Visa Information

The host country is a member of the European Union and part of the Schengen area.

Everyone entering the host country must have a valid identification document. For EU citizens traveling within the Schengen Area, EU countries, and Switzerland, a photo identification complying with EU standards and allowing international travel will suffice. Please check what kind of ID is required by your airline carrier before traveling. Some airlines within Europe will only accept passport identification.

Visas are required by delegates traveling from the rest of the world. We encourage all delegates to check the requirements for their originating country. Please contact the nearest Embassy for further information.

Please note that every delegate must apply for their own visa.

Need an Invitation Letter?

If your embassy requires a letter from an organizer of the conference, we will provide visa support letters. If you require one, please email etfa2025@fe.up.pt. The following information should be included with your request:

1. Full Name as it appears on passport;
2. Affiliation;
3. Name of the conference/workshop you are registering for;
4. Authors should indicate their paper title, speakers should provide the title of their talk, committee members should specify to which committee they are part of.

In order to obtain a visa letter, you must meet at least one of the following criteria:

1. Have a paper accepted;
2. Are a speaker;
3. Are a committee member;
4. Have registered and paid in full.

Travel Information

Porto Airport has direct regular connections to around 100 airports (click to see destinations and airlines) and two-hop flights to thousands of destinations. The airport has direct metro connection to the city centre (half an hour trip, around 3 EUR) and other options (including Uber for around 15 EUR).

Accommodation

WALKING DISTANCE

Hotel IBIS São João is a standard IBIS hotel conveniently located within a 10-minute walk from the conference venue and right off the I.P.O. metro station (Yellow Line).

Hotel Eurostars Oporto is a 4-star hotel located within a 15-minute walk from the conference venue.

OTHER HOTELS (3 and 4 stars)

Hotel da Música is a design 4-star hotel and only 400 m from Casa da Música metro station.

Vila Galé Porto is a very central 4-star hotel, located 290 metres from Campo 24 Agosto metro station.

This list will be updated soon.

Sightseeing

When somebody mentions Porto, the first things that spring to mind are probably Port Wine, the charming character of the World Heritage Historic Centre of Porto.

Port wines are unique, some of them among the best wines ever engineered! Check out this example of a perfect wine (Vintage Port receives rare 100-point score by Wine Spectator in 2010 and got a 99-point score in 2014 ). But in what wines are concerned, Porto and Douro Valley are also world class in table wines (Douro wines are in the Wine Spectator top 30 of the 2014 ranking). Worth also to mention the increasingly famous and unique Vinho Verde; like no other wine in the world!

Don’t get us wrong, we are proud of these icons, but the city of Porto has much more to offer and was selected the European Best Destination 2014 and again in 2017.