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UPA-BUA Union Professionnelle d'Architectes
Beroepsunie Van Architecten

Travels and visits

UPA-BUA STUDY TRIP 
2020  to LISBON

 

From Saturday 9th of May till Monday 11th of May

LISBON…. the city of the 7 hills… in the footsteps of the Phoenicians, Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans and Visigoths. The Moorish and medieval periods. The Manuelian style of the XVI °. The 18th century Baroque, a time of great discoveries ... After the earthquake, the fires and the tidal wave of 1755, the Marquis de Pombal razed the old center and launched the idea of ​​a '' Modern City '' . Lifts, funiculars, tram 28, small black and white cobblestones, the April 25 Bridge over the Tagus. A green city with 600 ha of forests, botanical gardens. The reconstruction of the Chiado Alvaro Siza, the Pavilions of the 1998 Expo at the Parque das Naçoes, the Vasco Aquarium by Gama Peter Chermayeff, the Gare de l'Orient Calatrava, the MAAT Amanda Levete, LX factory… Works by our colleagues … Aires Mateus,… Carrilho da Graça, Foster,… Gonçalo Byrne,… Mendes da Rocha,… SOM, and… (… program under development…)
and… LE fado, ginja, bacalhau, pasteis de nata, Benfica,…


We have chosen for the very good hours and the least very bad prices:
Direct plane flights, RYANAIR for the outward journey and BRUSSELS AIRLINES for the return
Departure: Saturday May 9 at 7:00 a.m. from Brussels Airport,
arrival in Lisbon at 8:55 am (!!! local time = 1 hour less than at BX)
The return: Monday May 11 at 7:55 p.m. from Lisbon, arrival in Brussels at 11:40 p.m.
We will stay at the HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS LIBERDADE hotel, 2 nights + breakfast.

The estimated cost is +/- 500 € / pers. (UPA-BUA member) in double or twin room /
€ 75 / night + in a single room (there is no room with a single bed) /
€ 60 less for young UPA-BUA members (less than 10 years of practice) /
€ 60 extra for non-UPA-BUA members.

If you are interested: contact very quickly 02.384.66.87 / 0477.55.96.62 and communicate this form and copy of your C.I. and GSM to dubois.castiaux@gmail.com.

You would be very kind to validate your registration by paying a deposit
from 250 € / pers. on the account of UPA-BUA BE90 3100 5013 3932, mentioning
'' LISBON + your name '': ...

O alone / O accompanied by: Last name and First name: ……………………. (1)
O single room / O double room / O twin room (1)
O twin room to share with someone else (if possible) (1)
O for the outbound flight with RYANAIR, I only take a small 40x25x20 cm bag
to place under the seat in front of me = 10 € less than the planned flight (including
+ 1 cabin case of 55x40x20 cm) (1)

(1) tick the chosen mentions

 

Destinations of past travels by the UPA-BUA

  • 2021 : TBD
  • 2020 : Lisbon
  • 2019 : Berlin
  • 2018 : Madrid
  • 2017 : Glasgow-Edinburgh
  • 2016 : Marseille
  • 2015 : Copenhagen
  • 2014 : Porto
  • 2013 : Nantes
  • 2012 : Hamburg
  • 2009 : Bordeaux
  • 2008 : Valencia
  • 2007 : Freiburg
  • 2006 : Norht of Italy (Milan – Gênes – Turin – Bergame)
  • 2005 : Netherlands
  • 2004 : Vorarlberg
  • 2003 : Tessin
  • 2002 : Barcelona
  • 2001 : Nîmes and Montpellier
  • 2000 : Chicago
  • 1999 : Basel
  • 1998 : Frankfurt
  • 1997 : Lyon
  • 1996 : Berlin
  • 1995 : London
  • 1994 : Paris

 

Excursions and one-day visits are also organised in Belgium or abroad.
For more information have a look at  Activities