MPC 2000

Fifth International Conference on

MATHEMATICS OF PROGRAM CONSTRUCTION

July 3 - 5, 2000, Ponte de Lima , Portugal

 

The Venue: accommodation and transport

[ Introduction | Footpath «milestones»
Casa do Arrabalde | Casa do Barreiro | Casa de Covas | Casa de Crasto | Casa de Fontão | Casa do Salgueirinho | Casa de S. Gonçalo | Casa das Torres | Casa da Várzea | Paço de Calheiros | Quinta do Baganheiro | Quinta da Costinha | Quinta do Rei | Quinta da Roseira | Quinta de Sabadão ]

  Introduction

• For delegates who did request accommodation in their registration, this is provided in manor houses by the TURIHAB Guest House Association (see Places to Stay ). These are family homes as opposed to hotels, offering a different kind of accommodation with a personal touch.
• Below you will find a list of 15 houses in which TURIHAB has booked accommodation for MPC 2000 participants and co-located workshops. Some are walking distance from Diogo Bernardes Theater (No. 15 on this map ) where the conference will take place. For each of these a detailed footpath is provided. Capital letters between square brackets (e.g. [K]) indicate «milestones» which are listed below and pictured on the maps (west and east ).
• Mini-buses will be available to transport delegates from the non-walking distance guest houses to the Theater.

  Casa do Arrabalde

• TURIHAB ref.: 28
• Walking distance: 10 minutes
• Footpath: Turn left when leaving the house in the direction of the Largo d'Além da Ponte («Beyond the bridge» square, [M] on the map ) and then right to the Torre Velha (Old Watch Tower) [K], which you will reach in less than 2 minutes. It will take you a 4 minute walk to cross the bridge towards Largo de Camões [L] and another 4 to reach the Terceiros Museum and the Albergaria (fetch [E] on the map ). Here you know where you are: Diogo Bernardes theater is just some 50 meters up the road.

  Casa do Barreiro

• TURIHAB ref.: 29
• Non-walking distance: trip by mini-bus

  Casa de Covas

• TURIHAB ref.: 45
• Non-walking distance: trip by mini-bus

  Casa de Crasto

• TURIHAB ref.: 31
• Walking distance: 17 minutes
• Footpath: Turn left when leaving the gateway [N] (see the map ) and go along the «vine-roofed» rural lane (1 minute). Then turn left and go up the road for another ± 1 minute, reaching road-crossing [P] after you've passed by the NETCOOP «cyber café» on your right (a rather strong contrast in rural Minho: there is a smell of poultry and cattle nearby). In [P] take another narrow, rural lane (second on your right) and in 2 minutes you reach the old road to Ponte da Barca . This is [Q], where you can see the yellow baroque façade of the Garrida House , today the headquarters of a private high-school. (The house is still there because the town's population rioted, back to the 1970s, against its being sold to a whealthy textile industrialist who wanted to move it, stone by stone, to his residence in the district of Porto). If you turn left here and go straight on you reach Largo de Camões [L] in 5 minutes. For a more relaxed walk cross the Ponte da Barca road in [Q] and keep going along the rural lane which leads to another road [O] where you turn left. This will bring you (in about 4 minutes) to the Capela de S. João (St.John's chapel) on the river bank [R]. Proceed along the Alameda to the medieval bridge. Either go up to Largo de Camões [L] and proceed as above, or keep walking along the sandy river bank until you reach [E] (see the map ). Here you know where you are: Diogo Bernardes theater is just some 50 meters up the road.

  Casa de Fontão

• TURIHAB ref.: 32
• Non-walking distance: trip by mini-bus

  Casa do Salgueirinho

• TURIHAB ref.: 47
• Walking distance: 21 minutes
• Footpath: After a 1 min. walk along the «vine-roofed» lane leaving Salgueirinho (fetch [S] on the map ), you reach the old country road to the Senhora da Luz chapel (there is a small olive tree where both roads meet). Turn right in the direction of this chapel (4 min.). The chapel's crenellated tower is visible from far [T]. At the square in front of the chapel, turn left towards the N202 highway. You can take a shortcut by turning left some 20 before the chapel and passing by the Senhora da Luz café (which looks proud of its 1664 Kronenbourg labels) and left again to take the route to the N202 highway. This will take you ± 3 minutes. Carefully cross the N202 [U] and proceed on the same road which you can easily spot resuming on the other side of the highway, slightly bending to the left. This road will lead you (± 3 min.) to the Freiria square [V]. After passing by the Freiria House and chapel (on your right) proceed along the street ahead whose pavement has been removed due to road works. In less than 2 minutes you reach the Largo d'Além da Ponte («Beyond the bridge» square) [M] and then the Torre Velha (Old Watch Tower) [K]. It will take you a 4 minute walk to cross the bridge towards Largo de Camões [L] and another 4 to reach the Terceiros Museum and the Albergaria ([E] on the map ). Here you know where you are: Diogo Bernardes theater is just some 50 meters up the road.

