Habitability in the Universe: From the Early Earth to Exoplanets
22-27 March 2015, Porto, Portugal

Conference Venue
The conference will take place in the town of Porto, Portugal.
The venue will be the Seminário do Vilar. Internet (WiFi) connection will be available.

Travel to Porto
The modern international Airport in Porto has connections to most European destinations.

To travel between Porto airport and the town you have 2 options.
One option is to use the Metro. Metro's airport station is located just in front of the arrivals zone. The metro station nearest the workshop venue is "Casa da Música", which is on the same line (violet line) as the airport. The journey time is 25 minutes, and there is a train every 30 minutes, from 6am to 1am. Its costs around 2 Euros.

Note that the Metro works on an open system (no barriers that will open only upon presentation of a ticket) but controls are frequent. You need to be in possession of a validated ticket (tickets are validated before entering the train), otherwise you may be fined. For further details, see the Metro webpage.

Another option is to take a taxi. This is more expensive (25-30 Euros) and depending on the time of the day may in fact be slower than the Metro.

If instead you arrive at Lisbon Airport (300km south of Porto) you can use the Metro (or take a taxi) to the train station "Gare do Oriente" (the corresponding Metro station is "Oriente") and from there a train to Porto. The fastest (and recommended) trains are the "Intercidades" and "Alfa Pendular" services with fares ranging between 24 and 30 Euros  (see timetables at the CP webpage). Note that there are several train stations in Lisbon. You should take your train at "Lisboa - Oriente" (closer to the airport) or at "Lisboa - Santa Apolónia" (closer to downtown). The trip should take between 2h30 and 3h (depending on the train).

At the "Campanhã" train station in Porto you will have then connection to the Metro and to the trains leading to the "São Bento" station (downtown).