Hotel Aveiro Palace (formerly the Arcada hotel) is right in the center of Aveiro. It's nice with friendly staff, recently renovated. My first room was a smoking room, but managed to get another room right away which was much nicer, for the same rate. It's worth having a quick look at your room and ask for a different one if neccesary, some have only a small shower + curtain, others a nice bathtub. Size of rooms differs a lot too. One day, cleaning staff accidently left my room-door open so I found it completely ajar when coming back - and the rooms don't even have safes. Due to language barriers my complaint was misunderstood, and the next day room-serivce didn't come at all, but the very friendly staff got all that straightened out in the end. Aveiro can be a lively place and we've had loud music and signing outside on some of the nights.
