Baixa

Hotels in Baixa

Flat ground, central addresses and a 1926 Art Nouveau landmark. What the lower town’s hotels publish, and how thin the record is on some of them.

The blue-panelled dining room at CBR Boutique Hotel, Coimbra, with windows over the city

CBR Boutique Hotel

A mid-range boutique hotel in the lower town whose design reportedly draws on the Joanina Library. That single fact is the entire published record.

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The curved flat-iron facade of Hotel Astória on the Coimbra riverfront

Hotel Astória

The flat-iron landmark on the riverfront avenue, designed in 1919 by Adães Bermudes and opened in 1926. Art Nouveau, not art deco, and flat ground all round.

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The rooftop terrace bar at Hotel Mondego, Coimbra, at dusk

Hotel Mondego

A modernised mid-range hotel in the lower town with a rooftop terrace. One named writer is the entire published record, and no address or rate is available.

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A bedroom with a hexagonal padded headboard at Pharmacia GuestHouse, Coimbra

Pharmacia GuestHouse

A lower-town guesthouse in a former chemist’s shop, with the original pharmacy fittings kept. One named writer is the entire published record.

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