'Mode': AROUND
Category: Car/Motor Home
Getting TO/AROUND: Our rented Fiat Punto was a great little car for getting around the far reaches of Portugal. However, on the few occasions when we ventured into the larger towns and cities, we tended to limit its use to the bare minimum because of the traffic and parking issues.
In the case of Guarda, we had our worst experience with traffic and streets of the entire trip. On arrival in the town, we only had the address of our booked accommodations at the Solar de Alarcao, but no map. After circling around various confusing streets for a while, we stopped at a very large and impressive looking hotel and asked the doorman for some help. He was more than helpful, giving us a map of the town and pointing out how to get from 'A to B'. However, even with this we could not find our spot. It seemed that we kept running into 'do not enter' signs that diverted us away from where we were headed.
Finally, for the only time on the trip, we gave up and parked the car on the side of a street that we knew was close to where we were headed. The two of us then walked a few blocks from there and soon found our accommodations!
The young lady that booked us in very kindly returned to the car with me and she navigated me through the streets and into their parking lot! What a relief that was! The photo shows the impressive old private chapel that is attached to our accommodations.
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