This 5-days course is based on the historic city of Guimarães (Portugal) – https://www.visitportugal.com/en/content/guimaraes.
Guimarães is considered the birthplace of Portugal because Afonso Henriques, who went on to be the first king of Portugal, was born here. The historical centre in the area that was within the Guimarães city walls, is associated with the formation and identity of Portugal, and was classified a World Heritage site based on the originality and authenticity applied in its restoration. Guimarães was recently into the shortlist for the European Green Capital.
The University of Minho has several campi and research infrastructures mainly located in the cities of Braga and Guimarães, from its more than twenty thousand students, more than 10% are international students (https://www.uminho.pt/EN).
You will carry out your academic activities in the Campus of Azurém, Guimarães.
The nearest airport is Sá Carneiro International airport (in Oporto) around 50 km away.
You can reach both cities by car, taxi, bus or train. Unfortunatly, we are not able to guarantee a pick-up service.
We can advise an express bus service GETBUS that can bring you directly from the Oporto airport to the bus station in Guimarães.
BUS (GETBus): https://www.getbus.eu/en (timetable and prices)
FLIX BUS: https://www.flixbus.com/ (timetable and prices)
TAXI (Trinos): contact +351 936 098 374 (price 65,00€)