Honours-Trip 2018 Porto, Portugal

Honors-
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2018 Porto
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Index:

Introduction 3
Daily schedule 4
Travel & Accommodation 5
Portuguese crash course 7
The sights & activities 9
More activities 13
Activities on sunday 15
Luggage 15
Packing list 16
Water in Portugal 16

Fabio Jetses +49 157 840 422 06

Jakob Kunert +316 117 155 10
Hilde de Boer +316 486 868 11

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„Opening up like a pop-up book from the Rio Douro at sunset, humble-yet-opulent Porto entices
with its higgledy-piggledy medieval centre, divine food and wine, and charismatic locals“ –
LONELY PLANET

Introduction
In 2014 and 2017, Porto was elected The Best European Destination by the Best European
Destinations Agency - europeanbestdestinations.org.

On the 5th of July we are finally heading off to one of the most beautiful and truly fascinating
cities in Portugal – Porto. Porto has about 2.4 million inhabitants, only in the urban area of
the city (150 sq miles). It is the second largest urban area in Portugal (Lisbon being the
largest) and a number one tourism attraction, especially during the warm summer month.
The weather conditions during our stay are expected to be fabulous and therefore we will
make the most of it. Located along the Douro river estuary in Northern Portugal, Porto is one
of the oldest European centres. We will have the opportunity to enjoy beautiful sunsets at
the river before enjoying the old town and its charm at night. The historical core of Porto has
been proclaimed a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1996. The western part of its urban
area extends to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. A short travel will allow us to catch a few
waves on the Atlantic Ocean before enjoying a “lunch with a view”. We are making sure YOU
will get the best out of the trip by seeing unique spots, experiencing the culture as well as
the taste of it. In fact, a Portuguese export wine is even named after Porto (due to its
responsibility for the export, packaging etc.) which we will not miss out to enjoy. Look
forward to an unforgettable trip that will not only allow you to experience a new culture, but
also a uniqueness of our honours community. Besides fun, entertaining, challenging and
sportive activities, there will be plenty of time to connect and exchange with other honours
students. We are looking forward to a great trip with great people! Join in 

„Porto is a city on the rise, tempting travellers

with its pretty old town, excellent wine bars and
golden rooftops. This isn’t a destination for those
who want up-to-the-minute cool – this is the spot
for long, seafood dinners, slow strolls through
sleepy streets and a white port and tonic as the
sun sets. It’s traditional Portugal at its finest,
without the crowds of Lisbon or the tackiness of
the Algarve.“ – INDEPENDENT, Brady Nicola

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Daily schedule

Thursday
9:20 Gather at Groningen main station
9:48 Depart train towards Schiphol
16:05 Flight from Amsterdam to Porto
17:50 Arrival at the Airport in Porto
19:52 Depart towards hostel
20:40 Check-in at the hostel
21:00 Dinner

Friday
08:00 Breakfast at the hostel
10:00- 13:00 City tour
13:00 Free-time for lunch
14:50 Leave to FC Porto Stadium from the hostel
16:00 Fc Porto stadium tour
18:30 Back at the hostel
19:00 Free-time for dinner & drinks

Saturday
08:00 Breakfast at the hostel
09:00 Pickup at the hostel for surf lessons
10:00 - 12:00 Surf lessons
12:30 Lunch at the beach
13:00 Sport & Relaxation at the beach
16:30 Back at the hostel
19:00 Dinnertime in Porto Harbour
21:00 Wine tasting/ exploring Porto Harbour

Sunday
08:00 Breakfast at the hostel
12.15 Departure of flight Wilco, Ranco, Dyon and Bart
13.00 Picnic in Jardim do Morro (Hill Garden)
14:00 - 18:00 Do all the things you haven't done yet in Porto
18:30 Last dinner in the city

Monday
4:00 Breakfast
4:30 Leave the hostel
5:00 Departure subway
5:30 Arrival at the airport
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8:20 Departure flight towards Amsterdam

Travel & Accommodation

Groningen - Amsterdam - Porto - Hostel

From Groningen it is a 2,5-hour train ride to get to the Airport Amsterdam Schiphol. Therefore,
we will leave Groningen at 9:48 on Thursday the 5th of July. We gather at the main station of
Groningen at 9:20. We arrive at Schiphol at 12:55.

We will departure in Amsterdam at 16:05 and it will take about 2 hours 45 minutes until we
reach our destination, Porto. In Porto we will use the public transportation to get to the city
centre, where our hostel will be located.

The flight of Wilco, Ranco & Bart will arrive at 18:30, the flight of Leonie arrives at 18:45. We’ll
wait for them and travel as one big group towards our hostel. We travel by subway towards
our hostel. We take line E (purple), which departs every 20 minutes. Don’t forget to get out at
stop Trindade. Then we’ll have to make a quick change towards line D (yellow), and get out at
São Bento.

