Catering

Breakfast

The hotel breakfast is included in the negotiated room price.

Lunch

A Coffee-break will be provided on site by the hotel. It includes:

• coffee, milk, teas, mineral water, orange juice
• mini "pasteis de nata" (custard-tarts)
• petit fours and homemade cake
• bread, cheese, ham
• fruits of the season
• yoghurt (natural and flavored)

If you rather have a proper meal, the hotel has a restaurant on site (but please note lunch is not included in your package, you'll have to pay for it yourself). Feel free to check out the many available restaurant options nearby (see "places to eat" below).

Dinners

Wednesday, April 24 (Pre-summit meeting)

Coming soon!

Friday, April 26 (Official Group Dinner)

Coming soon!

Places to eat, places to drink

Because not all dinners will be taken care of, this means you'll be free to roam the city in small groups, looking for food or drinks.

The Vasco da Gama Shopping Mall (map) is only 500m away from the venue (~5 minute walk) and has a large food court on floor 2 with options for all tastes, with even more restaurants and places to eat scattered across other floors.

There are many, many other options to eat in the area, and the train/subway station is also a short walk (~5 min) away, giving you access to Lisbon's rich gastronomy scene.

We'll offer suggestions on site, too.

Typical Drinks

• Ginjinha - a very traditional, cherry-like liqueur. The best place to drink/buy them is the "A Ginjinha", a historic open-fronted bar in Rossio (Sao Domingos / St. Dominic Square) (website, map)

• Vinho do Porto (Port Wine) - a strong (19-22% alcohol) and naturally sweet wine from grapes available only on the northern part of Portugal. It became known as "Port" because the wine went to that city to be exported world wide. You can get it pretty much anywhere, but if you're into wine tasting you can check out Taylor's Wine Shop and Tasting (website, map). Taylor is one of the oldest Port brands in the world.

Typical Food

Typical cuisine revolves around Bacalhau (Codfish), and lots of pork and beans. There are many restaurants offering typical portuguese meals, from the great cheap dishes of Maca Verde to the beautiful and traditional Casa do Bacalhau to the high end sophistication of the 2-star Michelin Alma.

Sweets and Pastries

Portuguese cuisine has a lot of sweets made of eggs (including the famous "pastel de nata", an egg curstard tart). If you want to try the real thing, biggest contestants are Pastelaria de Belem (as traditional as it gets, this is where the recipe came from and the only place where they can be called "Pastel de Belem") and Manteigaria. If you can, try both and let everyone know your verdict!