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, ☎ [phone], [phone], fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. 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, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. 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, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. 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.