Annual Science Conference: 22-25 September 2004 / 92nd Statutory meeting 19-29 September - Vigo, Spain


 
 

 

VIGO (SPAIN) 
Location: 
Vigo is placed in the Spanish region of Galicia, on the North-Western coast.
It is connected to the hinterland through a wide network of infrastructures: motorways, roads, railways and airports and is located in the centre of the axial motorway: A Coruña (Spain) - Oporto - Lisbon (Portugal). In 1998 Vigo reached an outstanding improvement in its land accesses when the high speed road to the capital (Madrid) and the Rías Baixas motorway were inaugurated.

 

Road distances from Vigo to the main capitals

Pontevedra 30 Km Madrid 600 Km
Santiago  90 Km Barcelona  1200 Km
A Coruña  160 Km Bilbao  720 Km
Ourense  100 Km Ponferrada  250 Km
Porto  155 Km Valencia  965 Km
Lisbon  465 Km Paris  1600 Km