COIMBRA - Portugal - page 304

$$ Moderately Priced —Most rooms between €50-80.'
$ Lower Priced —Most rooms €50 or less.
Prices can change without notice; verify the hotel's current rates online or by
email.
Sleeping in Coimbra
These listings are an easy walk from the central Station A and Santa Clara Bridge. For the
cheapest rooms, simply walk a block from Station A into the old town, and choose one of
countless dormidas (cheap pensions). River views come with traffic noise.
Traditional Hotels and Pensions
$$$ Hotel Astória gives you the thrill of staying in the city's finest old hotel with Coim-
bra's first Art Deco lounges. Their 62 rooms are rated among the most characteristic in
Portugal. Though it's a bit worn around the edges, this venerable place retains its charm
(Sb-€92, Db-€112, superior Db at curved end of the building-€137, extra bed-€35, 10 per-
cent discount if you mention this topic when you reserve direct by email or phone—show
it at check-in, includes breakfast, air-con, Wi-Fi, elevator, public parking opposite hotel-
€0.50/hour but free overnight, central as can be at Avenida Emídio Navarro 21, tel.
239-853-020, fax [phone], www.almeidahotels.com , [e-mail] ).
Rooms with river views don't cost extra, but come with some street noise. I prefer the
quieter city-view rooms at the back.
$$ Hotel Bragança 's dark lobby leads to 83 clean and comfortable but sometimes
smoky rooms with modern bathrooms. The wood paneling and furniture transport you
back to Portugal in the 1950s (Sb with shower-€35, Sb with tub-€48, smaller Db with
shower-€55, larger Db with tub-€60, Tb with tub-€75, Qb-€85, 10 percent discount with
this topic, includes breakfast, air-con, elevator, Wi-Fi, free parking in small lot at en-
trance if space available, Largo das Ameias 10 next to Station A, tel. [phone], fax
239-836-135, www.hotel-braganca.com , [e-mail] ) .
$ Residência Coimbra provides hotel quality in a 10-year-old building for pension
prices. Its 15 fine air-conditioned rooms are buried in the old town on a quiet pedestrian
lane, yet it's only 250 yards from Station A (Db-€40-50, 5 percent discount with this topic
when you reserve direct via email, includes breakfast, Wi-Fi, all rooms have double beds,
Rua das Azeiteiras 55, tel. [phone], www.residenciacoimbra.com , residenciacoim-
[e-mail] , Maria and Jose).
$ResidencialVitória is a clean, well-located hotel renting 18 rooms over a restaurant,
which is its main business. About half of the rooms were recently renovated (Db-€45-50,