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Venue The conference will take place in the vicinity of Lisbon, at Blue&GreenTróia Design Hotel Congress Center. Tróia is a beautiful peninsula dividing the Sado River from the Atlantic Ocean and is a touristic resort due to its white sandy beaches. It stands about 50 Km south from Lisbon. Shuttles will be made available from and to Lisbon international airport. During the period of Roman occupation, dating from the 1st century to the 6th century AD, Tróia was an island of the Sado's delta, called Ácala Island. The Roman ruins of Tróia comprise a living area, a bathhouse, a religious core and several industrial centers. The main activity was fishing, manufacture and export of canned fish. The Sado Estuary Natural Reserve, where you can observe dolphins, and the Arrábida Natural Park, where you can see a fully developed Mediterranean forest, are two of the natural attractions nearby Tróia Peninsula. The Tróia Golf Championship Course is considered to be the best course in Portugal in the categories of difficulty and variety, having been voted fourth best in the biennial poll organized by the European Golf magazine. It also stands in 20th place in the list of the best golf courses in Europe drawn up by the Golf World magazine. Information about accommodations is available here.
How to reach ILS2 Conference Venue at Tróia resort
Address: Tróia Design Hotel Conference Center, Marina de Tróia, Península de Tróia, 7570-789 Carvalhal, Grândola – Portugal
All maps and information is available on this LINK.
1) HOW TO REACH SETÚBAL BY METRO & TRAIN FROM THE AIRPORT? Catch the METRO (subway) (diagram of metro is available at http://bit.do/ILS2-trip2) in the airport (Red Line, direction “São Sebastião” station) and go to “Saldanha” station. There, you should move to the Yellow Line and catch the metro in direction to “Odivelas”. You should leave at the station “Entrecampos” (PINK in the diagram at http://bit.do/ILS2-trip2). Follow the signaling panels to reach the TRAIN station (also called “Entrecampos”). There you should look for the train that goes in direction to Setúbal, from a company called FERTAGUS. The train connection (Entrecampos-Lisboa to Setúbal) lasts around 1 hour. There is a train every half an hour on weekdays and every hour on weekends (timetable at http://bit.do/ILS2-trip2).
2) HOW TO REACH SETÚBAL BY METRO & BUS FROM THE AIRPORT ? Catch the METRO (diagram at http://bit.do/ILS2-trip2) in the airport (Red Line, direction “São Sebastião”) and go until the stop “Oriente” Station (BLUE in the diagram) and go outside. Then follow the panels to reach the main BUS station "Gare do Oriente" to catch a BUS (bus nº 562 from TST company, timetable at http://bit.do/ILS2-trip2) to Setúbal. It should take also around 1h to reach the Setúbal bus station.
3) HOW TO REACH TRÓIA BY BOAT/CATAMARAN FROM SETÚBAL TRAIN OR BUS STATIONS ? You may walk about 20 minutes (consult the files Setúbal bus/train station at http://bit.do/ILS2-trip2) or take a taxi to the CATAMARAN harbour (make clear that you looking for the CATAMARAN harbor and not the Ferries!). Catch the CATAMARAN (from ATLANTIC FERRIES company) to cross Sado River (takes around 15-20 min and there is one catamaran every hour, timetable at http://bit.do/ILS2-trip2) to reach the Tróia resort. The boat stops almost in front of the ILS2 Conference venue and Tróia Design Hotel. If you have any question, please do not hesitate contacting us.
Tróia Design Hotel and the ILS2 Conference Venue
Tróia Resort
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