Matdes2025 will be held in Marinha Grande in Portugal

 

Marinha Grande is located in the central zone of Portugal. It is approximately midway between the City of Porto in the North and Lisbon, the Capital in the South. Travel from either city to Marinha Grande by Car, Rail, Express Bus is convenient and straightforward. Probably, Lisbon is the most convenient city to fly from outside Portugal. The airport is served by flights from all major European cities including budget airlines. Routes from Asia, Australia and the Americas, the Middle East, Russia are available to Lisbon, some may involve a change of flights in an other European City. It is possible to travel by train from France including Paris via Hendaye.

 

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Arrival at Lisbon - Humberto Delgado Airport IATA Code LIS

There is a tourist information Counter available in the Terminal Building in the Arrivals area.
Major car rental companies are available within the airport Terminal, follow the signs in the arrival area. Companies with desks in the terminal include Alamo, AVIS, Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Europcar, Goldcar, Guerin, Hertz, Interent, Sixt, Thrifty

Car Hire at Lisbon Airport from €23.35/day | Lisbon Airport
It is a short distance from the Airport Terminal to the highway network and the route is direct either via A1 (sign posted Porto) or A8 (signposted Porto). We recommend the A8 route, it is just over 100km, there are refuelling stsops, with refreshements and toiiets. The most direct routes are toll roads, there are no intersections to slow your journey. If you rent a car you can opt for the Via Vedre service in which payment is taken via device in the car and the rental company will add to your bill. There is a small service charge for this. Alternatively you can pay at the tool both using cash or card.

Express bus services (recommended)
You will need to travel to the Sete Rios Bus Station in Lisbon.
*You can reach the Set Rios Station by taxi (10-15€ dependent on luggage), available at the front of the terminal, it will take 10-15 minutes
*Sometimes there is a bus service (aerobus 2) directly from the airport terminal and Sete Rios every 40 minutes and costs 3.15€ but at the time of writing it was not operational.
*You can reach the Sete Rios by metro. Use a combination of the red (vermelha) and blue (azul) lines. It will take ~ 25 minutes. Tickets can be bought at ticket machines in the metro station.

 

 

When you arrive at the Station Jardim Zoologica leave the train and follow the signs for the Bus station (Terminal Rodoviario)

 

 

 

 

*You can buy tickets on the bus but there is a ticket office at the Bus station. The are departure screens indicating the departure bay for the final destination.

 

*You can buy tickets on line using the Omio Travel App - Train, bus, flight & ferry tickets all in one - Omio and a credit card. Select bus using the tabs at the top of the app.

 

Departure Lisboa  Sete Rios | Arrival Marinha Grande.

*You can buy a return ticket by entering the return date. Price is dependent on journey time. A return ticket will be 17-18€

*The bus terminal in Marinha Grande is in the centre of the city and it is a short walk (5 mins) to the conference location.There will be signs to direct you to the registration location.

 

 

 

 

 

By Railway

 

It is possible to travel to Marinha Grande by train. First you need to travel by metro (red line) to “oriente” station. Above the metro station is the mainline railway station. It is worth a visit for the architecture along.  You need to travel on the Lisboa-Porto line to  Alfarelos station whichtakes ~3 hours. You need to transfer to a different train to Marinha Grande which will take ~ 1 hour and 15 mins.  The railway station is ~ 25 minute walk to the centre of Marinha Grande. There may be taxis at the station.

You can buy train tickets on line using the Omio Travel App - Train, bus, flight & ferry tickets all in one - Omio and a credit card. Select trains using the tabs at the top of the app

 

By Road

Travelling from the south use A8 and take junction  24 to Marinha Grande Zona Industrial then follow directions to Marinha Grande.

Travelling from the North use A17/A* and take junction  24 to Marinha Grande Zona Industrial then follow directions to Marinha Grande.

There is no parking directly adjacent to the conference location. Delegates arriving by car may find the short stay parking locations at   useful when registering

 

Arrival at Porto Airport

Porto Airport is situated 11km to the north of Porto.   It is served by major European Airlines and many budget airlines.

Major rental car companies available in Airport terminal. It is ~ 200km to Marinha Grande use A17 and N242 to arinha Grande

Travelling by train or bus, the first step will be to travel to Porto

By bus to the Terminal Intermodal de Companha or there is a direct bus from the Airport to Marinha Grande departing 1415 arrives 1720. Cost 17€ return  0735 arrive 1040

Checkout bus timetable at www.global.flixbus.com

 

By train

Porto Airport is connected to the city of Porto by Line E, the Purple Metro line, links the airport to the city, running every 20 to 30 minutes, depending on the time of day. The first Metro train (Purple LINE E) leaves the airport at 5.58 am between Monday and Friday. The fare is ~ 2€ Or use bus to Companha Station

Change at Companha station. There is a ticket office. Travel towards Lisboa and change trains at Coimbra for a train to Marinha Grande. See information earlier on Marinha Grande Railway station to City Centre.

 

 

*Notice:
Please note that the conference hotel or conference secretary will not contact any participant for reservation, please be careful when anyone asks you to provide your credit card information to book rooms for you. If you have any questions, please contact us via the conference email address or phone or wechat on the contact page.