By road

From the north using the A1 motorway or from the east using the A25. Take the A1 motorway headed to Lisbon. Exit the A1 in the direction of Aveiro and take the A25. There are two exits to the city from the A25, first "Aveiro-Norte" and some kilometres further on, the "Aveiro" exit. This second exit is the best for reaching the University of Aveiro.
From the south using the A1 motorway. Take the A1 motorway in the direction of Porto. Exit the motorway at "Aveiro-Sul/Águeda" (exit 15) and follow the EN235 road directly to the University Campus. From the south, using the A8 and A17 motorways. Exit the motorway at "Aveiro-Sul” and follow the EN235 road directly to the University campus.

Flying to Portugal

The closest airport is Francisco Sá Carneiro International Airport in Oporto, located 70kms to the north of Aveiro.
Portela International Airport in Lisbon is located 250kms to the south of Aveiro.
For more information click here.

From Oporto to Aveiro

The trip between the airport and the railway station (called Porto-Campanhã), which has direct rail connections to Aveiro, can be done by taxi for around 20€ and takes around 30 minutes. A less expensive way to reach the Porto-Campanhã railway station is to use the Metro, Violet (E) Line, which has a terminal at the airport. The trips between the airport and the railway station take about 32 minutes. Click here for Metro information. The train journey to Aveiro takes between 40 minutes if you take the Alfa Pendular train and Intercidades and one hour if you take a regular train. There are many trains running regularly to Aveiro from Porto. Click here for train timetables.

From Lisbon to Aveiro

If you're arriving by plane, the best way to come to Aveiro is by train from Lisboa-Oriente railway station. To get to the train station, you can take a taxi, which takes about 10 minutes and costs around 10€, but there are less expensive ways to get there, by bus, for example (lines 5 and 96). Click here for train timetables.

University Campus

Aveiro railway station is located at about 20 minutes walking distance or 5 minutes taxi ride from the University Campus. To reach the Campus, you can also use the bus (green line) which departs at regular intervals from outside the railway station.

Download a Campus Map here. See Aveiro in Google Maps.

Campus de Santiago, 3810-193 Aveiro, tel. +351 234 372 529, +351 234 370 645
esgi@mat.ua.pt