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press various delicious little free morsels on you throughout your meal so don't expect to
have room for dessert. This is basically behind the post office on the central Largo da Sé.
Praça Velha
( 272 328 640;
www.pracavelha.com
;
Praça Luís de Camões 17; dishes €13-16; lunch & dinner Tue-Sat, lunch
Sun)
This atmospheric former Knights Templar abode in the old town includes a medieval
wooden ceiling, stone floors and pillars, and a long buffet table heaped with platters. Try
the all-inclusive lunch specials (€13) or the fantastic Sunday buffet (€19). It's got a great
location on the old town's prettiest square. If you book online you can even choose your
table.
PORTUGUESE
€€
Information
10am-4.30pm Mon-Fri)
Free internet in the public library.
Biblioteca Municipal
(Praça do Município;
9am-11pm Mon-Fri)
Across the court-
Cyber Centro Municipal
(Praça do Município; internet per hr €1;
yard from the library.
Parque Natural do Tejo Internacional Office
( 272 348 140; pnti@icnb.pt; 2nd fl, Centro de Interpretação Ambi-
ental Bldg, Rua da Bela Vista s/n)
In a spiffy new white building in the centre. There's also a
nature exhibition here.
Turismo
( 272 330 339;
www.cm-castelobranco.pt
;
cnr Av Nuno Alvares & Rua Cadetes de Toledo;
9.30am-7.30pm Mon-Fri, 9.30am-1pm & 2-6pm Sat & Sun)
Just off the town's main square.
Getting There & Away
BUS
Rede Expressos
(
272 340 126;
www.rede-expressos.pt
)
services from Castelo Branco:
Coimbra
(€14, two to three hours, one to four daily)
Covilhã
(€6, 50 minutes, at least six daily)
Guarda
(€10.80, 1½ hours, at least six daily)
Lisbon
(€14.50, 2¾ hours, one to four daily)
TRAIN
Castelo Branco is on the Lisbon−Covilhã line. Three daily IC trains to Lisbon (€14.70, 2¾
hours) are supplemented by slower regional services (€14.20, 3¾ hours). IC/regional
trains also serve Covilhã (€6.60/6.30, 50 minutes/one hour).
