Guarda
Guarda is a city in Beira Alta, a region of Central Portugal.
Get in
By train
The train station is served by Linhas da Beira Alta. There are trains to Lisbon via Coimbra 3-5 times a day and to Oporto via Viseu. Schedules are available online at the Portuguese railway company's website . The overnight train from Irun (France) to Lisbon stops at Guarda around 6.00am.
The train station is located about 2 miles from the city centre. There is a local bus running from the main bus station (top of the mountain) to the modern train station (one-way ticket EUR 0.95).
By bus
There are buses from Spain (Madrid, Salamanca) to Oporto which stop in Guarda. A one-way ticket from Salamanca to Guarda costs about EUR 25. The bus station is in the centre of town, near the top of the mountain. It is connected by a local bus line to the train station.
By car
The principal road connecting Guarda to the rest of Portugal and to Spain is the A25 [Aveiro-Vilar Formoso).
Get around
See
- Se da Guarda Cathedral
- Tower castle
Do
Ski Serra da Estrela
Buy
Tapestry; ceramics
Eat
Drink
Sleep
- Pousada de Almeida - Senhora das Neves, 6350-112 Almeida, ☏ +351 271 574 283, +351 271 574 290, fax: +351 271 574 320, pousadadealmeida@armail.pt. This hotel reveals, in spite of its modern atmosphere and spacious rooms, the historical and cultural grandiosity of the village of Almeida, now a classified National Heritage.
- Pousada de Vila Pouca da Beira - Convento do Desagravo, Calçada do Convento 3400-758 Vila Pouca da Beira, ☏ +351 238 670 080, fax: +351 238 670 081, recepcao.desagravo@pousadas.pt. A historic luxury hotel, offering very high standard accommodation in superb surroundings.
- Pousada de Manteigas - São Lourenço, Estrada Nacional 232 Penhas Douradas / Santa Maria 6260-200 Manteigas, ☏ +351 275 980 050, fax: +351 275 982 453, recepcao.slourenco@pousadas.pt. Entirely built with stone of the region, located on the top of the Serra da Estrela Natural Park, enjoys a view over the river Zêzere Valley.
Connect
Go next
- Serra da Estrela (mountain)/ Manteigas
- Castles in Terras de Riba-Coa (Pinhel, Sabugal, Marialva, Castelo Mendo, etc.)
- Douro valley / Foz Coa.Coa valley;Marialva;Sortelha.
- Viseu; Lamego; Salamanca.