Before you leave home

Visa and Entry Requirements for Portugal

If you haven't already applied for your visa, it may be too late. See here https://summit.creativecommons.org/travelling-to-portugal/

Accommodations

CC HQ and scholarship recipients are staying at | My Story Tejo.

Our CC Portugal team kindly put together suggestions for other hotels https://summit.creativecommons.org/accommodations-in-lisbon/

Currency

Portugal uses Euros. See how much your home currency is compared to EUR! https://www.oanda.com/currency/

Lisbon Weather

In May, the weather in Lisbon gets up to the low 20's (Celsius) during the day and mid-teens in the evening. You may see a bit of rain. Be sure to have a jacket and long pants.

Electricity

Portugal uses Type F for their plugs and sockets. Be sure to bring along an adapter if you are coming from a country that does not use the same type. https://www.power-plugs-sockets.com/portugal/

After you arrive

Travel between the airport and the hotel

Transit

SIM Cards & Cellphones

There are kiosks in the airport where you can get a temporary sim card. It should cost about 15 or 20 EUR for a sim card with data for a week or so. MEO or Vodafone are both reliable carriers.

Summit Venues

Museu do Oriente

Av. Brasília 352

1350-352 Lisboa, Portugal

Nearest transit station:

Capitólio

Parque Mayer

Lisboa, Portugal

Nearest transit station:

Registration

Make sure you registered for the event!

When you arrive, simply show a piece of identification to a person at the registration desk to get in. Do not lose your badge, it is your access pass for the whole weekend.

Web Information

Program: https://ccglobalsummit2019lisbonportugal.sched.com/

Twitter: @ccglobalsummit

Hashtag: #ccsummit

Slack channel: #cc-summit

Printing Services

Meeting Spaces

Non-Civic Community Spaces

Civic Spaces

Meeting at Coffee Shops

Meeting at Bars

Privately Operated Spaces and Space Booking Services

Tourism

Wikitravel

You'll find the Lisbon wikitravel page here https://wikitravel.org/en/Lisbon

Food & Drink

Sport

Music & Culture

Nature

Other

Credits