SOHOMA16 will be held in Monte de Caparica, Portugal, and hosted by the Faculty of Science and Technology (FCT) of Universidade Nova de Lisboa

campus aerial view

FCT Campus Map

How to reach the Conference Location

From the Airport

If you arrive by airplane, it is easier to take a taxi to go to your hotel, in particular if you are going to Costa da Caparica.

It is safer to buy the Taxi Voucher (week days from 7:00 to 21:00=26.44€ ; week days from 21:00 to 24:00 and weekends=31.72€) in the Airport Tourist Information Office, located at the arrivals lounge and open from 7:00 to 24:00.

The Taxi Voucher is a bit more expensive than if you pay directly to the Taxi driver, but it is much safer.

The Taxi Voucher is valid only when departing from the airport to anywhere (including Costa da Caparica) and from 7:00 to 24:00. The justification is that, when you buy a Taxi Voucher, a delegate from the Tourism Office will accpompain you to the taxi and register its licence plate. NOTE: You cannot buy a Taxi Voucher for the way back from Costa da Caparica to the Airport.

Phone numbers to call a Radio Taxi in Lisbon:

• (+351) 218 111 100
• (+351) 218 119 000

From Lisbon

By car

If you come from Lisbon, you must take the A2 highway to Sul. Take the first exit (to the right) after the bridge "Ponte 25 de Abril", direction Caparica. You will enter IC20 (a mais road also called "via rápida da Costa da Caparica"). Follow the IC20 and leave at the second exit, direction "Universidade".

By public transport

If you come by bus, this area is covered by Transportes Sul do Tejo - T.S.T. company. From Lisbon you can take the bus line 153 that starts at Praça de Espanha and goes to Costa da Caparica , or the bus line 161 that starts at Praça do Areeiro. On the road IC20 there is a bus stop almost under a bridge in Casas Velhas, near the faculty campus.

If you come by train (Fertagus), you must take the rail line that starts at Roma-Areeiro and has stations at Entrecampos, Sete-Rios and Campolide, and get out at Pragal station. At Pragal you must take one of the following bus lines 124, 125, 126 or 127 all of them have a bus stop in "Monte/Universidade", at the Faculty campus entrance gate.