The venue is Centro Brasileiro de Pesquisas Físicas (CBPF), a national research institute located in the boundary between the Botafogo and Urca neighborhoods in Rio de Janeiro, near Pão de Açúcar.
The address is:
150 Dr. Xavier Sigaud Street
(Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud, 150)
Arrival instructions (in Portuguese).
Airports in Rio de Janeiro
- TOM JOBIM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT "Galeão" (GIG): Tom Jobim International Airport has direct international flights from 48 cities in 16 countries. It is located 24 kilometers distance from Rio de Janeiro City Center. It takes approximately 40 minutes to get from Airport to the CBPF.
- SANTOS DUMONT AIRPORT (SDU): It is located just 8 km from the Urca neighborhood, where CBPF is located. It operates mostly for domestic flights. It takes around 20 minutes to get from SDU Airport to the venue.
To get from the airports to your hotel, we suggest you use yellow taxis or riding apps like Uber. Additional information about fares can be found at the Riogaleão website. To move around the city, specially at night, it is also safer to use taxis or rides, even in relatively short distances.
Taxi and ride-hailing
- Services of ride-hailing apps: Ride-hailing apps for smartphones such as Uber operate in Rio de Janeiro, and can serve as an alternative to traditional taxis.
- There is also an app to call Rio de Janeiro city taxis (yellow cabs) called Taxi.Rio, you may download it from the city-hall website (you need to create an account in order to use it).
Public Transportation
- The closest Metrô station is Botafogo, about a 20 minute walk from CBPF. The metrô fare is R$7.90.
- The bus fare is R$4.70 and t there is line 513 that runs from Botafogo Metrô station in direction to Urca, and stops nearby (corner of Av. Pasteur and Rua Dr. Xavier Sigaud). To check bus routes and schedules we suggest looking at the Moovit app.
- There is a public transport payment app available for smartphones, Jaé.
