International Colloquium

IX Iberic Congress of African Studies | CIEA9

September 11 to 13, 2014

Faculty of Economics | University of Coimbra

How to get - Coimbra

From Lisbon

From the airport you can take a taxi to Gare/Estação Oriente railway station (approximately 10€ for a 10 minute trip) or catch the metro (red line, 1.25€).
Coimbra hastworailway stations: Coimbra A (Estação Nova) and Coimbra B (Estação Velha).
Trains arrive at Coimbra B, and you can take the connecting train to Coimbra A (your train ticket covers this short journey) and then catch a bus to the conference location, Faculty of Economics (FEUC). If you wish to come straight to FEUC, we suggest you take a taxi from the station. You may find more information on how to get to FEUC below.
Trains run around every hour. The fastest service is provided by the Alfa Pendular express trains (22,5€) which take 1h34m to Coimbra-B station, followed by Intercidades (inter-city service) (19€) almost taking 1h50m to the same station.
Train timetable: CP Long Distance
Metro map: Lisbon Metro

At the airport you can take either AeroBus or a taxi (7-9€) to the Sete Rios bus terminal. From the terminal, there are frequent RedeExpressos coach services to Coimbra which take about 2,5 hours (13€).
The coach station in Coimbra (Estação Rodoviária RBL) is situated close to the city centre and is a 10 minutes taxi ride to the conference location, Faculty of Economics (FEUC), and a good 10-15 minutes walk to the city centre. You may find more information on how to get to FEUC below.
Bus timetable: Rede-Expressos

Follow the signs for A1-Norte. The A1 motorway will take you to Coimbra, leave the motorway in Coimbra-Sul.
You may find more information on how to get to the conference location, Faculty of Economics (FEUC), below.
Renting a car at Lisbon Airport is easy. Average price is about 50/60 € a day.
Car-rental companies at the airport: ANA

From Oporto

The Francisco Sa Carneiro airport in Oporto is 11 km away from the city, so getting a taxi from there to the railway station is quite expensive (20-25€, with 20 per cent surcharge in the evenings and weekends). The easiest and less costly way will be to take the Metro. The direction to it is signposted throughout the aiport, so just follow the signs and take Line E (Violeta) from the airport to the Campanhã railway station. Metro trains run about every 20 minutes from early morning until after midnight. That will take about 32 minutes and cost 2,20€ – a Z4 (zone four) ticket.
Coimbra hastworailway stations: Coimbra A (Estação Nova) and Coimbra B (Estação Velha).
Three types of train services are available from the Campanhã railway station: Alfa Pendular service (fastest), the Intercidades and regional trains.
The Alfa trains run almost every hour and take an hour to get to Coimbra B (16,5€). Intercidades takes slightly more than an hour and cost 13€.
The regional train service, which includes a timed transfer at Aveiro, takes 2 hours but runs directly to the downtown Coimbra A station and costs 7,95€.
Long distance trains (Alfa Pendular and Intercidades) arrive at Coimbra B and you can take the connecting train to Coimbra A (your train ticket covers this short journey).
From Coimbra A you can catch a bus to the conference location, Faculty of Economics (FEUC). If you wish to come straight to FEUC, we suggest you take a taxi from the station. You may find more information on how to get to FEUC below.
Train timetable: CP Long Distance and CP Regional
Metro map: Porto Metro

The bus station (or “Rodoviária”) is located at Batalha. At the airport you can take the surface metro from the airport to the “Trindade” metro station, then change to the yellow line and go in direction to “São Bento” metro station where you have to walk to Batalha (10 minutes, not recommended if travelling with heavy luggage). The easiest way to get there is to take a taxi.
From the terminal, there are frequent RedeExpressos coach services to Coimbra which take about 1 hour and 30 minutes (12€).
The coach station in Coimbra (Estação Rodoviária RBL) is situated close to the city centre and is a 10 minutes taxi ride to the conference location, Faculty of Economics (FEUC), and a good 10-15 minutes walk to the city centre. You may find more information on how to get to FEUC below.
Bus timetable: Rede-Expressos
Metro map: Porto Metro

Follow the signs for Oporto or A1-Lisbon or A1-Sul. The A1 motorway will take you to Coimbra, leave the motorway in Coimbra-Norte.
You may find more information on how to get to the conference location, Faculty of Economics (FEUC), below.
Renting a car at Porto Airport is easy. Average price is about 50/60€ a day.
Car-rental companies at the airport: ANA

Centre for Social Studies (CES)

Centre for Social Studies
Colégio de S. Jerónimo
Apartado 3087
3000-995 Coimbra
Portugal
Go to CES Website

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From Coimbra B train station:
Bus # 1 (University stop)
Bus # 5 (Arcos do Jardim stop)
Bus # 29 (Praça da República stop)
From Coimbra A train station:
Bus # 5 (Arcos do Jardim stop)
Bus # 29 (Praça da República stop)
Bus # 103 (Universidade stop)
From the Faculty of Economics of the University of Coimbra:
Bus # 4 (Rua Alexandre Herculano stop)
Bus # 3 (Praça da República stop)

If you choose to take a taxi, ask the driver to drop you off at Largo Dom Dinis in the University campus. You will find CES to the right of the Square, immediately after the gated arch.