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Practicalities
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GuimarA?es'
bus station
is fifteen minutes' walk west of town, near the football stadium; the
train station
is to the south. You'll pass one
tourist office
(Mon-Fri 9.30am-12.30pm & 2-6.30pm; tel 253 412 450,
www.cm-guimaraes.pt
) as you walk from here to the centre; the other office is in the centre of the old town in PraA§a de Santiago (same hours; summer also Sat 10am-1pm & 3-6pm, Sun 10am-1pm; tel 253 518 790). There is very little cheap
accommodation
: try
Casa dos Pombais
, Avda. de Londres 40 (tel 253 412 917; A?20-25/$32-40/a?¬36-45), which has beautiful rooms overlooking attractive gardens, or the less expensive, but spartan
Casa dos Retiros
, Rua Francisco Agra 163 (tel 253 511 515; A?10-15/$16-24/a?¬18-27 including breakfast). The town's
campsite
(tel 253 515 912) is 6km away at Penha, a pilgrimage mount and chapel; take the SA?o Roque bus (Mon-Sat 6am-10pm, Sun 6am-8pm; every 30min) from the main
turismo
and get off at "Costa"; or take the cable car from the end of Rua de Dr JosA© Sanpaio (11am-6/7pm; a?¬2.50 return). For
food
,
O Telheiro
, Rua Dom JoA?o I 39-41, above
CafA© Dom JoA?o
, serves great dishes in basic but bustling surroundings, and
Oriental
on Largo do Toural has budget, but very good regional specialities.
El Rei Dom Alfonso
, PraA§a de Santiago, is worth the moderate rise in price for its location in the heart of the old town. Other useful information
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