B&B HOTEL Cantanhede Coimbra

Hotel acces

The B&B HOTEL Cantanhede Coimbra is easily accessible, whether you arrive by plane, train or car. Our hotel is located onlye a 3-minute drive from the city center of Cantanhede.

• From the airport Oporto (OPO): 76-min drive / 118 km
• From Mealhada Pampilhosa Station: 21-min drive / 17.8 km
• From Coimbra Station: 27-min drive / 23.7 km

Driving directiones

• From SOUTH - NORTH direction If you travel by car and take the A1, towards SUL-NORTE, you should leave at the node of COIMBRA NORTE, going to CANTANHEDE / FIGUEIRA DA FOZ, on the A14. On A14, you should exit to CANTANHEDE / ANÇÃ.
• From NORTH - SOUTH direction If the direction is NORTH-SOUTH, you should exit to the MEALHADA / CANTANHEDE toll. After passing the toll, you should turn right to MURTEDE / CANTANHEDE, on the national road. If traveling on the A17, in the direction of SUL / NORTH, you should exit to SANGUINHEIRA / TOCHA, following the N 335. If traveling in the NORTH / SOUTH direction, you should exit to MIRA / CANTANHEDE, following EN 234 until Cantanhede.

Tourism 

Those who visit the county of Cantanhede are invited to share their unique experiences of the three natural regions that make up the territory: Gândara, sea, Bairrada, inside and lower Mondego River in the south, a valley adjacent to the famous stone quaries Ançã. In Gândara you can enjoy the bucolic retreat from Spring in Fervença or in many other places, enjoy the soft white sands and the sae breeze and the smell of the beaches that keep intact the traditions of art Xávega and enjoy the flavors of the stew apaladados, sea bass or grilled sardines on the tile. In Bairrada, which has the best roast pork delicacy the Leitão Assado, of their rich tradition of culinary and wine, in Cantanhede, the most precious nectar of the demaracted region, there are still references to a careful tilling sunny slopes that form part of the collective imagination. In the lower Mandage, after the passage through the rugged topography of the quarries, where there are often marks of the activities related to the extraction of stone Ançã, so appreciated by the most prominent sculptures of the fiftheenth and sixteenth centuries, stretches a fertile valley and swamp that intergrates Campos de Mondego.

A visit to Cantanhede would not be complete without a long look in the Parish Church, built in the sixteenth century, remarkable example of Renaissance sculpture in Coimbra. Jean De Rouan will post the best of his soul into the enchanting sculptures on some of its chapels.

Landmarks

• Pedro Teixeira Monument (9-minute walk)
• Casa Muncipal da Cultural (9-minute walk)
• Church Plaza (12-minute walk)
• Mealhada City Park - 9.1 min / 14.7 km
• Curia Golf Club - 11.9 min / 19.2 km
• Historic town of Ançã - 12 min / 11.2 km 
• Bairrada Wine Museum - 13.4 min / 21.5 km
• Museum Jose Luciano de Castro - 13.8 min / 22.2 km
• Praia de Mira - 24 min / 23 km
• National Forest of Bussaco - 15.1 min / 24.3 km
• Historic town of Coímbra - 30 min / 32 km

Beaches

On the Beach of Tocha or Palheirão, it marks the days allowing long walks on the beach. And if the sun marks the days, the nights, especially the warm summer evenings are marked by the joy of a good table with many friends. To the delight of a good grilled sea bass, or a stew, mix the precious aroma of the wines of Bairrada.

• Tocha beach is one of the resorts in the central region, the beach has a blue flag and has much to offer its visitors.In this old fishing village in the municipality of Cantanhede, you can still find the vestiges of the old barns, once used by fishermen to store material used in the daily toil of the months of the summer. Tocha beach is still a picturesque village, calm and quiet, with a golden beach where, alongside the bronzed bodies of bathers, extends networks and typical boats while fishermen wait for the weather to allow them to go to sea.

• River Eye Beach of Fervença (Praia Fluvial dos Olhas de Fervençia) Source of water aupply of the Municipality of Cantanhede and other adjacent springs, Eye of Fervença have attracted a significant annual influx of visitors, not only for their unusual features but also because they are integrated into a natural area of election.
• Palheirâo Beach. Located only a few kilometres north of Tocha Beach, it withstands absolutely intact, Palheirâo Beach - officially known as Golden Beach, is a true refuge with the expection of environmental guidelines.