  Casa de S. Gonçalo

• TURIHAB ref.: 48
• Walking distance: 11 minutes
• Footpath: Turn right when leaving the house in the direction of the Largo d'Além da Ponte («Beyond the bridge» square, [M] on the map ) and then again to the right to the Torre Velha (Old Watch Tower) square [K], which you reach in about 3 minutes. It will take you a 4 minute walk to cross the bridge towards Largo de Camões [L] and another 4 to reach the Terceiros Museum and the Albergaria ([E] on the map ). Here you know where you are: Diogo Bernardes theater is just some 50 meters up the road.

  Casa das Torres

• TURIHAB ref.: 34
• Non-walking distance: trip by mini-bus

  Casa da Várzea

• TURIHAB ref.: 35
• Non-walking distance: trip by mini-bus

  Paço de Calheiros

• TURIHAB ref.: 36
• Non-walking distance: trip by minibus

  Quinta do Baganheiro

• TURIHAB ref.: 39
• Non-walking distance: trip by minibus

  Quinta da Costinha

• TURIHAB ref.: 40
• Non-walking distance: trip by minibus

  Quinta do Rei

• TURIHAB ref.: 41
• Non-walking distance: trip by minibus

  Quinta da Roseira

• TURIHAB ref.: 42
• Walking distance: 18 minutes
• Footpath: Turn right when leaving the gateway [A] (see the map ). Keep walking along this road until will reach the N203 high-way [B] (this will take about 6 minutes; in the meantime you should have passed by Ponte de Lima's central electricity unit on your left). Carefully cross the N203 and turn right to reach (1 min.) the beginning [C] of the so-called caminho do rio («river route») on your left, a stone-paved narrow lane leading to the river. A 6 minute walk along this route will bring you to the left bank of river Lima [D], close to the mini-dam. Turn right for a pleasant 6 minute walk along the river bank until you reach (after passing by the Guia chapel [X] and below the N201 high-way) the Terceiros Museum and the Albergaria [E]. Here you know where you are: Diogo Bernardes theater is just some 50 meters up the road.

  Quinta de Sabadão

• TURIHAB ref.: 43
• Walking distance: 23 minutes
• Footpath: Turn left when leaving the gateway [F] (see the map ) and proceed until you reach the N202 high-way. Turn left again and carry on walking along the N202 until you reach the Faldejães roundabout [G], after the bridge of the Labruja brook (± 3 minutes later). Carefully cross the N202 and take, at the roundabout, the right direction towards Ponte de Lima. This is the Faldejães road. Keep going straight along this road (don't turn left at [H]) until you reach the medieval bridge over the Labruja [I], some 7 minutes later. Instead of crossing this bridge, turn left and walk by the brook until you reach the wooden bridge of the Arnado beach [J] footpath, ± 1 minute later. Cross this bridge and follow the wooden footpath of the Arnado in the direction of the Torre Velha (Old Watch Tower) square [K], 4 minutes later. It will take you another 4 minute walk to cross the bridge towards Largo de Camões [L] and another 4 to reach the Terceiros Museum and the Albergaria ([E] on the map ). Here you know where you are: Diogo Bernardes theater is just some 50 meters up the road.

  Footpath «milestones»

The following «milestones» (mentioned in the footpaths above) are pictured on two maps, one covering the western part of town and surroundings and the other covering the eastern part of town and surroundings.

[A] - Roseira gateway

[B] - N203 high-way

[C] - Beginning of the river route

[D] - River Lima left bank

[E] - Terceiros Museum

[F] - Sabadão gateway

[G] - Faldejães roundabout (N202)

[H] - Faldejães road

[I] - Labruja medieval bridge

[J] - wooden bridge over the Labruja brook (Arnado footpath)

[K] - Torre Velha (Old Watch Tower) square

[L] - Largo de Camões (Camões square)

[M] - Largo d'Além da Ponte («Beyond the bridge» square)

[N] - Casa de Crasto gateway

[O] - road leading to Capela de S. João

[P] - right after the NETCOOP café

[Q] - Casa da Garrida

[R] - Capela de S. João

[S] - end of Salgueirinho 's «vine-roofed» path

[T] - Senhora da Luz chapel

[U] - N202 highway crossing the Senhora da Luz road

[V] - Freiria house and square

[X] - Guia chapel

Enjoy your walk!

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