The Home Institute of
CFTP is Instituto
Superior Técnico, (Técnico), in Lisbon. If you come from the Airport,
maybe you would like to visit the
Airport site, or if by train the Railway
site .
From the airport to the
Tecnico campus and CFTP, you can take a taxi (and expect to pay around
20 euros), the Underground/Metro
(stop Alameda) or the Bus.
Take a look at the
WEST-side of the Tecnico Campus + Metro-Saldanha-stop, or at the
EAST-side of
the Tecnico Campus + Metro-Alameda-stop.
The campus of Técnico
has four gates: Alameda, Antonio Jose de Almeida, Alves
Redol, Rovisco Pais.
The best Metro stop is
Alameda, although the one at Saldanha
is also whithin walking distance. If you get out at Alameda
our campus is not far, just at the top of the hill (to the West). To
ride the Metro you can buy tickets at the vending machines inside any
of the stations. You may also take Bus 744 from the airport to Saldanha.
To ride the buses, you buy a ticket from the driver: normal buses
inside Lisbon, fare 2 Euro. Be sure to have small change and coins
with you. There are also special tickets for a whole day and others.
Find out more at the public
bus company of Lisbon, Carris.
Other interesting routes: Bus 736 stops at Saldanha and goes
all the way to the Cascais-Estoril railway station (Cais do
Sodré) near the river Tagus. It stops at the main avenues and
squares in the centre of Lisbon, e.g. Avenida da Républica, Saldanha,
Marquês de Pombal, Avenida da Liberdade, Rossio
and Praça do Comércio.
If you stay in Lisbon for long, it is less expensive (instead of
buying tickets on the Bus) to acquire a "Passe Social" Lisboa Viva,
which is a overall transport card with identification. Each month,
your Passe Social can be updated on a machine. This enables you to use
the Bus, Metro and Railway on pre-defined zones (including or not
including weekends) according to the price.
Hotels: Our visitors are usually housed in one of the
hotels near to the Campus; e.g. Hotel A.S. Lisboa is 50 - 100 m away,
while Hotel Turim Alameda is just next door, 10 m away.
Restaurants: Just outside the Campus you may find
good restaurants, most of them serving lunch at very acceptable
prices, e.g. at 9 - 15 Euro per person. Inside the building, there are
also cheap restaurants/cantines/cafetarias. Here the meals are even
cheaper (around or less than 5 Euro).
Find more useful information in portugal.com
or www.justportugal.org