| Page Views: 2,074 Last Visit to Castelo Branco: September, 2004 | Castelo Branco by haiamisa - last update: Mar 8, 2005 |
| The main street from Residencial Arraiana |
We reached Castelo Branco on the 18th of September. We had left Evora in the morning and visited Castelo de Vide on the way. Our plan was to continue to Monsanto on the following day and we wanted to spend a night in a town, so Castelo Branco was our choice. It is a modern town with no special things to see. We slept in a Recidencial at the main street. There were great clothes shops just downstairs with great end of the season reductions. I shopped for some clothes at Benetton at really low prices. We slept well and continued to Monsanto on the following day.
It was a bit tricky to find the way out from Castelo Branco to the road number N233, but we asked some people who were very helpful (as Portuguese are) and they draw us an exact map. We drove to the direction of Penamacor and turned right to road number 239 which changed to IC31 before Monsanto. See my travelogue at my Monsanto page "The road from Castelo Branco to Monsanto" |
| On the way to Castelo Branco |
|  | The landscapes kept changing when we headed further north. |
The entrance to Pensao Residencial Arraiana on the main street where we stayed the night. | | | Pensao Residencial Arraiana |
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| Pros: | "A good place to spend a night at when heading north" | | Cons: | "Too modern compared to other places in Portugal" | | In A Nutshell: | "If you need a place to spend the night, go for it!" |
haiamisa's Castelo Branco Travel Tips
| Overview | Things to Do | | | | Restaurants | Hotels & Accommodations
Tips: 1 - Photos: 4 | | | | Nightlife | Off The Beaten Path | | | | Tourist Traps | Warnings Or Dangers | | | | Transportation | Local Customs | | | | Packing Lists | Shopping
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polardabar Tue Jan 3, 2006 20:24 UTC
hola, plannin to visit castelo next summer, how do i get there from lisboa, buses n so? obrigado, polar* | Bwana_Brown Wed Mar 9, 2005 00:19 UTC
A beautiful view of the treed streets in your Intro photo! I would have to agree with you that CB is a good place to stay, with lots of shops. It was nice to see that you had the same difficulty as us in finding a way out of town the next day! |
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