Castelo Branco District independent travel guide (2025): top things to do, popular tourism attractions, itinerary planning, accommodation, food, transportation, weather, and more - everything you need to know (updated August, 2025) | Trip.com
SmithHouse:“Great place to stay. The hotel was clean and staff attentive. We would have liked more variety for breakfast but cannot fault attention to customer experience. Swimming pool is perfect.”
jmjviana:“The hotel is great, as well as the scenery around it. The hotel is newly built and clean. On the other hand, the included breakfast is very small and there’s not much to choose from.”
RodBaca:“Great hotel in a beautiful location and great room, very spacious and with amazing views. The bar was a little average with lots of drinks from the menu not available on asking. The restaurant was very good though.
I definitely recommend this one!”
Filipe:“Tivemos um contratempo, onde um de nós acabou por passar mal, a equipe foi super prestativa e atenciosa, nos ajudaram até a chegada da emergência, a direção do hotel veio nos perguntar se precisávamos de algo, sem dúvida nenhuma um dos melhores lugares que já fiquei, mesmo diante de uma situação inesperada, tivemos dias incríveis.”
Rui Baltazar:“Hotel is a bit on the older side. Toilet door was not functioning great and they didn’t provide free water in the room. Breakfast options were good. And lots of parking in the surrounding area”
CaGirl:“Very nice hotel, we only stayed overnight but it was perfect; clean, quiet, and a pretty big room, and we had a nice view out the back. They had a restaurant in the hotel but we walked into town instead, but the breakfast was good, lots to choose from and the staff was very accommodating.”
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TheForkUser:“The food and service were lovely! The reason the ambiance was rated so low is because despite having a heater in the restaurant, it was not on and it was so cold we could not take off our coats, and this is the first restaurant bathroom I've been in that did not have a toilet seat.. confirmed with my partner not in the men's or women's room, and the hard wooden seating really needs some padding. It's not hard or expensive to go to a china shop or such to get some seat cushions. Nosso, also in Covilhã has done this to make their customers more comfortable and it's appreciated!”
TheForkUser:“A wonderful evening. Great food. Good quality products. Service impeccable.. We had 1 gluten free diner and the restaurant supported her dietary requirements fully.”
TheForkUser:“It was amazing family time, attentive and kind staff , perfect environment… Everything organized and clean. The food is what we expected. Incredible.”
TheForkUser:“What a great restaurant - staff were friendly and helpful with some great suggestions for we tired tourists. Rhefood and service were both top notch.”
TheForkUser:“This was my first time in Micheline star restaurant and I was super excited for it. Besides this place such a long of waiting list that this was adding on the top of”
TheForkUser:“Restaurant with an incredible view, so it's worth going. The service is very good with attentive staff and the food is delicious. The portion is not that big, but the taste makes up for it.”
TheForkUser:“A very pleasant experience! Extremely friendly staff, very welcoming and family atmosphere, great relationship with animals.
We booked this restaurant because they accept animals, as we were taking our dog with us on the weekend and he was able to come in and sit with us at the edge of our table. The food is wonderful, everything prepared carefully to give us a fabulous experience.
I highly recommend it!! I just regret living almost 300km away, otherwise I would be a regular customer!!”
TheForkUser:“The food and the service were excellent. The staff were welcoming and accommodating and took good care of us. We had the sea bass risotto and the mushroom bacon asparagus risotto and both were delicious, as were the garlic shrimp starter and the panna cotta dessert. We recommend G-Treze and would come back again!”
TheForkUser:“Excellent space. Very authentic. Very nice and adequate decoration. Fast, attentive and efficient service. Excellent location (right next to Belmonte Castle).
Well prepared food and good wine list. Very reasonable prices.”
TheForkUser:“Really excellent staff, that helped us make great choices, both food and wine. Thank you. We’ll be back another time when we have more space for desserts.”