This page will be updated as soon as more information is available.
BY PLANE – New Information
The Portuguese Chess Federation will organize a charter flight from Lisbon (LIS) to Porto Santo (PXO) on 16 November, returning 29 November. The cost of the flights is €350, and includes one piece of dispatched luggage per person (23kg) and a cabin bag weighing 8kg.
The timetable will be confirmed later, but the first leg should leave Lisbon in late afternoon, and the return will be very early in the morning, to allow the participants to connect with their connecting flights.
Those interested may PRE-RESERVE with flight with us. Please don’t make payments yet. Priority will be given to players already registered.
Players arriving directly in Funchal (FNC) may travel with the evening flight of Binter Canarias (20h30). Notice however that tickets for these flights are not yet on sale. Players arriving in Funchal on or before 15 November have also the possibility of travelling by ferry on that evening (19h00).
Players who wish to travel on 17 November itself may travel with either the morning flight of Binter Canarias (07h30), or with the ferry from Funchal (08:00). For players wishing to stay in Funchal either before or after the championship, Vila Baleira Funchal (4*) proposes a special offer (€85 per night, with breakfast, single or double room)
NOTICE THAT PORTO (OPO) AND PORTO SANTO (PXO) ARE DIFFERENT AIRPORTS. Players arriving to Porto (OPO) are advised to travel to Funchal (FNC) and then to Porto Santo.
Participants may also fly to Funchal Airport (FNC), which has winter connections to over 30 European airports, as well as to New York (JFK) and Toronto (YYZ).
Binter Canarias flies twice every day of the year from Funchal Airport
(FNC) to Porto Santo (PXO), under a public service contract.
The plane currently leaves Funchal Airport to Porto Santo at 07h30 and 20h30, returning at 8h30 and 21h30. The Winter schedule may have slight adjustments.
The flight takes around 25 minutes.
BY FERRY:
Notice that option is most convenient for the participants who wish to visit Madeira Island.
There is a daily ferry (“Lobo Marinho”, capacity 1150 passengers) between the islands of Madeira and Porto Santo, except Tuesdays.
The ferry leaves Funchal at 08:00, except on Fridays (19:00).
The ferry leaves Porto Santo at 18:00, except on Fridays (22:30).
The trip takes 2h30.
Further information on the website of Porto Santo Line: https://www.portosantoline.pt/en/
VISITING MADEIRA ISLAND:
Vila Baleira Hotel (Funchal) has special options for participants who which to spend some time in Madeira islands before or after the tournament.
