Andanças 2017 takes place in Castelo de Vide, in the district of Portalegre. The transport of each participant is one of the largest impact factors on the environment at a festival like Andanças. Therefore we ask you to carefully plan your travel, to consider different options, and choose the least pollutant way of traveling. 

With the train you can travel with all comfort and you even get a discount. From Lisbon, Porto or any other point of Portugal you can head to the station of Vila Velha de Ródão, about 45km from Castelo de Vide. The Andanças shuttle bus, coordinated by the organization of the festival, will bring all participants and their luggage to the festival site – for free.

From 7 to 12 de agosto:
Castelo de Vide - 09h45 » Rodão - 10h30.
Rodão - 11h00 » Castelo de Vide - 11h45
Castelo de Vide - 14h30 » Rodão - 15h15
Rodão -16h00 » Castelo de Vide - 16h45

There are Rede Expressos buses going from anywhere in Portugal to Castelo de Vide and you can enjoy a 25% discount . Find out more here.
To enjoy the discount, participants must purchase the ticket online, on the Rede-Expressos website between July 12 and August 14 for travel to Castelo de Vide. This is valid from August 1 to 14 (inclusive). You must use the following promotional code: AND2017 and purchase your travel online on the Rede-Expressos website, and it is necessary to present your proof of ticket purchase for the verification of your ticket. If you are a volunteer, you can request a volunteer proof from your coordinator.

You prefer to come by car? You drive and have space for more people? The most sustainable and economic solution is to offer or search for rides. You could try to arrange your travel plans with friends or family, or you use the web-site boleia.net. There you can search for rides to the festival, or you offer free spaces in your car! It is very easy, find out more here. 

Here are our GPS coordinates, in case you prefer to come by car: 39º 28' 16'' N  /  -7º 32' 35'' W. Below you find some possible routes to get to the festival site. Please note, that the local traffic routing will be changed. From near or far, don't forget to carefully plan your trip and check the opening hours of the festival.
There is a parking place to use for free, but it is a short distance away from the festival site and there is no shade. It is a provisional parking place only for the time period of the festival. It is also the only possibility for parking for visitors of the dammed lake, who don't participate in the festival.

Possible routes:
- From the north of Portugal: Follow A1 Sul / Exit Torres Novas (A/23)  › Exit Portalegre (IP2) › Alpalhão › Castelo de Vide
- From Lisbon: Follow A1 Norte / Exit Torres Novas (A/23)  › Exit Portalegre (IP2) › Alpalhão › Castelo de Vide 
- From the south of Portugal: Towards Portalegre (IP2) --> Castelo de Vide (EN241-1)