Venue

Hotel Fénix Lisboa
Praça Marquês de Pombal 8, 1269-133 Lisboa
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The conference will take place at Hotel Fénix Lisboa. This is a four-star hotel located in the centre of Lisbon, with the metro just across the street (literally). The hotel provides meeting facilities in which the several conference activities will take place from June 13 (tutorials) to June 16 (workshops). The hotel provides several facilities, including a bar and a restaurant in which the conference lunches will take place.

A small block of rooms at the conference hotel was reserved for attendees and may be booked directly on the registration page. This will be on a FCFS basis, and we cannot provide guarantees of room availability.

Several other accommodation options are available nearby, including 3 other Fénix Hotels (Urban ****, Garden *** and Music ***).

From Praça Marquês de Pombal, where the hotel is located, you can walk down Avenida da Liberdade towards Baixa (downtown), or you can take a walk on the nearby Parque Eduardo VII and, on its upper part, the nice Estufa Fria (botanic gardens in a large greenhouse). Given that Lisbon is these days a very touristic city, there are plenty of restaurants all around, and downtown Lisbon. There are also many historical places, landmarks and museums that you can visit downtown, like the Lisbon Castle (Castelo de São Jorge), Elevador de Santa Justa, Museu Nacional de Arte Contemporânea do Chiado, or the Roman Theatre.

Portugal has been elected Europe's Leading Destination 2022 at the World Travel Awards, and Lisbon the Europe's Leading City Break Destination 2022. Portugal is also considered one of the safest countries in the world, ranking 6th place in 2022.

A lot of information for tourists visiting Lisbon is available at the Visit Lisboa website.

The 13th of June is the Lisbon city yearly holiday (so, be aware when looking at schedules and opening/closing hours). Due to this, there will be many festivities around the city, in honour of Santo António (city’s patron), with music, grilled sardines and popular parties in Alfama and Bairro Alto old neighbourhoods. From the 12th to the 13th expect to find a lot of people outside!!

Transportation

The hotel is located right outside the "Marquês de Pombal" metro station.

When arriving at the Lisbon airport, the better options to go to the hotel are by Metro (subway), which will take about 30 minutes, or by Taxi/Uber, taking about 20 minutes. The entrance to the metro is right outside the arrival area at the airport. The red line will take you from the Airport station (terminal) to Saldanha station (10 stops). Then you must change to the yellow line, from Saldanha to Marquês de Pombal (2 stops). The cost will be 50 cents for the metro card (which you must purchase in a ticketing machine and fill up with enough money for a single ride, or for multiple rides) and a single ride will cost 1.65€. More information here.

Accommodation

We have been able to block a small set of rooms at the conference hotel, with special rates for conference participants. The cost is 167€ for a single room with breakfast and taxes included in the price. A city tax of 2€ per night (up to 7 nights) must be paid directly at the hotel.

Hotel reservations are handled by the Abreu travel agency and may be made directly on the conference registration page, at the final step of the registration process. Note that we cannot guarantee room availability. We recommend that you book an accommodation as soon as possible, even if it is not at the conference hotel.