (~40 min) +

    Take the Intercidades or Alfa Pendular train to Coimbra B. (~1h30) +

    Take train, bus or taxi to reach hotel or Coimbra Observatory.

     

    If you fly to Lisbon:

    Take the metro to Gare do Oriente (5 min) +

    Take the Intercidades or Alfa Pendular train to Coimbra B (~2h15) +

    Take train, bus or taxi to reach hotel or Coimbra Observatory.

     

    This is the railway site: https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en

     

    We suggest you to buy the train ticket directly in the station, as there is no need to make a reservation ( there is always place in the train!). This would prevent you to change the ticket if you miss the train, and pay an extra fee for it.

     

    Important note: Intercities and Alfa Pendular trains do not stop at Coimbra (center), but only at Coimbra B. To get to the center, you must use another means of transport. There is usually a train to take you from Coimbra B to Coimbra station (this route is included in the ticket to Coimbra).

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    ACCOMODATION ADVICE

     

    We suggest three hotels in Coimbra city center:

     

    • Hotel Ibis Coimbra Centro

    The hotel offers a special rate for reservations before 10/03/2019, using the code BepiColombo when contacting directly by email to h1672@accor.com .

    room for 1 person with breakfast 61€/night;

    room for 2 persons with breakfast 67€/night.

     

    • Hotel Oslo

    Offer a 10% discount on the price they are offering in the moment of the reservation in their site www.hoteloslo-coimbra.pt using the code LOVECOIMBRA .

     

    • Hotel Astória