45. Travel & Accommodations

Jean-Marie Farines — 2010-04-09T19:25:18Z

Getting to Gramado

To get to Gramado from abroad, you should first take a flight to Porto Alegre (Salgado Filho International Airport) and then take a terrestrial transportation (explained later on).

Salgado Filho International Airport is the largest airport located in Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil. Salgado Filho Airport is well served by domestic flights, specially from Brazil's two most important gateway ports: Rio de Janeiro (Antônio Carlos Jobim Int'l Airport) and São Paulo (Gov. André Franco Montoro Int'l Airport). Besides, there are also international flights with direct connections to Salgado Filho departing from cities of the Southern Cone (e.g., Buenos Aires and Montevideo).

Departing from Salgado Filho Airport, the possible transportation towards Gramado are by transfer service, taxi or bus. The fare by person (one way) is the folowing:

By Transfer Service: R$ 60,00 ( U$ 34.00)

By Taxi: from R$ 300,00 ( U$ 170,00) to R$ 400,00 ( U$ 226,00)

By Bus: R$ 26,90 ( U$ 15,25 including insurance)

Passport & Visa

A valid passport is required to travel to Brazil.

A tourism visa is required for citizens of several countries. For example, a visa is required for U.S. and Canadian citizens. In this case, please visit the Brazilian Embassy website in Washington, D.C. For further information about visa application requirements, contact your travel agent and/or a local Brazilian Consulate office.

Accommodations

The Organisation selects Hotel Serra Azul as the official hotel of the School. Located in the central part of Grama do, only 800m away from UFRGS Convention Center. Other hotels in Gramado and region can be found in hotel lists.

More informations on accommodations can also be found in SBRC2010 (School co-located event) site.

40. Venue

Jean-Marie Farines — 2010-04-09T17:39:57Z

The School will take place at the UFRGS Convention Center, in the city of Gramado, Brazil. Gramado is located at the mountainous region in the northeastern part of the Rio Grande do Sul State, with south latitute 29° 24' and length west 50° 52'.

The average temperature for the conference period should be between 10-18°C (50-64°F).

Gramado is on the same time zone as Porto Alegre, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo: 3 hours behind GMT (no daylight saving time).

A few pictures of the GRAMADO region

Lago Negro - Gramado

Serra Gaucha - Gramado

Cascata do Caracol - Canela (5km Gramado)