Melia Palacio da Lousa Boutique
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Barb's Notes:
It's been a long day, Almost 13 hours after boarding our coach this morning we arrived at tonight's accommodation. Not where originally planned but about 25 klms from Coimbra at the Melia Palacio Da Lousa Boutique Hotel. A majestic old palace, quite extraordinary.
Along the way we had several stops. The first at …
Once in a lifetime magic happens!
... to give him instructions. In the end, she was just our escort to somebody that could speak English.
We found another small restaurant where nobody understood English, and this is where the evenings fun started. Johan, that have not met a person that he could not be friends with, took the map and out little dictionary and walked over to two men that were peacefully sipping their red wine, minding their own business, to ask for a restaurant. He used ...
First class pig
Trains, trains and trains, this really made us glad that we opted for packing light. We started with a quick ride on the metro, to the end of the blue line, there we walked about a 100 meters to transfer to a regional train for a short 7 minute ride before transferring to the Alfa Pendular, the high speed intercity train that can go up to 220 km/h or 137 mph. Our train only reached only 194 km/h at the top speed. Johan and Ben wanted to ride second ...
SUNSHINE!! wonderful weather! terrasjesweer ;-)
... middle of a circle of trees, and when I decided to go back, I found myself locked up! It was 17hr passed, and I was in the Sky Garden section... Grrr... nobody around! What, shout and cry for help?? No way.. I decided to climb the gate ;-) Not very difficult, except I was wearing a skirt and did not want to ruin it! Well, I did well, and am very proud ;-) Once on the other side, I saw ...
Clearly, gardens are my favourite place to be!!
... again!
aaaahhh, they finally closed the door of this café, so it is getting a little warmer inside. It is crazy here, they just keep their doors open all day, and it is 14 degrees max outside!! I even looked for a Starbuck's to feel a little warm this evening... see how desperate I was?? But all is fine now ;-)
And, do you guess which departamento I took a picture of?;-)
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Amenities
- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Wheelchair accessibility
- Fitness/Health center