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Held in February/March, this festival is great fun, with everyone out to watch processions
of those in their home-made fancy dress.
Easter Festival
Castelo de Vide's big bash - and one of the most traditional of its festivals - is the four-
day fair on Good Friday to Easter Monday when a couple of lambs go through the highs
and lows of blessings and slaughter. Processions, folk dances, band music and revelry take
place.
EASTER
Sleeping
Casa de Hóspedes Melanie
( 245 901 632; Largo do Paça Novo 3; s/d/tr €25/35/45; )
Situated near a leafy square, this clean
spot is up there with Portugal's best-value accommodation. It has five neat and light
rooms with cork-tile floors. Longer stayers are invited to enjoy the roof terrace.
GUESTHOUSE
€
Casa de Hóspedes Machado
( 245 901 515; Rua Luís de Camões 33; s/d/tr €25/30/35)
On the western edge of town, this friendly
and efficiently run place has airy, modern and spotless rooms. There's a small, shared kit-
chen and outdoor patio.
GUESTHOUSE
€
Casa do Parque
( 245 901 250;
www.casadoparque.net
; Av da Aramenha 37; s €35-45, d €40-65)
Overlooking the park,
and in a historic building (a former girls' school - even the receptionist has a school mat-
ron's manner), this spot has inviting, slightly worn rooms with tile floors and big win-
dows. Prices are very changeable.
GUESTHOUSE
€
Casa Amarela
( 245 905 878;
www.casaamarelath.com
;
Praça Dom Pedro V 11; s €65-70, d €70-120, ste €140)
This beauti-
fully restored 18th-century building on the main square, with views over the
praça,
is a
GUESTHOUSE
€€
