"Covilhã" Top 5 Page for this destination Covilhã by micas_pt

Covilhã Travel Guide: 62 reviews and 102 photos

Last visit to Covilhã: Feb 2004
Intro Updated Mar 6, 2004
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Reviews (31)

In the city centre, by the City Hall, there is an interesting building that is the “Cine-teatro” – a mixture of cinema... more travel advice

Illuminated city at night Nightlife (3)

Strolling around the illuminated city centre at night is very nice. Mainly, if you are lucky enough with the weather as... more travel advice

Flowers Local Customs (2)

While strolling around city centre, we came across this flowers in the streets. There are some tall flowerpots, in the... more travel advice

Azulejos Local Customs (2)

Azulejos are traditional Portuguese tiles. Azulejos are hand painted tiles and can be found in blue and white shades or... more travel advice

Favorites (5)
See All The wool
Things to Do (7)
See All Serra da Estrela
Shopping (2)
See All Cheese and leather products
Warnings and Dangers (1)
Parking in non-authorized places

Off The Beaten Path (3)
See All Sortelha
Restaurants (4)
See All Children's delight
Hotels (1)
Hotel Mélia Confort D. Maria
Transportation (3)
See All Walking around

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MalenaN Sep 21, 2011 at 10:09 PM

The small Historical Villages sounds to be lovely! And I love the tiles on Portugese buildings!
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nickandchris Jun 29, 2010 at 1:28 AM

Plenty of excellenttips here. Like you, we don't like guided tours either!! but the wool museum looks very interesting
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global84 Aug 7, 2006 at 3:47 PM

Great information!
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iandsmith Nov 16, 2004 at 5:31 PM

Quality pages, well done.
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Bwana_Brown Aug 25, 2004 at 3:21 PM

A very comprehensive and informative page on Covilha! It makes me wish that we had been able to slow down to enjoy it a bit as we rushed through to the Serra da Estrela!!
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dr.firas Aug 14, 2004 at 8:33 AM

Superb, nothing surprising me anymore with your sweet great pages ;-)) XXX
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globerover Jun 2, 2004 at 2:30 AM

another one of your most interesting travelpages about Portugese towns; hopefully one day I will see them all ...
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globetrott Mar 15, 2004 at 3:42 PM

great infos and lovely pics ! This church with the tile-facade looks absolutely great !
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HORSCHECK Mar 7, 2004 at 5:08 AM

Fabulous updates here ....phhhewww it looks like you are used to drink strange drinks ..."caipiroska" ....Have you seen any Woolies running around in that place of wool? *verybigsmile*
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ncfg Mar 6, 2004 at 1:50 PM

Great page, i didn't visit Covilhã on my last trip to Serra da Estrela, next time ;-)