Social Programme


Welcome Reception

The conference reception, offered by the Ponta Delgada City Hall on Wednesday, June 3, starting at 19:00, will take place at the Centro Municipal de Cultura. All participants and registered accompanying persons are invited. Centro Municipal de Cultura is located at Largo Mártires da Pátria (See also map on page 8) being 20 minutes walk from VIP Executive Hotel, or a short Taxi ride.

 

Banquet

The Conference banquet will take place at the Restaurant Solar da Graça on Thursday, June 4, starting at 20:00. The Restaurant Solar da Graça is a typical restaurant, officially recognized of touristic interest by the Portuguese government in 1962. The restaurant is located at Rua do Mercado 26 and is at walking distance from the University of the Azores Campus and VIP Executive Hotel.

 

Tour of S. Miguel island

The tour of S. Miguel island is included for all registered participants and accompanying persons. It will take place on Saturday, June 6. The buses for the Tour will leave at 9:00 from the VIP Executive Hotel and will proceed to Lagoa do Fogo, Lagoa das Furnas, Terra Nostra Park and return to Ponta Delgada. Lunch, included in the Tour, will take place at the Terra Nostra Hotel and will include the famous Cozido das Furnas (a mix of vegetables and meats slowly cooked in the hot volcanic soil of the geyser region of Furnas). The Hot Springs and Natural Swimming Pools of Hot Water at the Terra Nostra Park and Hotel are an invitation for you to have a swim. So, you are welcome to take your swimming suit and towel and enjoy these Hot Waters. For those that have flights leaving Ponta Delgada in the end of the day, bring your luggage to the Tour and you will be dropped at the airport by the end of the Tour, well in time for your scheduled flight.