Hotel D. Luís - Coimbra

Neat room, must have been a bit on the luxurious side before, now a lot of Loose threads, details not in order etc... The amenities in the bathroom were opened, with even one box empty. This gave me a bit of an unclean feeling. Breakfast has lots of options, good choices were made and it seemed well-preserved and maintained. Beautiful view.

Not trying to be critical and will just stick to the facts of my experience, which I cut short for the record. This is a very dated property in dire need of updates. The rooms are equipped to merely sleep and shower. There’s a bathtub but don’t think of taking one, my drain plug was missing. There’s no mini-fridge or microwave so don’t think of taking leftovers up from the restaurant. There’s no pool or fitness center so don’t stay if you plan to maintain your exercise routine. Lastly, bring your own bottled water because you can’t even buy any there. Not that you go to a hotel to watch TV, but if you wanted to their’s are the size of a computer monitor so bring some binoculars. Last but not least, I wanted to relax and have a beer on the bar patio and that was the last I saw of the staff. Had to go find someone to simply pay the tab, which could have been much larger cause I was there for two hours and left thirsty. Ended up ordering Uber Eats. Just the facts so just understand what you are getting.

A hotel that is in desperate need of a good restauration. The rooms are extremely noisy and very badly noise isolating, they also stink. We had a room with a very bad cold tobacco smell. Our room was changed but the damp and moist smell of our new room was not any better. The towels have an oil and vinegar smell, the bathroom provides no ventilation system. The buffet food, on top of generally being bland is not great with many meals running out fast. The corridors also smell bad with a general smell of old furniture and dirty carpets. The location is also not ideal being right next to a freeway and on the other side of the city or Coimbra, forcing the guests to be dependent of a vehicle. It’s a 6 minute drive, but over an hour by public transport or by foot. The staff is however quite efficient, but with a hotel that is this outdated, I would hope so.