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ginal stone-walled building has been thoroughly remodelled, with modern furniture and a
wood-pellet stove for chilly winter evenings. Minimum stay is two nights.
Pousada de São
Bartolomeu
( 273 331 493;
www.pousadas.pt
; Estrada do Turismo; s/d €130/140; )
This whitewashed
modern affair may not be the most arresting
pousada
(upmarket inn) in Portugal, but its
views over the Cidadela and countryside are way up there. It sits proudly alone, on a hill-
top 1.5km southeast of the centre, and boasts lots of creature comforts, including a great
restaurant and bright contemporary rooms with balconies overlooking the pool and the
castle.
LUXURY HOTEL
€€€
Eating
MARKET
€
Mercado Municipal
( 8am-6pm Mon-Sat)
It's a longish walk to this recent, rather antiseptic market behind the
câmara municipal
.
Restaurante Lá Em Casa
PORTUGUESE
€
(Rua Marquês de Pombal 7; mains €6-12.50; lunch & dinner)
This place serves platters heaped with
excellent, wood-grilled local meats in a stone-walled, pine-panelled dining room with fire-
place. The veal and lamb are especially savoury. Daily lunch specials are well-priced.
Don Roberto
( 273 302 510; Rua Coronel Álvaro Cepeda, Gimonde; mains €9-15; lunch & dinner daily)
It's worth
catching a cab out to this traditional roadside tavern, 7km from town, in the village of Gi-
monde en route to Montesinho. The ambience is down-home rural - think wooden beams
and smoked ham hanging off the walls - and the food is the real deal. Try the steak,
starters such as
alheira
and
salpicão
, and the delicious
milho doce
dessert.
PORTUGUESE
€€
Solar Bragançano
PORTUGUESE
€€
(Praça da Sé 34; mains €9.50-14.50; lunch & dinner daily summer, Tue-Sun rest of year)
Upstairs in a manor
house opposite the cathedral square, this elegant eatery boasts oak-panelled rooms, chan-