We stay at the Bluesock Hostel Porto (https://www.bluesockhostels.com/) :

R. de São João 40
4050-297 Porto
Portugal
+351 227 664 171

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Public Transportation in Porto

In Porto people work with the Andante card, it’s like the OV-chipkaart we know from the
Netherlands. This is an rechargeable card. At the station of depart you’ll have to check in and
also when you change lines you’ll have to validate your card. Here are some facts about the
public transport in Porto:

- Make sure you check in, the fines are more expensive than in the Netherlands: €95,-!
- The system of public transport works with zones you’ll travel in/trough
- It also works with time of travelling, the zones are expiring after an given amount of
time
- It doesn’t matter where you’re travelling to, if it’s in the zone within the given time
you’ll pay always the same price.
- The prices of an andante card is €0,60, in Holland you pay for an OV-chipkaart €7,50
- Aeroporto → São Bento takes 4 zones (referred as Z4)

Do you want to know more about the public transport? Visit the website of Metro do Porto
(https://en.metrodoporto.pt/).

Transportation towards Fc Porto Stadium

Travelling towards the Fc Porto stadium takes us only 2 zones. As mentioned in the programm
we leave at 14:50 towards Fc Porto stadium. We walk towards São Bento, where the subway
departs at 15:19. We take line D (yellow) towards Trindade and be there at 15:23, at 15:33 we
take line A (blue) towards Estadio do Drago and arrive at 15:50 at the Fc Porto stadium.

We travel back at 18:01 with line B (red) towards Trindade (18:07), were we change at 18:10
to line D (yellow) and arrive at 18:18 at São Bento. Dinner group 2 can also decide to eat
somewhere near Trindade, then we’ll have to walk back to the hostel (20 minutes).

Hostel - Porto Harbour

As promised we go to Porto Harbour for a visit. After the surfing we’ve got 1,5 hours to take a
shower and dress up to leave. At 18:00 we leave the hostel, make a small walk towards bus
stop Ribeira (Infante) (RBRI2). At 18:09 the bus leaves towards Porto Harbour, stop
Matosinhos (Mercado) (MATM2). It’s a beautiful route along the river Douro and the coastline
of Porto, so sit back and enjoy the views.

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Hostel - Airport - Amsterdam - Groningen

The journey back home starts very early. At 5:00 our bus leaves from Aliados, so at 4:30
we need to leave the hostel and walk towards the bus stop. At 5:30 we’ll arrive at the airport.
At 8:20 our flight departs and at 11:55 we’ll arrive at Schiphol. From Schiphol our journey goes
back to Groningen by train for an 2,5 hours ride.

Portuguese crash course

I don’t speak Portuguese Eu não falo português

Hello Olá The numbers:

Good morning Bom dia
Good evening Boa tarde 1 um, uma
Good night Boa noite 2 dois,
See you! adeus duas
See you soon! até logo/ adeusinhor 3 três
4 quatro
Welcome Bem vindo, bem vinda 5 cinco
My name is.. Chamo-me... 6 seis
Nice to meet you Muito prazer em 7 sete
conhecê-lo 8 oito
What’s your name? Como (é que) te chamas ? 9 nove
10 dez
How are you? como você está
Good bom
Good, thank you! óptimo, obrigado/a
Not to good não tão bom

Yes sim
No não
Thank You! obrigado, obrigada
No problem/ You’re welcome de nada

Thursday quinta feira

Friday sexta feira
Saturday sábado
Sunday domingo

Where can I get a cab? Onde posso arranjar um taxi?

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Where is the restaurant? Onde e o restaurante?

Could you give me the menue? Pode me dar o menu, por favor?
Where is the bar? Onde está o bar?
Where is the atm? Onde está o banco?
Where can I exchange money? Onde posso trocar dinheiro?

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The sights & activities

Just let the pictures talk for now before Tiago will take us on a city tour through
Porto

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The Estádio do Dragão (Dragon Stadium) is an all-seater

footballstadium located in Porto, Portugal, and the current
home ground of Futebol Clube do Porto. It has a capacity of
50,033, making it the third largest football ground in
Portugal.
Designed by Portuguese architect Manuel Salgado, the
stadium was built to replace Porto's previous ground, the
Estádio das Antas, and was inaugurated on 16 November
2003 with a friendly match against Barcelona, which set an
attendance record of 52,000 spectators. A UEFA category
four stadium, it hosted UEFA Euro 2004 matches, including
the opening, and has held several other international club
competition and national team matches. It has also served as
a concert venue to international musical artists, such as
Coldplay, Muse and The Rolling Stones.

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With 74 awards it’s the best club in Portugal, Fc Porto has won the league title 24 times,
only Benfica has won more titles (34). Last year Fc Porto also won the league of Portugal.

