Location: Portugal
time is Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)
Participants from Europe, East, North America and other
continents
Lisbon International Airport is a destination for
main
international airlines. Lisbon can be conveniently reached by plane from many destinations; eventually a connection through
London, Paris or Frankfurt may be required. Local airline Air Portugal operates
a vast European network.
Local travel
From the airport, IST area (including conference
hotels) can be reached with a 20-minute journey by taxi (about 2000 PTE fare).
There is no subway link to the airport.
The Aero-Bus shuttle service offers traveling from the
airport to downtown and connections to the hotels near the
route. You should ask
to the driver for the bus stop closest to your hotel. The
bus leaves every 20 minutes between 7am and 9pm from the international terminal.
Tickets can be bought from the driver (450 PTE), and are valid for any journey that
day on the bus, tram and elevator network.
IST area is well served by
subway (Saldanha
station in the yellow line or
Alameda station in the red or green line): a
10-minute journey will be enough to reach the City Center (Rossio
station in the green line or Baixa-Chiado
station in the green or blue line). See here subway network map.
Weather
Lisbon has an Atlantic climate, with some Mediterranean influences.
Due to these characteristics, the thermal amplitude is rarely high, with lots of
sunny days even during the winter. In September, Lisbon's average
temperature is of 21 degrees celsius.
Currency
The Portuguese unit of currency is the "Portuguese
Escudo" (PTE) and the $ sign is used. The existing coins are 200$00,
100$00, 50$00, 20$00, 10$00, 5$00 and 1$00 and bills are 10.000$00,
5.000$00, 2.000$00, 1.000$00 and 500$00. International credit cards and EURO checks
are widely accepted. Banks are open from Monday to Friday, 08.30-15.00. The banks
at the airport are open 24 hours a day, all week.
1 EURO = 200.482 PTE
For more travel information please access the Lisbon Tourism Bureau.