Travel to Braga - Portugal

By Car
For participants travelling by car through Spain it is suggested to enter Portugal at Vilar-Formoso. Starting here, the IP5 dual carriage-way leads to Aveiro, but at Albergaria (176 Km) participants should enter the A1 motorway and go to north in the direction of Porto (58 Km), cross the city of Porto, using the Freixo bridge, without leaving the motorway and exit at the junction for the A3 motorway to Braga (44 km).

By Train
Participants entering Portugal from Spain should travel to Braga by train. More information go to: www.cp.pt

By Air then, Taxi, Bus or Tram+Train
Participants should take flights to Oporto Airport. Daily flights are available to and from most important European and some other non-European cities. All those participants arriving or departing by air can travel by taxi between the airport and Braga. The taxi fare is 60-70 Euros and takes 50 min.

Get Bus offers you a new express service with daily connections between Porto airport and the city of Braga which takes 50 min. Offering 14 hours between these two destinations and working throughout the year, Get Bus allows the user a more practical and economical service (single ticket 7.50 Euros and single return ticket 12.00 Euros). Make your reservation through the website or you can go to our help desk in the coach station in Braga. The sale of tickets inside the bus is bounded to availability. In the airport on arrivals you find the bus stop on platform 17/18 and on the Braga bus station on the platform 17/18 as well.

Furthermore, participants arriving or departing by air can also use the tram (Metro) at the Porto airport tram station (E line), and then they will need to change at Porto-Campanhã tram station to make the connection between Porto and Braga (see map below). Automatic machines are available to buy your tram ticket.

Airport tram station is connected to the Porto-Campanhã railway station by E line (dark blue line). At this railway station, participants must take the train to Braga after get the right train ticket. Trains operate on an approximately hourly basis and the timetable is shown below:

More information go to: www.cp.pt