Fc Porto Stadium tour

We are going to visit the Fc Porto stadium and have an museum tour and stadium tour. It will
be an interactive tour. The tours are non-guided, but the views will absolutely be awesome!

The Douro is one of the major rivers of the Iberian Peninsula, flowing from its source near
Duruelo de la Sierra in Soria Province across northern-central Spain and Portugal to its outlet
at Porto.

Culture and economy

These reaches of the Douro have a microclimate allowing for cultivation of olives, almonds,
and especially grapes, which are important for making the famous Port wine. The region
around Pinhão and São João da Pesqueira is considered to be the centre of Port wine, with its
quintas (or farms/estates) that extend along the steep slopes of the river valleys. In the 21st
century, many of these quintas are owned by multinational wine companies.
Recently, a prosperous tourist industry has developed based on river excursions from Porto
to points along the Upper Douro valley.
The Douro railway line (in Portuguese: Linha do Douro) was completed in 1887; it connects
Porto, Rio Tinto, Ermesinde, Valongo, Paredes, Penafiel, Livração, Marco de Canaveses, Régua,
Tua and Pocinho. Pocinho is near the city of Foz Côa, which is close to Côa Valley Paleolithic
Art site. This is considered important to the archaeological pre-historic patrimony, and it has
been designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Wine tasting
As you guys know the wine tasting is a luxury, so it’s optional and at your own costs. The wine
tasting will be in Porto Harbour, starting after our dinner.

So after the dinner on saturday we’ll split up in two groups: the wine tasting and the ones who
won’t do the wine tasting. The people in the second group will make a walk through Porto
Harbour and drink some beers (�) somewhere else.

More activities

Surfing
We’re going to surf in Porto! We’ll have 2 hours of surf lessons and afterwards we have a lunch
at the beach and stay there for the afternoon. We also arranged the organisation will pick us
up and drops us off at the hostel. The organisation we’re surfing with is:

Academia do Mar - Surfschool

www.academiadomar.com

The surf school will provide us with a surfboard and wetsuit, you don’t have to bring your own.

Assessments
Some of us will have their assessments in Porto. There are some moments in the programm
available for having your assessment with your coach:
- Friday 13:00 - 14:30 (after the city tour)
- Saturday 13:00 - 16:00 (have an assessment on the beach, how cool is that?)
- Sunday almost the whole day is available (not during the picnic please)

Dinner groups
We'll have 4 dinners in the city. In order to prevent discussing all night where to eat, we have
made 4 dinner groups, the persons in this group will decide where we'll eat with the whole
group that night. So the dinner group 1 will decide where we'll eat the first evening, and so
on.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4

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Agnes Bart Charissa Fabio

Jakob Dyon Hilde Janis

Sam Jan Ranco Joke

Wilco Leonie Jim

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Activities on sunday

As you know our program is based on leaving sunday in the morning, but now we’re leaving
monday morning we’ve got some time in Porto left. We planned only one activity with the
whole group the remaining hours of the day will be filled in as you like it.

Picnic
The picnic will be at the Jardim do Morro (Hill Garden). This picnic will be prepared by the
whole group, everyone will receive an tasks to prepare something. This will mostly be the
thing you do sunday morning.

Sunday afternoon
After the picnic we split up in small groups. During the picnic you can bring up your own ideas
of what you want to do/visit in the afternoon. We’ll make small groups and visit with that
group the things you brought up.

Transportation
When you want to visit something outside walking distance, it’s possible to get your Andante
Card to travel towards that spot. Discuss this with the organisation of the trip, they have your
card and will explain how the public transport system works.

Luggage

We travel with Vueling to Porto and back to Amsterdam with Transavia. Keep in mind that you
only can bring a small bag of hand luggage with you. The formats accepted by the airlines are
described in the image below. You can read more information about what you can carry with
you at: https://www.transavia.com/nl-NL/veelgestelde-vragen/handbagage/

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Packing list

Check if you’re Porto-ready!

❏ Passport
❏ Insurance cards
❏ Wallet
❏ Charger of your phone
❏ Medicines
❏ Toiletries
❏ Enough clothes
❏ Sunglasses
❏ Towels (you can also rent them at the hostel)
❏ Swimwear
❏ Suncream/sunblock
❏ 1x flipflops & 1x normal shoes
❏ A small daily bag/backpack
❏ Some games to play at the beach (inflatable ball or cards or something else)
❏ Optional: a lock so you can leave your belongings with an peace of mind in the hostel

Missing something on this list? Let everybody know in our app!

Water in Portugal

The water in Portugal is the same quality as we’re used to in Holland. So you can refill your
bottle with water from the tap with an peaced state of mind. When you don’t trust the taps, it’s
also possible to buy your bottled water in the supermarket.

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